Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 337

337

aṅgeṣvābharaṇaṃ karoti bahuśaḥ patre'pi saṃcāriṇi prāptaṃ tvāṃ pariśaṅkate vitanute śayyāṃ ciraṃ dhyāyati /
ityākalpavikalpatalparacanāsaṅkalpalīlāśata- vyāsaktāpi vinā tvayā varatanurnaiṣā niśāṃ neṣyati //

She repeatedly puts ornaments on her limbs; at the rustle of a leaf she suspects you have arrived; / she spreads the couch; she meditates long: / occupied thus with hundreds of playful fancies of adornment, doubts, bed-arranging, and yearnings, / this slender lady cannot pass the night without you.