Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 375

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ajani śiśiraśīlaṃ śaivalaṃ sāgare yac cikuramakṛta kāmastanvi te kiṃ na tena /
vahati kuṭilamenaṃ hetunā kena mūrdhnā vadanavidhurayaṃ cet sodaro nādasīyaḥ //

Why did Kama not fashion your hair, slender girl, out of sea moss, which is naturally cool? / For why would your face-moon bear this crooked [mass of hair] on its head, if it were not its uterine brother?