A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s8.128

v3.c35.s8.128

*tadvaktrābhimukhaṁ mukhaṁ vinamitaṁ dṛṣṭiḥ kṛtā pādayos*
*tasyālāpakutūhalākulatare śrotre niruddhe mayā* |
*pāṇibhyāṁ ca tiraskṛtaḥ sapulakaḥ svedodgamo gaṇḍayoḥ*
*sakhyaḥ kiṁ karavāṇi yānti śatadhā yatkañcuke saṁdhayaḥ* ||
“I bend down my face, that was opposite to his face; I cast my gance at his two feet; I close my two ears that remain anxious to listen to his words; I hide with my two hands the drops of sweat (gathering) on the temples of my two cheeks: O, friend, what can I do, since the knots in my upper garment get loose hundred times ?”