Chapter 4

tatastasmāt purodyānāt kautūhalacalekṣaṇāḥ |
pratyujjagmurnṛpasutaṃ prāptaṃ varamiva striyaḥ || 1 ||
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abhigamya ca tāstasmai vismayotphullalocanāḥ |
cakrire samudācāraṃ padmakośanibhaiḥ karaiḥ || 2 ||
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tasthuśca parivāryainaṃ manmathākṣiptacetasaḥ |
niścalaiḥ prītivikacaiḥ pibantya iva locanaiḥ || 3 ||
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taṃ hi tā menire nāryaḥ kāmo vigrahavāniti |
śobhitaṃ lakṣaṇairdīptaiḥ sahajairbhūṣaṇairiva || 4 ||
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saumyatvāccaiva dhairyācca kāścidenaṃ prajajñire |
avatīrṇo mahīṃ sākṣād sudhāṃśuścandramā iva || 5 ||
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tasya tā vapuṣākṣiptā nirgrahītuṃ jajṛmbhire |
anyonyaṃ dṛṣṭibhirgatvā śanaiśca viniśaśvasuḥ || 6 ||
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evaṃ tā dṛṣṭimātreṇa nāryo dadṛśureva tam |
na vyājahrurna jahasuḥ prabhāveṇāsya yantritāḥ || 7 ||
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tāstathā tu nirārambhā dṛṣṭvā praṇayaviklavāḥ |
purohitasuto dhīmānudāyī vākyamabravīt || 8 ||
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sarvāḥ sarvakalājñāḥ stha bhāvagrahaṇapaṇḍitāḥ |
rūpacāturyasampannāḥ svaguṇairmukhyatāṃ gatāḥ || 9 ||
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śobhayeta guṇairebhirapi tānuttarān kurūn |
kuverasyāpi ca krīḍaṃ prāgeva vasudhāmimām || 10 ||
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śaktāścālayituṃ yūyaṃ vītarāgānṛṣīnapi |
apsarobhiśca kalitān grahītuṃ vibudhānapi || 11 ||
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bhāvajñānena hāvena cāturyādrūpasampadā |
strīṇāmeva ca śaktāḥ stha saṃrāge kiṃ punarnṛṇām || 12 ||
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tāsāmevaṃvidhānāṃ vo niyuktānāṃ svagocare |
iyamevaṃvidhā ceṣṭā na tuṣṭo 'smyārjavena vaḥ || 13 ||
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idaṃ navavadhūnāṃ vo hrīnikuñcitacakṣuṣām |
sadṛśaṃ ceṣṭitaṃ hi syādapi vā gopayoṣitām || 14 ||
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yadyapi syādayaṃ vīraḥ śrīprabhāvānmahāniti |
strīṇāmapi mahatteja iti kāryo 'tra niścayaḥ || 15 ||
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purā hi kāśisundaryā veśavadhvā mahānṛṣiḥ |
tāḍito 'bhūt padanyāsāddurdharṣo daivatairapi || 16 ||
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manthālagautamo bhikṣurjaṅghayā bālamukhyayā |
piprīṣuśca tadarthārthaṃ vyasūn niraharat purā || 17 ||
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gautamaṃ dīrghatapasaṃ mahārṣiṃ dīrghajīvinam |
yoṣit santoṣayāmāsa varṇasthānāvarā satī || 18 ||
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ṛṣyaśṛṅgaṃ munisutaṃ tathaiva strīṣvapaṇḍitam |
upāyairvividhaiḥ śāntā jagrāha ca jahāra ca || 19 ||
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viśvāmitro maharṣiśca vigāḍho 'pi mahattapāḥ |
daśavarṣāṇyaraṇyastho ghṛtācyāpsarasā hṛtaḥ || 20 ||
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evamādīnṛṣīṃstāṃstānanayan vikriyāṃ striyaḥ |
lalitaṃ pūrvavayasaṃ kiṃ punarnṛpateḥ sutam || 21 ||
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tadevaṃ sati viśrabdhaṃ prayatadhvaṃ tathā yathā |
iyaṃ nṛpasya vaṃśaśrīrito na syātparāṅmukhī || 22 ||
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yā hi kāścidyuvatayo haranti sadṛśaṃ janam |
nikṛṣṭotkṛṣṭayorbhāvaṃ yā gṛhṇanti tu tāḥ striyaḥ || 23 ||
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ityudāyivacaḥ śrutvā tā viddhā iva yoṣitaḥ |
samāruruhurātmānaṃ kumāragrahaṇaṃ prati || 24 ||
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tā bhrūbhiḥ prekṣitairbhāvairhasitairlalitairgataiḥ |
cakrurākṣepikāśceṣṭā bhītabhītā ivāṅganāḥ || 25 ||
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rājñastu viniyogena kumārasya ca mārdavāt |
jahruḥ kṣipramaviśrambhaṃ madena madanena ca || 26 ||
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atha nārījanavṛtaḥ kumāro vyacaradvanam |
vāsitāyūthasahitaḥ karīva himavadvanam || 27 ||
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sa tasmin kānane ramye jajvāla strīpuraḥsaraḥ |
ākrīḍa iva babhrāje vivasvānapsarovṛtaḥ || 28 ||
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madenāvarjitā nāma taṃ kāścittatra yoṣitaḥ |
kaṭhinaiḥ paspṛśuḥ pīnaiḥ saṅghaṭṭairvalgubhiḥ stanaiḥ || 29 ||
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srastāṃsakomalālambamṛdubāhulatābalā |
anṛtaṃ skhalitaṃ kācitkṛtvainaṃ sasvaje balāt || 30 ||
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kācit tāmrādharoṣṭhena mukhenāsavagandhinā |
viniśaśvāsa karṇe 'sya rahasyaṃ śrūyatāmiti || 31 ||
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kācidājñāpayantīva provācārdrānulepanā |
iha bhaktiṃ kuruṣveti hastaṃ saṃśliṣya lipsayā || 32 ||
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muhurmuhurmadavyājasrastanīlāṃśukāparā |
ālakṣyarasanā reje sphuradvidyudiva kṣapā || 33 ||
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kāścitkanakakāñcībhirmukharābhiritastataḥ |
babhramurdarśayantyo 'sya śroṇīstanvaṃśukāvṛtāḥ || 34 ||
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cūtaśākhāṃ kusumitāṃ pragṛhyānyā lalambire |
suvarṇakalaśaprakhyān darśayantyaḥ payodharān || 35 ||
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kācitpadmavanādetya sapadmā padmalocanā |
padmavaktrasya pārśve 'sya padmaśrīriva tasthuṣī || 36 ||
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madhuraṃ gītamanvarthaṃ kācitsābhinayaṃ jagau |
taṃ svasthaṃ codayantīva vañcito 'sītyavekṣitaiḥ || 37 ||
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śubhena vadanenānyā bhrūkārmukavikarṣiṇā |
prāvṛtyānucakārāsya ceṣṭitaṃ vīralīlayā || 38 ||
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pīnavalgustanī kācidvātāghūrṇitakuṇḍalā |
uccairavajahāsainaṃ samāpnotu bhavāniti || 39 ||
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apayāntaṃ tathaivānyā babandhurmālyadāmabhiḥ |
kāścitsākṣepamadhurairjagṛhurvacanāṅkuśaiḥ || 40 ||
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pratiyogārthinī kācidgṛhītvā cūtavallarīm |
idaṃ puṣpaṃ tu kasyeti papraccha madaviklavā || 41 ||
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kācitpuruṣavatkṛtvā gatiṃ saṃsthānameva ca |
uvācainaṃ jitaḥ strībhirjaya bhoḥ pṛthivīmimām || 42 ||
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atha loleksaṇā kācijjighrantī nīlamutpalam |
kiñcinmadakalairvākyairnṛpātmajamabhāṣata || 43 ||
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paśya bhartaścitaṃ cūtaṃ kusumairmadhugandhibhiḥ |
hemapañjararuddho vā kokilo yatra kūjati || 44 ||
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aśoko dṛśyatāmeṣa kāmiśokavivardhanaḥ |
ruvanti bhramarā yatra dahyamānā ivāgninā || 45 ||
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cūtayaṣṭyā samāśliṣṭo dṛśyatāṃ tilakadrumaḥ |
śuklavāsā iva naraḥ striyā pītāṅgarāgayā || 46 ||
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phullaṃ kuruvakaṃ paśya nirmuktālaktakaprabham |
yo nakhaprabhayā strīṇāṃ nirbhartsita ivānataḥ || 47 ||
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bālāśokaśca nicito dṛśyatāmeṣa pallavaiḥ |
yo 'smākaṃ hastaśobhābhirlajjamāna iva sthitaḥ || 48 ||
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dīrghikāṃ prāvṛtāṃ paśya tīrajaiḥ sinduvārakaiḥ |
pāṇḍurāṃśukasaṃvītāṃ śayānāṃ pramadāmiva || 49 ||
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dṛśyatāṃ strīṣu māhātmyaṃ cakravāko hyasau jale |
pṛṣṭhataḥ preṣyavadbhāryāmanuvṛtyānugacchati || 50 ||
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mattasya parapuṣṭasya ruvataḥ śrūyatāṃ dhvaniḥ |
aparaḥ kokilo 'nutkaḥ pratiśrutyeva kūjati || 51 ||
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api nāma vihaṅgānāṃ vasantenāhito madaḥ |
na tu cintayataścittaṃ janasya prājñamāninaḥ || 52 ||
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ityevaṃ tā yuvatayo manmathoddāmacetasaḥ |
kumāraṃ vividhaistaistairupacakramire nayaiḥ || 53 ||
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evamākṣipyamāṇo 'pi sa tu dhairyāvṛtendriyaḥ |
martavyamiti sodvego na jaharṣa na sismiye || 54 ||
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tāsāṃ tattvena vasthānaṃ dṛṣṭvā sa puruṣottamaḥ |
sasaṃvignena dhīreṇa cintayāmāsa cetasā || 55 ||
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kiṃ vinā nāvagacchanti capalaṃ yauvanaṃ striyaḥ |
yato rūpeṇa sampannaṃ jareyaṃ nāśayiṣyati || 56 ||
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nūnametā na paśyanti kasyacid rogasamplavam |
tathā hṛṣṭā bhayaṃ tyaktvā jagati vyādhidharmiṇi || 57 ||
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anabhijñāśca suvyaktaṃ mṛtyoḥ sarvāpahāriṇaḥ |
tathā svasthā nirudvegāḥ krīḍanti ca hasanti ca || 58 ||
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jarāṃ vyādhiṃ ca mṛtyuṃ ca ko hi jānan sacetanaḥ |
svasthastiṣṭhan niṣīdedvā supedvā kiṃ punarhaset || 59 ||
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yastu dṛṣṭvā paraṃ jīrṇaṃ vyādhitaṃ mṛtameva ca |
svastho bhavati nodvigno yathācetāstathaiva saḥ || 60 ||
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viyujyamāne 'pi tarau puṣpairapi phalairapi |
patati cchidyamāne vā taruranyo na śocate || 61 ||
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iti dhyānaparaṃ dṛṣṭvā viṣayebhyo gataspṛham |
udāyī nītiśāstrajñastamuvāca suhṛttayā || 62 ||
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ahaṃ nṛpatinā dattaḥ sakhā tubhyaṃ kṣamaḥ kila |
yasmāttvayi vivakṣā me tayā praṇayavattayā || 63 ||
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ahitāt pratiṣedhaśca hite cānupravartanam |
vyasane cāparityāgastrividhaṃ mitralakṣaṇam || 64 ||
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so 'haṃ maitrīṃ pratijñāya puruṣārthātparāṅmukham |
yadi tvāṃ samupekṣeyaṃ na bhavenmitratā mayi || 65 ||
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tadbravīmi suhṛdbhūtvā taruṇasya vapuṣmataḥ |
idaṃ na pratirūpaṃ te strīṣvadākṣiṇyamīdṛśam || 66 ||
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anṛtenāpi nārīṇāṃ yuktaṃ samanuvartanam |
tadvrīḍāparihārārthamātmaratyarthameva ca || 67 ||
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saṃnatiscānuvṛttiśca strīṇāṃ hṛdayabandhanam |
snehasya hi guṇā yonirmānakāmāśca yoṣitaḥ || 68 ||
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tadarhasi viśālākṣa hṛdaye 'pi parāṅmukhe |
rūpasyāsyānurūpeṇa dākṣiṇyenānuvartitum || 69 ||
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dākṣiṇyamauṣadhaṃ strīṇāṃ dākṣiṇyaṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ param |
dākṣiṇyarahitaṃ rūpaṃ niṣpuṣpamiva kānanam || 70 ||
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kiṃ vā dākṣiṇyamātreṇa bhāvenāstu parigrahaḥ |
viṣayān durlabhāṃllabdhvā na hyavajñātumarhasi || 71 ||
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kāmaṃ paramiti jñātvā devo 'pi hi purandaraḥ |
gautamasya muneḥ patnīmahalyāṃ cakame purā || 72 ||
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agastyaḥ prārthayāmāsa somabhāryāṃ ca rohiṇīm |
tasmāt tatsadṛśaṃ lebhe lopāmudrāmiti śrutiḥ || 73 ||
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autathyasya ca bhāryāyāṃ mamatāyāṃ mahātapāḥ |
mārutyāṃ janayāmāsa bharadvājaṃ vṛhaspatiḥ || 74 ||
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vṛhaspatermahiṣyāṃ ca juhvatyāṃ juhvatāṃ varaḥ |
budhaṃ vibudhadharmāṇaṃ janayāmāsa candramāḥ || 75 ||
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kālīm caiva purā kanyāṃ jalaprabhavasambhavām |
jagāma yamunātīre jātarāgaḥ parāśaraḥ || 76 ||
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mātaṅgyāmakṣamālāyāṃ garhitāyāṃ riraṃsayā |
kapiñjalādaṃ tanayaṃ vasiṣṭho 'janayanmuniḥ || 77 ||
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yayātiścaiva rājarṣirvayasyapi vinirgate |
viśvācyāpsarasā sārdhaṃ reme caitrarathe vane || 78 ||
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strīsaṃsargaṃ vināśāntaṃ pāṇḍurjñātvāpi kauravaḥ |
mādrīrūpaguṇākṣiptaḥ siṣeve kāmajaṃ sukham || 79 ||
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karālajanakaścaiva hṛtvā brāhmaṇakanyakām |
avāpa bhraṃśam apyeva na tu tyajecca manmatham || 80 ||
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evamādyā mahātmāno viṣayān garhitānapi |
ratihetorbubhujire prāgeva guṇasaṃhitān || 81 ||
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tvaṃ punarnyāyataḥ prāptān balavān rūpavān yuvā |
viṣayānavajānāsi yatra saktamidaṃ jagat || 82 ||
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iti śrutvā vacastasya ślakṣṇamāgamasaṃhitam |
meghastanitanirghoṣaḥ kumāraḥ pratyabhāṣata || 83 ||
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upapannamidaṃ vākyaṃ sauhārdavyañjakaṃ tvayi |
atra ca tvānuneṣyāmi yatra mā duṣṭhu manyase || 84 ||
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nāvajānāmi viṣayāñjāne lokaṃ tadātmakam |
anityaṃ tu jaganmatvā nātra me ramate manaḥ || 85 ||
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jarā vyādhiśca mṛtyuśca yadi na syādidaṃ trayam |
mamāpi hi manojñeṣu viṣayeṣu ratirbhavet || 86 ||
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nityaṃ yadyapi hi strīṇāmetadeva vapurbhavet |
sasaṃvitkasya kāmeṣu tathāpi na ratiḥ kṣamā || 87 ||
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yadā tu jarayā pītaṃ rūpamāsāṃ bhaviṣyati |
ātmano 'pyanabhipretaṃ mohāttatra ratirbhavet || 88 ||
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mṛtyuvyādhijarādharmo mṛtyuvyādhijarātmabhiḥ |
ramamāṇo 'pyasaṃvignaḥ samāno mṛgapakṣibhiḥ || 89 ||
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yadapyāttha mahātmānaste 'pi kāmātmakā iti |
saṃvego 'tra na kartavyo yadā teṣāmapi kṣayaḥ || 90 ||
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māhātmyaṃ na ca tanmanye yatra sāmānyataḥ kṣayaḥ |
viṣayeṣu prasaktirvā yuktirvā nātmavattayā || 91 ||
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yadapyātthānṛtenāpi strījane vartyatāmiti |
anṛtaṃ nāvagacchāmi dākṣiṇyenāpi kiñcana || 92 ||
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na cānuvartanaṃ tanme rucitaṃ yatra nārjavam |
sarvabhāvena samparko yadi nāsti dhigastu tat || 93 ||
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anṛte śraddadhānasya saktasyādoṣadarśinaḥ |
kiṃ hi vañcayitavyaṃ syājjātarāgasya cetasaḥ || 94 ||
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vañcayanti ca yadyeva jātarāgāḥ parasparam |
nanu naiva kṣamaṃ draṣṭuṃ narāḥ strīṇāṃ nṛṇām striyaḥ || 95 ||
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tadevaṃ sati duḥkhārttaṃ jarāmaraṇabhoginam |
na māṃ kāmeṣvanāryeṣu pratārayitumarhasi || 96 ||
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aho 'tidhīraṃ balavacca te manaścaleṣu kāmeṣu ca sāradarśinaḥ |
bhaye 'pi tīvre viṣayeṣu sajjase nirīkṣamāṇo maraṇādhvani prajāḥ || 97 ||
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ahaṃ punarbhīruratīvaviklavo jarāvipadvyādhibhayaṃ vicintayan |
labhe na śāntiṃ na dhṛtiṃ kuto ratiṃ niśāmayan dīptamivāgninā jagat || 98 ||
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asaṃśayaṃ mṛtyuriti prajānato narasya rāgo hṛdi yasya jāyate |
ayomayīṃ tasya paraimi cetanāṃ mahābhaye rakṣati yo na roditi || 99 ||
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athau kumāraśca viniścayātmikāṃ cakāra kāmāśrayaghātinīṃ kathām |
janasya cakṣurgamanīyamaṇḍalo mahīdharaṃ cāstamiyāya bhāskaraḥ || 100 ||
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tato vṛthādhāritabhūṣaṇasrajaḥ kalāguṇaiśca praṇayaiśca niṣphalaiḥ |
sva eva bhāve vinigṛhya manmathaṃ puraṃ yayurbhagnamanorathāḥ striyaḥ || 101 ||
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tataḥ purodyānagatāṃ janaśriyaṃ nirīkṣya sāyaṃ pratisaṃhṛtāṃ punaḥ |
anityatāṃ sarvagatāṃ vicintayan viveśa dhiṣṇyaṃ kṣitipālakātmajaḥ || 102 ||
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tataḥ śrutvā rājā viṣayavimukhaṃ tasya tu mano na śiśye tāṃ rātriṃ hṛdayagataśalyo gaja iva |
atha śrānto mantre bahuvividhamārge sasacivo na so 'nyatkāmebhyo niyamanamapaśyatsutamateḥ || 103 ||
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