𑌭𑌰𑍍𑌤𑍃𑌹𑌰𑌿 is celebrated for the 𑌶𑌤𑌕-𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌶𑌤𑌿 - three collections of roughly a hundred verses each: 𑌨𑍀𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑌤𑌕𑌮𑍍, 𑌶𑍃𑌂𑌗𑌾𑌰 𑌶𑌤𑌕𑌮𑍍, and 𑌵𑍈𑌰𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌯 𑌶𑌤𑌕𑌮𑍍. These are among the most quoted 𑌸𑍁𑌭𑌾𑌷𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌨𑌿 in Sanskrit literature because each 𑌶𑍍𑌲𑍋𑌕 is compact, memorable, and psychologically sharp.
𑌶𑍃𑌂𑌗𑌾𑌰 𑌶𑌤𑌕𑌮𑍍 explores 𑌶𑍃𑌂𑌗𑌾𑌰 (love/beauty/romance) in many shades: the first spark of attraction, playful conversation, the language of glances, union (𑌸𑌂𑌭𑍋𑌗), separation (𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌹), and the way desire can both uplift and unsettle the mind. It is not only about physical beauty; it is also a study of longing, imagination, vulnerability, pride, and reconciliation - the inner choreography of relationship.
𑌶𑌂𑌭𑍁𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌂𑌭𑍁𑌹𑌰𑌯𑍋 𑌹𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍇𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂
𑌯𑍇𑌨𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌂𑌤 𑌸𑌤𑌤𑌂 𑌗𑍃𑌹𑌕𑍁𑌂𑌭𑌦𑌾𑌸𑌾𑌃 ।
𑌵𑌾𑌚𑌾𑌂 𑌅𑌗𑍋𑌚𑌰𑌚𑌰𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌯
𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌮𑍈 𑌨𑌮𑍋 𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌤𑍇 𑌮𑌕𑌰𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌜𑌾𑌯 ॥ 2.1 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Salutations to Cupid, whose wondrous play is beyond words - he by whom even Shiva, Brahma, and Vishnu are made ceaseless household errand-servants for doe-eyed women.
𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌤𑍇𑌨 𑌭𑌾𑌵𑍇𑌨 𑌚 𑌲𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌯𑌾 𑌭𑌿𑌯𑌾
𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑍈𑌰𑌰𑍍𑌧𑌕𑌟𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌵𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣𑍈𑌃 ।
𑌵𑌚𑍋𑌭𑌿𑌰𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌕𑌲𑌹𑍇𑌨 𑌲𑍀𑌲𑌯𑌾
𑌸𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌭𑌾𑌵𑍈𑌃 𑌖𑌲𑍁 𑌬𑌂𑌧𑌨𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌃 ॥ 2.2 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
By smiles and moods, by modesty and coy fear, by averted faces and half-sidelong glances, by words, jealousy, quarrels, and playful teasing - by all these moods indeed women become a binding snare for the mind.
𑌭𑍍𑌰𑍂𑌚𑌾𑌤𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾𑌃 𑌕𑌟𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾𑌃
𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌗𑍍𑌧𑌾 𑌵𑌾𑌚𑍋 𑌲𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌹𑌾𑌸𑌾𑌃 ।
𑌲𑍀𑌲𑌾𑌮𑌂𑌦𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌚 𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌚
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌣𑌾𑌂 𑌏𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌭𑍂𑌷𑌣𑌂 𑌚𑌾𑌯𑍁𑌧𑌂 𑌚 ॥ 2.3 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Sidelong glances shaped by clever eyebrow-play and slightly contracted eyes, affectionate speech, laughter that ends in modesty, and a gentle playful gait - whether walking or standing - these are for women both ornament and weapon.
𑌕𑍍𑌵𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌭𑍍𑌰𑍂𑌭𑌂𑌗𑍈𑌃 𑌕𑍍𑌵𑌚𑌿𑌦𑌪𑌿 𑌚 𑌲𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌾𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌗𑌤𑍈𑌃
𑌕𑍍𑌵𑌚𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌭𑍂𑌰𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍈𑌃 𑌕𑍍𑌵𑌚𑌿𑌦𑌪𑌿 𑌚 𑌲𑍀𑌲𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌲𑌲𑌿𑌤𑍈𑌃 ।
𑌕𑍁𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍀𑌣𑌾𑌂 𑌏𑌤𑍈𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌦𑌨𑌸𑍁𑌭𑌗𑍈𑌰𑍍𑌨𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌲𑌿𑌤𑍈𑌃
𑌸𑍍𑌫𑍁𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌨𑍀𑌲𑌾𑌬𑍍𑌜𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌕𑌰𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌕𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌾 𑌇𑌵 𑌦𑌿𑌶𑌃 ॥ 2.4 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
With eyebrow-bends, with modesty, with startled innocence, and with playful grace - with these love-stirring movements of the maidens' rolling eyes - the very directions seem as though they are strewn with clusters of flashing blue lotuses.
𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌚𑌂𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌸𑌿 𑌪𑌂𑌕𑌜𑌪𑌰𑍀𑌹𑌾𑌸𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌮𑍇 𑌲𑍋𑌚𑌨𑍇
𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌂 𑌅𑌪𑌾𑌕𑌰𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌣𑍁𑌰𑌲𑌿𑌨𑍀𑌜𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌣𑍁𑌃 𑌕𑌚𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌚𑌯𑌃 ।
𑌬𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍋𑌜𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌭𑌕𑍁𑌂𑌭𑌵𑌿𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌹𑌰𑍌 𑌗𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍀 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑌂𑌬𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌲𑍀
𑌵𑌾𑌚𑌾𑌂 𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌿 𑌚 𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌦𑌵𑌂 𑌯𑍁𑌵𑌤𑍀𑌷𑍁 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌂 𑌮𑌂𑌡𑌨𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.5 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
In young women, the natural adornment is this: a face blooming like the moon; eyes that outshine the lotus; a complexion that eclipses gold; hair that surpasses the swarm of bees; paired breasts like jars that bewilder the heart; a weighty curve of the hips; and speech whose softness captivates.
𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌤𑌕𑌿𑌂𑌚𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌗𑍍𑌧𑌂 𑌸𑌰𑌲𑌤𑌰𑌲𑍋 𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌿𑌵𑌿𑌭𑌵𑌃
𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌪𑌂𑌦𑍋 𑌵𑌾𑌚𑌾𑌂 𑌅𑌭𑌿𑌨𑌵𑌵𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌸𑍋𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌸𑌰𑌸𑌃 ।
𑌗𑌤𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌆𑌰𑌂𑌭𑌃 𑌕𑌿𑌸𑌲𑌯𑌿𑌤𑌲𑍀𑌲𑌾𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌕𑌰𑌃
𑌸𑍍𑌪𑍃𑌶𑌂𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌰𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌇𑌵 𑌨 𑌹𑌿 𑌰𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌮𑍃𑌗𑌦𑍃𑌶𑌃 ॥ 2.6 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
An innocent smile, a simple yet restless richness of gaze, a tremor in speech that is sweet with fresh playful phrases, the first budding start of movements and gestures - when youth touches the doe-eyed maiden, what is there that is not lovely?
𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌵𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌷𑍁 𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌉𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌮𑌂 𑌮𑍃𑌗𑌦𑍃𑌶𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌮𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌂 𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌂
𑌘𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌤𑌵𑍇𑌷𑍍𑌵𑌪𑌿 𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌆𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌪𑌵𑌨𑌃 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌵𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌷𑍁 𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌚𑌃 ।
𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌷𑍁 𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌓𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌪𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌵𑌰𑌸𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌪𑍃𑌶𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌷𑍁 𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌧𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌯𑌂
𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌨𑌵𑌯𑍌𑌵𑌨𑍇 𑌸𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌯𑍈𑌃 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌃 ॥ 2. ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Of all things to be seen, what is best? - the doe-eyed beloved's face, bright with love. Of all scents, what? - her breath. Of all sounds? - her words. Of all tastes? - the sweetness of her lips. Of all touch? - her body. And what is to be contemplated? - her fresh youth; for the tender-hearted, her graces are "best" everywhere.
𑌏𑌤𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌲𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌲𑌯𑌸𑌂𑌹𑌤𑌿𑌮𑍇𑌖𑌲𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌥𑌝𑌂𑌕𑌾𑌰
𑌨𑍂𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌿𑌤𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌹𑌂𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌃 ।
𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌨 𑌮𑌨𑍋 𑌵𑌿𑌵𑌶𑌂 𑌤𑌰𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯𑍋
𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌮𑍁𑌗𑍍𑌧𑌹𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀𑌸𑌦𑍃𑌶𑍈𑌃 𑌕𑌟𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍈𑌃 ॥ 2. ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
With jingling from swaying bangles and girdle, with anklets whose music outshines the royal swan, and with sidelong glances like frightened innocent doe - which mind do these young women not overpower?
𑌕𑍁𑌂𑌕𑍁𑌮𑌪𑌂𑌕𑌕𑌲𑌂𑌕𑌿𑌤𑌦𑍇𑌹𑌾
𑌗𑍌𑌰𑌪𑌯𑍋𑌧𑌰𑌕𑌂𑌪𑌿𑌤𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌾 ।
𑌨𑍂𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌹𑌂𑌸𑌰𑌣𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌦𑍍𑌮𑌾
𑌕𑌂 𑌨 𑌵𑌶𑍀𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌤𑍇 𑌭𑍁𑌵𑌿 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾 ॥ 2. ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
With her body streaked with saffron paste, her necklace trembling on her fair breasts, and her lotus-feet ringing with anklets like swans - whom on earth does such a lovely woman not enchant?
𑌨𑍂𑌨𑌂 𑌹𑌿 𑌤𑍇 𑌕𑌵𑌿𑌵𑌰𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌪𑌰𑍀𑌤𑌵𑌾𑌚𑍋
𑌯𑍇 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌆𑌹𑍁𑌰𑌬𑌲𑌾 𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍀𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌃 ।
𑌯𑌾𑌭𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌲𑍋𑌲𑌿𑌤𑌰𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌕𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌿𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍈𑌃
𑌶𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌦𑌯𑍋𑌽𑌪𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌜𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌬𑌲𑌾𑌃 𑌕𑌥𑌂 𑌤𑌾𑌃 ॥ 2.10 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Surely those "great poets" speak upside-down who keep calling women weak; by the playful casting of their rolling, star-like glances even Indra and the gods are conquered - how then are they weak?
𑌨𑍂𑌨𑌂 𑌆𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌕𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌃 𑌸𑍁𑌭𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌵𑍋 𑌮𑌕𑌰𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌜𑌃 ।
𑌯𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌨𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌸𑌂𑌚𑌾𑌰𑌸𑍂𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍇𑌷𑍁 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌤𑍇 ॥ 2.11 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Surely Cupid is the obedient servant of that fair-browed woman, because he acts according to the signals given by the movements of her eyes.
𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌾𑌃 𑌸𑌂𑌯𑌮𑌿𑌨𑌃 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑍇𑌰𑌪𑌿 𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌰𑌂 𑌗𑌤𑍇 𑌲𑍋𑌚𑌨𑍇
𑌅𑌂𑌤𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌅𑌪𑌿 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌶𑍁𑌚𑌿𑌭𑍀𑌃 𑌕𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌂 𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌜𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌗𑌣𑍈𑌃 ।
𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌸𑌤𑌤𑌾𑌧𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌰𑍁𑌚𑌿𑌰𑍌 𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍋𑌜𑌕𑍁𑌂𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌥𑌂
𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌵𑌿 𑌵𑌪𑍁𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌶𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌂 𑌅𑌪𑌿 𑌤𑍇𑌰𑌾𑌗𑌂 𑌕𑌰𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌵 𑌨𑌃 ॥ 2.12 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Your hair looks like that of the self-controlled; your eyes seem to extend even beyond the ear; your mouth, naturally bright, is filled with rows of teeth; your two breast-jars are ever beautified by pearls resting on them. O slender one, even though your form is composed, it still awakens passion in us.
𑌮𑍁𑌗𑍍𑌧𑍇 𑌧𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌕𑌤𑌾 𑌕𑍇𑌯𑌂 𑌅𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌿 𑌦𑍃𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇 ।
𑌯𑌯𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌸𑌿 𑌚𑍇𑌤𑌾𑌂𑌸𑌿 𑌗𑍁𑌣𑍈𑌰𑍇𑌵 𑌨 𑌸𑌾𑌯𑌕𑍈𑌃 ॥ 2.13 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
O innocent one, what new kind of archery is seen in you - by which you pierce hearts with your qualities alone, and not with arrows?
𑌸𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑍀𑌪𑍇 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌗𑍍𑌨𑍌 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍁 𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌰𑌵𑍀𑌂𑌦𑍁𑌷𑍁 ।
𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌾 𑌮𑍇 𑌮𑍃𑌗𑌶𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌤𑌮𑍋𑌭𑍂𑌤𑌂 𑌇𑌦𑌂 𑌜𑌗𑌤𑍍 ॥ 2.14 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Though lamp-light, fire, stars, sun, and moon are present, without my fawn-eyed beloved this world becomes darkness to me.
𑌉𑌦𑍍𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑌭𑌾𑌰 𑌏𑌷 𑌤𑌰𑌲𑍇 𑌨𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍇 𑌚𑌲𑍇 𑌭𑍍𑌰𑍂𑌲𑌤𑍇
𑌰𑌾𑌗𑌾𑌧𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌓𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌪𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌵𑌂 𑌇𑌦𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌂𑌤𑍁 𑌨𑌾𑌮 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌥𑌾𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌸𑍌𑌭𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌲𑌿𑌕𑍇𑌵 𑌲𑌿𑌖𑌿𑌤𑌾 𑌪𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌪𑌾𑌯𑍁𑌧𑍇𑌨 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌂
𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌾𑌪𑌿 𑌕𑌰𑍋𑌤𑌿 𑌤𑌾𑌪𑌂 𑌅𑌧𑌿𑌕𑌂 𑌰𑍋𑌮𑌾𑌵𑌲𑌿𑌃 𑌕𑍇𑌨 𑌸𑌾 ॥ 2.15 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Let the raised weight of the breasts, the tremulous eyes, the dancing eyebrows, and the lip-bud set with color indeed cause disturbance; but why does the delicate line of abdominal hair, though placed in the middle, produce even greater burning longing - as if Cupid himself wrote it like an auspicious garland of letters?
𑌮𑍁𑌖𑍇𑌨 𑌚𑌂𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌕𑌾𑌂𑌤𑍇𑌨 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌨𑍀𑌲𑍈𑌃 𑌶𑌿𑌰𑍋𑌰𑍁𑌹𑍈𑌃 ।
𑌕𑌰𑌾𑌭𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌂 𑌪𑌦𑍍𑌮𑌰𑌾𑌗𑌾𑌭𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌂 𑌰𑍇𑌜𑍇 𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌨𑌮𑌯𑍀𑌵 𑌸𑌾 ॥ 2.16 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
With a moonstone-like face, deep-blue hair, and ruby-like hands, she shone as though she were fashioned from jewels.
𑌗𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌣𑌾 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑌭𑌾𑌰𑍇𑌣 𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌚𑌂𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌣 𑌭𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌤𑌾 ।
𑌶𑌨𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌰𑌾𑌭𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌾𑌭𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌂 𑌰𑍇𑌜𑍇 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌹𑌮𑌯𑍀𑌵 𑌸𑌾 ॥ 2.1 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
With the heavy "guru" of her breast-weight, with a radiant moon-like face, and with two Saturn-like feet, she appeared as though she were made of planets.
𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑍌 𑌯𑌦𑌿 𑌘𑌨𑍌 𑌜𑌘𑌨𑌂 𑌚 𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌿
𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌚 𑌚𑌾𑌰𑍁 𑌤𑌵 𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤 𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌆𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌪𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌵 𑌯𑌦𑌿 𑌤𑍇𑌷𑍁 𑌤𑌵𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌵𑌾𑌂𑌛𑌾
𑌪𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯𑍈𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌾 𑌨 𑌹𑌿 𑌭𑌵𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌸𑌮𑍀𑌹𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌾𑌃 ॥ 2.1 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
O mind, if her breasts are full, her hips charming, and her face lovely, why are you so agitated? If you truly desire such things, cultivate merit - without merit, desired outcomes do not come to pass.
𑌇𑌮𑍇 𑌤𑌾𑌰𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌨𑌵𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌮𑌲𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍌𑌢𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌤𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌾𑌪
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌰𑌂𑌭𑌾𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌜𑌯𑌦𑌾𑌨𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌭𑍁𑌵𑌃 ।
𑌚𑌿𑌰𑌂 𑌚𑍇𑌤𑌶𑍍𑌚𑍋𑌰𑌾 𑌅𑌭𑌿𑌨𑌵𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌰𑍈𑌕𑌗𑍁𑌰𑌵𑍋
𑌵𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌸𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌃 𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌅𑌪𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌜𑌯𑌂𑌤𑍇 𑌮𑍃𑌗𑌦𑍃𑌶𑌾𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.1 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
These activities of doe-eyed women - fragrant with the fresh splendor of youth, beginning the heat of mature love-play, granting victory to Cupid, long-time thieves of the mind, and unique teachers of ever-new emotions - triumph in some indescribable way.
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑌯𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌮𑍋𑌦𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌰𑌾 𑌰𑌸𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌤𑌾𑌂 𑌗𑌤𑌾𑌃
𑌫𑌣𑌿𑌤𑌿𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌰𑌾 𑌮𑍁𑌗𑍍𑌧𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌿𑌤𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌮𑌦𑌾𑌃 ।
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌿𑌸𑍁𑌭𑌗𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌰𑌂𑌭𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌰𑍋𑌦𑌯𑌦𑌾𑌯𑌿𑌨𑍀
𑌰𑌹𑌸𑌿 𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌅𑌪𑌿 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑍈𑌰𑌾𑌲𑌾𑌪𑌾 𑌹𑌰𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑍃𑌗𑍀𑌦𑍃𑌶𑌾𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.20 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Sweet with affection, rich in outpourings of love and the flavor of emotion; sweet in speech and mostly innocent; naturally charming and softened by trust - the free private conversations of doe-eyed women kindle love and steal the heart.
𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍍𑌯 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍍𑌯 𑌵𑌨𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌮𑌾𑌣𑌾𑌂
𑌛𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌸𑍁 𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌵𑍀 𑌵𑌿𑌚𑌚𑌾𑌰 𑌕𑌾𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍 ।
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌰𑍀𑌯𑍇𑌣 𑌕𑌰𑍋𑌦𑍍𑌧𑍃𑌤𑍇𑌨
𑌨𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌯𑌂𑌤𑍀 𑌶𑌶𑌿𑌨𑍋 𑌮𑌯𑍂𑌖𑌾𑌨𑍍 ॥ 2.21 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
A slender woman wandered, resting again and again in the shade of forest trees, shielding herself from the moon's rays with an upper cloth raised by her hand.
𑌅𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌶𑌨𑍇 𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌶𑌨𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌾
𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌵𑌂𑌗𑌸𑍁𑌖𑍈𑌕𑌲𑍋𑌲𑌾 ।
𑌆𑌲𑌿𑌂𑌗𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌂 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌤𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌶𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌹𑍇
𑌵𑌿𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌹𑌯𑍋𑌰𑌭𑍇𑌦𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.22 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
When we cannot see her, we long only for a sight; once we see her, we long only for the pleasure of an embrace; and when embraced, we again long for the complete non-separation of the two bodies.
𑌮𑌾𑌲𑌤𑍀 𑌶𑌿𑌰𑌸𑌿 𑌜𑍃𑌂𑌭𑌣𑌂 𑌮𑍁𑌖𑍇
𑌚𑌂𑌦𑌨𑌂 𑌵𑌪𑍁𑌷𑌿 𑌕𑍁𑌂𑌕𑍁𑌮𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌲𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌸𑌿 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌤𑌮𑌾 𑌮𑌦𑌾𑌲𑌸𑌾
𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌗 𑌏𑌷 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌶𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌟 𑌆𑌗𑌮𑌃 ॥ 2.23 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Jasmine on the head, a blooming smile on the face, sandal paste on the body tinged with saffron, and the beloved lying languid on the chest - this is heaven; anything "to come" is only the remainder.
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌂 𑌏𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑌨𑌾𑌗𑌨𑌾𑌗𑌤𑌰𑌸𑌂 𑌜𑌾𑌤𑌾𑌭𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌷𑌾𑌂 𑌤𑌤𑌃
𑌸𑌵𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌡𑌂 𑌤𑌦𑌨𑍁 𑌶𑍍𑌲𑌥𑍋𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌮𑌂 𑌅𑌥 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌧𑍈𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌃 ।
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌪𑍃𑌹𑌣𑍀𑌯𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌰𑌰𑌹𑌃 𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌡𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌗𑌲𑍍𑌭𑌂 𑌤𑌤𑍋
𑌨𑌿𑌃𑌸𑌂𑌗𑌾𑌂𑌗𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌷𑌣𑌾𑌧𑌿𑌕𑌸𑍁𑌖𑌰𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌰𑌤𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.24 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
The love-play of a respectable woman is uniquely delightful: the mind first moves forward and just begins to taste emotion, desire arises; then bashfulness appears and effort slackens, courage collapses again; then it becomes tender with love, then an intensely desirable private moment, then bold play - and finally, playful withdrawals of the limbs that heighten delight.
𑌉𑌰𑌸𑌿 𑌨𑌿𑌪𑌤𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌧𑌮𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌕𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂
𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌿𑌤𑌨𑌯𑌨𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌕𑌿𑌂𑌚𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌉𑌨𑍍𑌮𑍀𑌲𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌉𑌪𑌰𑌿 𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌤𑌖𑍇𑌦𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌗𑌂𑌡𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌲𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌧𑌰
𑌮𑌧𑍁 𑌵𑌧𑍂𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌯𑌵𑌂𑌤𑌃 𑌪𑌿𑌬𑌂𑌤𑌿 ॥ 2.25 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
The fortunate drink the honey of the lips of women who lie upon their chest, hair disheveled, eyes closed yet slightly opening, cheeks moist with the fatigue of love-play.
𑌆𑌮𑍀𑌲𑌿𑌤𑌨𑌯𑌨𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌯𑌃
𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌤𑌰𑌸𑍋𑌽𑌨𑍁 𑌸𑌂𑌵𑌿𑌦𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌤𑌿 ।
𑌮𑌿𑌥𑍁𑌰𑍈𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌥𑍋𑌽𑌵𑌧𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌤𑌮𑌵𑌿𑌤𑌥𑌮𑍍
𑌇𑌦𑌂 𑌏𑌵 𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌬𑌰𑍍𑌹𑌣𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.26 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
That which shines as the shared, unspoken understanding within love-play - when eyes are half-closed - and which couples mutually recognize as true: this alone is the fulfilment of love.
𑌇𑌦𑌂 𑌅𑌨𑍁𑌚𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌅𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌪𑍁𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌂
𑌯𑌦𑌿𑌹 𑌜𑌰𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌪𑌿 𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌥𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌃 ।
𑌤𑌦𑌪𑌿 𑌚 𑌨 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑌂𑌬𑌿𑌨𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌂
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑌪𑌤𑌨𑌾𑌵𑌧𑌿 𑌜𑍀𑌵𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌰𑌤𑌂 𑌵𑌾 ॥ 2.2 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
It is improper and out of order for men if the stirrings of desire persist even in old age; yet, for women of shapely hips it is not said to be so - as though their life remains love and delight until the signs of age appear.
𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌣𑌾𑌂𑌬𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌶𑍇𑌰𑍍𑌨 𑌹𑌿 𑌜𑌗𑌤𑌿 𑌗𑌤𑌃 𑌕𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌵𑌸𑌾𑌨𑌂
𑌕𑍋 𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥𑍋𑌽𑌰𑍍𑌥𑍈𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑍂𑌤𑍈𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌵𑌪𑍁𑌷𑌿 𑌗𑌲𑌿𑌤𑍇 𑌯𑍌𑌵𑌨𑍇 𑌸𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌗𑍇 ।
𑌗𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌾𑌮𑌃 𑌸𑌦𑍍𑌮 𑌯𑌾𑌵𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌸𑌿𑌤𑌨𑌯𑌨𑍇𑌂𑌦𑍀𑌵𑌰𑌾𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌿𑌨𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍍𑌯
𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌂 𑌝𑌟𑌿𑌤𑌿 𑌨 𑌜𑌰𑌯𑌾 𑌲𑍁𑌪𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌯𑌸𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.2 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
There is no end, in this world, to the ocean of craving for power and splendor. What is the use of abundant wealth when youth and passion slip away from the body? Let us go, again and again, to the homes of lotus-eyed beloveds while their beauty is not yet quickly taken away by old age.
𑌰𑌾𑌗𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌗𑌾𑌰𑌂 𑌏𑌕𑌂 𑌨𑌰𑌕𑌶𑌤𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌦𑍁𑌃𑌖𑌸𑌂𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌹𑍇𑌤𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌮𑍋𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌯𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌿
𑌬𑍀𑌜𑌂 𑌜𑌲𑌧𑌰𑌪𑌟𑌲𑌂 𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌧𑌿𑌪𑌸𑍍𑌯 ।
𑌕𑌂𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌸𑍍𑌯𑍈𑌕𑌮𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌕𑌟𑌿𑌤𑌵𑌿𑌵𑌿𑌧𑌸𑍍𑌪𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌦𑍋𑌷𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌬𑌂𑌧𑌂
𑌲𑍋𑌕𑍇𑌽𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌨 𑌹𑍍𑌯𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌵𑍍𑌰𑌜𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌭𑌵𑌨𑌯𑍌𑌵𑌨𑌾𑌦𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌦𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿 ॥ 2.2 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Youth is the sole abode of passion; the cause of countless hell-like sufferings; the seed from which delusion is born; a mass of clouds that hides the moon of wisdom; Cupid's closest friend; and a chain of clearly visible faults. Indeed, in this world people seem to know nothing beyond wealth, retinue, family, home, and youth.
𑌶𑍃𑌂𑌗𑌾𑌰𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌮𑌨𑍀𑌰𑌦𑍇 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍃𑌮𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌡𑌾𑌰𑌸𑌸𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌤𑌸𑌿
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌮𑍍𑌨𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌬𑌾𑌂𑌧𑌵𑍇 𑌚𑌤𑍁𑌰𑌵𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌫𑌲𑍋𑌦𑌨𑍍𑌵𑌤𑌿 ।
𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌵𑍀𑌨𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌚𑌕𑍋𑌰𑌪𑌾𑌵𑌨𑌵𑌿𑌧𑍌 𑌸𑍌𑌭𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌯𑌲𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌮𑍀𑌨𑌿𑌧𑍌
𑌧𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌃 𑌕𑍋𑌽𑌪𑌿 𑌨 𑌵𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌾𑌂 𑌕𑌲𑌯𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌨𑌵𑍇 𑌯𑍌𑌵𑌨𑍇 ॥ 2.30 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
When fresh youth arrives - like a raincloud nourishing the tree of romance, like a stream overflowing with playful delight, like an ocean rich with pearl-like clever speech, like a treasure-house of fortune and beauty - who, even among the blessed, does not undergo a transformation?
𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌰𑍇𑌽𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌸𑌾𑌰𑍇 𑌕𑍁𑌨𑍃𑌪𑌤𑌿𑌭𑌵𑌨𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌸𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌕𑌲𑌂𑌕𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌸𑌂𑌗
𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌧𑍈𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌕𑌥𑌂 𑌅𑌮𑌲𑌧𑌿𑌯𑍋 𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌸𑌂 𑌸𑌂𑌵𑌿𑌦𑌧𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌃 ।
𑌯𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌤𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌦𑍍𑌇𑌂𑌦𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤𑌿𑌨𑌿𑌚𑌯𑌭𑍃𑌤𑍋 𑌨 𑌸𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌰𑌂𑌭𑍋𑌜𑌨𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌃
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌂𑌖𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌾𑌂𑌚𑍀𑌕𑌲𑌾𑌪𑌾𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑌭𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌭𑌾𑌜𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌰𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌃 ॥ 2.31 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
In this essence-less world, tainted by humiliating service at the gates of petty rulers, how could the minds of the pure-hearted ever stay composed - if these young women did not exist: lotus-eyed, shining like a newly risen moon, their girdles swaying, their waists gently bent beneath youthful fullness?
𑌸𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌾𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌸𑌿𑌤𑌕𑌂𑌦𑌰𑍇 𑌹𑌰𑌵𑍃𑌷𑌸𑍍𑌕𑌂𑌧𑌾𑌵𑌰𑍁𑌗𑍍𑌣𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌮𑍇
𑌗𑌂𑌗𑌾𑌧𑍌𑌤𑌶𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌤𑌲𑍇 𑌹𑌿𑌮𑌵𑌤𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌾𑌨𑍇 𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌿𑌤𑍇 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌯𑌸𑌿 ।
𑌕𑌃 𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍀𑌤 𑌶𑌿𑌰𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑌾𑌮𑌮𑌲𑌿𑌨𑌂 𑌮𑍍𑌲𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌮𑌨𑌸𑍍𑌵𑍀 𑌜𑌨𑍋
𑌯𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌕𑍁𑌰𑌂𑌗𑌶𑌾𑌵𑌨𑌯𑌨𑌾 𑌨 𑌸𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌰𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌃 ॥ 2.32 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Even in a most auspicious Himalayan retreat - caves inhabited by spiritual adepts, rocks washed by the river Ganga, and forest traces of Shiva's bull - what spirited person would let the head be soiled by repeated bowing and the mind droop, if women with frightened-fawn eyes were not Cupid's weapons?
𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌰 𑌤𑌵 𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌪𑌦𑌵𑍀 𑌨 𑌦𑌵𑍀𑌯𑌸𑍀 ।
𑌅𑌂𑌤𑌰𑌾 𑌦𑍁𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌰𑌾 𑌨 𑌸𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌦𑌿 𑌤𑍇 𑌮𑌦𑌿𑌰𑍇𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣𑌾𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.33 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
The road through this worldly life does not feel long, and the stretch in between does not feel hard to cross, if your intoxicating eyes are with me.
𑌦𑌿𑌶 𑌵𑌨𑌹𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀𑌭𑍍𑌯𑍋 𑌵𑌂𑌶𑌕𑌾𑌂𑌡𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌵𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌂
𑌕𑌵𑌲𑌂 𑌉𑌪𑌲𑌕𑍋𑌟𑌿𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌮𑍂𑌲𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌶𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌶𑌕𑌯𑍁𑌵𑌤𑌿𑌕𑌪𑍋𑌲𑌾𑌪𑌾𑌂𑌡𑍁𑌤𑌾𑌂𑌬𑍂𑌲𑌵𑌲𑍍𑌲𑍀𑌦𑌲𑌮𑍍
𑌅𑌰𑍁𑌣𑌨𑌖𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌰𑍈𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌟𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌵𑌾 𑌵𑌧𑍂𑌭𑍍𑌯𑌃 ॥ 2.34 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
To deer, offer a morsel of sacred grass, pale as bamboo-stalks and with roots cut clean by stone; to brides, offer a betel-leaf, pale as a maiden's cheek and torn by the reddish tips of nails.
𑌅𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌃 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌤𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌸𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌪𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌯𑌾
𑌜𑍁𑌗𑍁𑌪𑍍𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌾𑌂 𑌯𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌨𑌨𑍁 𑌸𑌕𑌲𑌦𑍋𑌷𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌪𑌦𑌂 𑌇𑌤𑌿 ।
𑌤𑌥𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌭𑍂𑌮𑍌 𑌨𑌹𑌿 𑌪𑌰𑌹𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌪𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌅𑌧𑌿𑌕𑌂
𑌨 𑌚𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌰𑍇 𑌕𑍁𑌵𑌲𑌯𑌦𑍃𑌶𑍋 𑌰𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌅𑌪𑌰𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.35 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Let all sense-objects be declared worthless, tasteless to the dispassionate, and to be shunned as an abode of faults; yet on this earth there is no virtue greater than working for others' welfare, and in this world there is no delight greater than the eyes of a lotus-eyed beloved.
𑌏𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌫𑌲𑍋 𑌲𑍋𑌕𑍇 𑌯𑌦𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌯𑍋𑌰𑍇𑌕𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌤𑌾 ।
𑌅𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍇 𑌕𑌾𑌮𑍇 𑌶𑌵𑌯𑍋𑌰𑌿𑌵 𑌸𑌂𑌗𑌮𑌃 ॥ 2.35.1 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
The real fruit of love in this world is two people becoming of one mind; when love is with someone whose mind is elsewhere, their union is like the meeting of two corpses.
𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌉𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯 𑌵𑌿𑌚𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯 𑌕𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌃
𑌸𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌦𑌂 𑌇𑌦𑌂 𑌵𑌦𑌂𑌤𑍁 ।
𑌸𑍇𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑌂𑌬𑌾𑌃 𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌉 𑌭𑍂𑌧𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌾𑌮𑌤
𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌮𑍇𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌸𑌿𑌨𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.36 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Let the noble, setting aside envy and thinking clearly about what is worth pursuing, say this with propriety: are the hips we should "serve" those of mountains - or rather those of love-smiling, playful women?
𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌰𑍇 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌪𑍍𑌨𑌸𑌾𑌰𑍇 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌣𑌤𑌿𑌤𑌰𑌲𑍇 𑌦𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌗𑌤𑍀 𑌪𑌂𑌡𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂
𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌮𑍃𑌤𑌾𑌂𑌭𑌃𑌪𑍍𑌲𑌵𑌲𑌲𑌿𑌤𑌧𑌿𑌯𑌾𑌂 𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌃 𑌕𑌥𑌂𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍 ।
𑌨𑍋 𑌚𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌗𑍍𑌧𑌾𑌂𑌗𑌨𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑌜𑌘𑌨𑌘𑌨𑌾𑌭𑍋𑌗𑌸𑌂𑌭𑍋𑌗𑌿𑌨𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌂
𑌸𑍍𑌥𑍂𑌲𑍋𑌪𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌲𑍀𑌷𑍁 𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌗𑌿𑌤𑌕𑌰𑌤𑌲𑌸𑍍𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌶𑌲𑍀𑌲𑍋𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.3 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
In this dream-like and ever-shifting world, the learned have only two meaningful ways for time to pass: either through minds delighting in truth-knowledge - a raft of nectar - or else (if not that) amid the intimate play of innocent young women, rich in youthful abundance.
𑌆𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌃 𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌤𑌾𑌂 𑌗𑌂𑌗𑍇 𑌪𑌾𑌪𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑌿 𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑌿 ।
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌯𑍇 𑌤𑌰𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌵𑌾 𑌮𑌨𑍋𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑌿 𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑌿 ॥ 2.3 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Let your dwelling be made either in the sin-removing waters of the river Ganga, or in the mind-stealing bosom of a young woman.
𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌇𑌹 𑌬𑌹𑍁𑌭𑌿𑌰𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍈𑌰𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌶𑍂𑌨𑍍𑌯𑍈𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌲𑌾𑌪𑍈𑌰𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌮𑍍
𑌇𑌹 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌷𑌾𑌣𑌾𑌂 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌦𑌾 𑌸𑍇𑌵𑌨𑍀𑌯𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌅𑌭𑌿𑌨𑌵𑌮𑌦𑌲𑍀𑌲𑌾𑌲𑌾𑌲𑌸𑌂 𑌸𑍁𑌂𑌦𑌰𑍀𑌣𑌾𑌂
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑌭𑌰𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌖𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌂 𑌯𑍌𑌵𑌨𑌂 𑌵𑌾 𑌵𑌨𑌂 𑌵𑌾 ॥ 2.3 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Why so much senseless talk? In this world, there are only two pursuits that people truly cling to: either the fresh, passionate youth of beautiful women, or the solitude of the forest.
𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌜𑌨𑌾 𑌵𑌚𑍍𑌮𑌿 𑌨 𑌪𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌪𑌾𑌤𑌾𑌲𑍍
𑌲𑍋𑌕𑍇𑌷𑍁 𑌸𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌪𑌿 𑌤𑌥𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌏𑌤𑌤𑍍 ।
𑌨𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌨𑍋𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌿 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑌂𑌬𑌿𑌨𑍀𑌭𑍍𑌯𑍋
𑌦𑍁𑌃𑌖𑍈𑌕𑌹𑍇𑌤𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌨 𑌚 𑌕𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌦𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌃 ॥ 2.40 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
People, I say this truly and without bias: across all the seven worlds, there is no other single cause of sorrow than captivating women.
𑌕𑌾𑌂𑌤𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌲𑌲𑍋𑌚𑌨𑍇𑌤𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌪𑍁𑌲𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌣𑍀𑌭𑌰𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌪𑍀𑌨𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌂𑌗
𑌪𑌯𑍋𑌧𑌰𑍇𑌤𑌿 𑌸𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌾𑌂𑌭𑍋𑌜𑍇𑌤𑌿 𑌸𑍁𑌭𑍍𑌰𑍂𑌰𑌿𑌤𑌿 ।
𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌮𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑍋𑌦𑌤𑍇𑌽𑌭𑌿𑌰𑌮𑌤𑍇 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍌𑌤𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌨𑌪𑌿
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾𑌶𑍁𑌚𑌿𑌭𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌂 𑌅𑌹𑍋 𑌮𑍋𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌦𑍁𑌶𑍍𑌚𑍇𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌿𑌤𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.41 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Calling her "beloved", "lotus-eyed", "broad-hipped", "high and full-breasted", "lotus-faced", "beautiful-browed" - merely seeing her, even a scholar becomes intoxicated, rejoices, delights, and praises, though she is plainly a bag of impurities. Alas, what a mischief of delusion!
𑌸𑍍𑌮𑍃𑌤𑌾 𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌤𑌾𑌪𑌾𑌯 𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌾 𑌚𑍋𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌦𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀 ।
𑌸𑍍𑌪𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌾 𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑍋𑌹𑌾𑌯 𑌸𑌾 𑌨𑌾𑌮 𑌦𑌯𑌿𑌤𑌾 𑌕𑌥𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.42 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Remembered she burns; seen she drives one into frenzy; touched she bewilders. How then is she called a "beloved"?
𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌮𑍃𑌤𑌮𑌯𑍀 𑌯𑌾𑌵𑌲𑍍𑌲𑍋𑌚𑌨𑌗𑍋𑌚𑌰𑌾 ।
𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌪𑌥𑌾𑌦𑌤𑍀𑌤𑌾 𑌤𑍁 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌾𑌦𑌪𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿𑌰𑌿𑌚𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇 ॥ 2.43 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
She is nectar only as long as she remains within sight; once she goes beyond the eyes' reach, she becomes worse than poison (through the pain of longing).
𑌨𑌾𑌮𑍃𑌤𑌂 𑌨 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌂 𑌕𑌿𑌂𑌚𑌿𑌦𑍇𑌤𑌾𑌂 𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑌂𑌬𑌿𑌨𑍀𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌸𑍈𑌵𑌾𑌮𑍃𑌤𑌲𑌤𑌾 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌵𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌰𑍀 ॥ 2.44 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Except for this beloved, nothing is really nectar or poison: when she is affectionate she is a vine of nectar, and when she turns indifferent she becomes a vine of poison.
𑌆𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌃 𑌸𑌂𑌶𑌯𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌅𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌯𑌭𑍁𑌵𑌨𑌂 𑌪𑌟𑍍𑌟𑌣𑌂 𑌸𑌾𑌹𑌸𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂
𑌦𑍋𑌷𑌾𑌣𑌾𑌂 𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌧𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌕𑌪𑌟𑌶𑌤𑌮𑌯𑌂 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌅𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌯𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌵𑌿𑌘𑍍𑌨𑍋 𑌨𑌰𑌕𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌮𑍁𑌖 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌮𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌕𑌰𑌂𑌡𑌂
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌯𑌂𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌕𑍇𑌨 𑌸𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌂 𑌅𑌮𑍃𑌤𑌮𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌿𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌪𑌾𑌶𑌃 ॥ 2.45 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Who created this "woman-device" - a whirlpool of doubts, a realm of indiscipline, a city of rashness, an abode of faults, a field made of a hundred deceits, an obstacle at heaven's gate and the doorway to hell, a basket of every illusion - a poison that appears as nectar, a snare for living beings?
𑌨𑍋 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌨 𑌮𑍃𑌗𑌾𑌂𑌕 𑌏𑌷 𑌵𑌦𑌨𑍀𑌭𑍂𑌤𑍋 𑌨 𑌚𑍇𑌂𑌦𑍀𑌵𑌰𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌂𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌂
𑌲𑍋𑌚𑌨𑌤𑌾𑌂 𑌗𑌤 𑌨 𑌕𑌨𑌕𑍈𑌰𑌪𑍍𑌯𑌂𑌗𑌯𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌿𑌃 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌾 ।
𑌕𑌿𑌂𑌤𑍍𑌵𑍇𑌵𑌂 𑌕𑌵𑌿𑌭𑌿𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌤𑌮𑌨𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌜𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌪𑌿
𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌙𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌿𑌮𑌯𑌂 𑌵𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌮𑍃𑌗𑌦𑍃𑌶𑌾𑌂 𑌮𑌂𑌦𑍋 𑌜𑌨𑌃 𑌸𑍇𑌵𑌤𑍇 ॥ 2.46 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Truly, the moon has not become her face; nor have blue lotuses become her eyes; nor is her body made of gold. Yet the dull person, though knowing reality, still clings to the deer-eyed woman's body made of skin, flesh, and bone - his mind deceived by poets.
𑌲𑍀𑌲𑌾𑌵𑌤𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌸𑌹𑌜𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌸𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤
𑌏𑌵 𑌮𑍂𑌢𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌿 𑌸𑍍𑌫𑍁𑌰𑌂𑌤𑌿 ।
𑌰𑌾𑌗𑍋 𑌨𑌲𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌹𑌿 𑌨𑌿𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌸𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌰
𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌵 𑌵𑍃𑌥𑌾 𑌷𑌡𑍍𑌅𑌂𑌘𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌃 ॥ 2.4 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
In a fool's heart, the inborn graces of playful women alone keep flashing. The lotus's redness is natural; still the six-footed bee, deluded, buzzes about it in vain.
𑌸𑌂𑌮𑍋𑌹𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑌦𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌡𑌂𑌬𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌿
𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌰𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌰𑌮𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌾𑌦𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌿 ।
𑌏𑌤𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌯 𑌸𑌦𑌯𑌂 𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌯𑌂 𑌨𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌾𑌂
𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌨𑌾𑌮 𑌵𑌾𑌮𑌨𑌯𑌨𑌾 𑌨 𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌚𑌰𑌂𑌤𑌿 ॥ 2.4.1 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
They bewilder, intoxicate, deceive, scold, delight, and sadden - once these beautiful-eyed women enter a man's tender heart, what is it that they do not do?
𑌯𑌦𑍇𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑍇𑌂𑌦𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤𑌿𑌹𑌰𑌂 𑌉𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑌰𑌂
𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌾𑌬𑍍𑌜𑌂 𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌵𑌂𑌗𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌃 𑌕𑌿𑌲 𑌵𑌸𑌤𑌿 𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌧𑌰𑌮𑌧𑍁 ।
𑌇𑌦𑌂 𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌕𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌮𑌫𑌲𑌂 𑌇𑌦𑌾𑌨𑍀𑌂 𑌅𑌤𑌿𑌰𑌸𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍀𑌤𑍇𑌽𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍
𑌕𑌾𑌲𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌂 𑌇𑌵 𑌭𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌯𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍁𑌖𑌦𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.4 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
This splendid lotus-face of the slender beloved, stealing the shine of the full moon, where the honey of her lips resides - is it not a ripe fruit? Yet when its excessive sweetness has passed with time, it will turn, as it were, into poison and bring pain.
𑌉𑌨𑍍𑌮𑍀𑌲𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌵𑌲𑍀𑌤𑌰𑌂𑌗𑌨𑌿𑌲𑌯𑌾 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌂𑌗𑌪𑍀𑌨𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌂𑌦𑍍𑌵𑍇𑌨𑍋𑌦𑍍𑌗𑌤
𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌾𑌕𑌯𑍁𑌗𑌲𑌾 𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌂𑌬𑍁𑌜𑍋𑌦𑍍𑌭𑌾𑌸𑌿𑌨𑍀 ।
𑌕𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌧𑌰𑌾 𑌨𑌦𑍀𑌯𑌂 𑌅𑌭𑌿𑌤𑌃 𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍂𑌰𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌨𑌾𑌪𑍇𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤𑍇
𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌵𑌮𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌨𑌂 𑌯𑌦𑌿 𑌤𑌦𑌾 𑌦𑍂𑌰𑍇𑌣 𑌸𑌂𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌜𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.4 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
This river shaped like a beloved - with waves like the soft lines of her waist, with a pair of love-birds rising from lofty, full breasts, shining with a lotus-like face - is cruel and shows no regard. If you wish to avoid drowning in the ocean of worldly life, abandon it from far away.
𑌜𑌲𑍍𑌪𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌸𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌧𑌂 𑌅𑌨𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌨 𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌂𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌸𑌵𑌿𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌃 ।
𑌹𑍃𑌦𑍍𑌗𑌤𑌂 𑌚𑌿𑌂𑌤𑌯𑌂𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌃 𑌕𑍋 𑌨𑌾𑌮 𑌯𑍋𑌷𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.50 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
They chat with one, glance at another with playful charm, and think of yet another in the heart - who, indeed, is the beloved of women?
𑌮𑌧𑍁 𑌤𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌤𑌿 𑌵𑌾𑌚𑌿 𑌯𑍋𑌷𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌂 𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌿 𑌹𑌾𑌲𑌾𑌹𑌲𑌂 𑌏𑌵 𑌕𑍇𑌵𑌲𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌅𑌤𑌏𑌵 𑌨𑌿𑌪𑍀𑌯𑌤𑍇𑌽𑌧𑌰𑍋 𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌯𑌂 𑌮𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌿𑌭𑌿𑌰𑍇𑌵 𑌤𑌾𑌡𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇 ॥ 2.51 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Honey sits on women's tongues, but only poison in their hearts; therefore the lip is "drunk" (kissed), while the heart is, as it were, struck with fists.
𑌅𑌪𑌸𑌰 𑌸𑌖𑍇 𑌦𑍂𑌰𑌾𑌦𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌟𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌾𑌨𑌲𑌾𑌤𑍍
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌿𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌮𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍋𑌷𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌸𑌫𑌣𑌾𑌭𑍃𑌤𑌃 ।
𑌇𑌤𑌰𑌫𑌣𑌿𑌨𑌾 𑌦𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌃 𑌶𑌕𑍍𑌯𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌕𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌿𑌤𑍁𑌂 𑌔𑌷𑌧𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌤𑍁𑌰𑍍
𑌵𑌨𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌭𑍋𑌗𑌿𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌹𑌿 𑌮𑌂𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌣𑌃 ॥ 2.52 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Move away, my friend, far from this poison-fire of a sidelong glance, from the naturally venomous woman-snake whose hood is coquettish charm. A bite from another snake can be treated with medicines, but one seized by the woman-snake cannot be cured even by the skilled.
𑌵𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌮𑌕𑌰𑌕𑍇𑌤𑌨𑌧𑍀𑌵𑌰𑍇𑌣
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌸𑌂𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌬𑌡𑌿𑌶𑌂 𑌅𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌭𑌵𑌾𑌂𑌬𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌶𑍌 ।
𑌯𑍇𑌨𑌾𑌚𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌅𑌧𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌿𑌷𑌲𑍋𑌲𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌯
𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌕𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌯 𑌵𑌿𑌪𑌚𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌗𑌵𑌹𑍍𑌨𑍌 ॥ 2.53 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Cupid, the fisherman, casts into the ocean of worldly life a hook called "woman"; with it he soon drags out the mortal fish, greedy for the bait of her lips, and cooks him in the fire of passion.
𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍀𑌕𑌾𑌯𑌕𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌾𑌰𑍇 𑌕𑍁𑌚𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌤𑌦𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌮𑍇 ।
𑌮𑌾 𑌸𑌂𑌚𑌰 𑌮𑌨𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌂𑌥 𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌰𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌕𑌰𑌃 ॥ 2.54 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
O mind, traveler - do not wander in the wilderness of a woman's body, hard to cross with its "mountains" of breasts; for there the thief called desire lies in wait.
𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌡𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌘𑍇𑌣 𑌚𑌲𑍇𑌨 𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌗𑌤𑌿𑌨𑌾 𑌤𑍇𑌜𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌾 𑌭𑍋𑌗𑌿𑌨𑌾
𑌨𑍀𑌲𑌾𑌬𑍍𑌜𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤𑌿𑌨𑌾𑌹𑌿𑌨𑌾 𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌅𑌹𑌂 𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍋 𑌨 𑌤𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌷𑌾 ।
𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍇 𑌸𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌚𑌿𑌕𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌕𑌾 𑌦𑌿𑌶𑌿 𑌦𑌿𑌶𑌿 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌯𑍇𑌣 𑌧𑌨𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌿𑌨𑍋
𑌮𑍁𑌗𑍍𑌧𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣𑌵𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌨 𑌹𑌿 𑌮𑍇 𑌵𑍈𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍋 𑌨 𑌚𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌯𑍌𑌷𑌧𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.55 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
I have never been looked at by a radiant serpent - long, restless in its head-movement, gleaming like a blue lotus. And even if I were, physicians are found everywhere, generally seeking fees; but for the momentary glance of an innocent-eyed girl, I have neither doctor nor medicine.
𑌇𑌹 𑌹𑌿 𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌰𑌗𑍀𑌤𑌂 𑌨𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌏𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍋𑌽𑌯𑌂
𑌸𑍍𑌫𑍁𑌰𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌮𑌲𑍋𑌽𑌸𑍌 𑌸𑍍𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌶 𑌏𑌷 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌹𑌤𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥𑍈𑌰𑌿𑌂𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑍈𑌰𑍍𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌣𑌃
𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌹𑌿𑌤𑌕𑌰𑌣𑌧𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌤𑍈𑌃 𑌪𑌂𑌚𑌭𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌂𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍋𑌽𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿 ॥ 2.56 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Here are sweet song and dance, all this delight; here is that fragrance, this touch of breasts - and so, my senses, having ruined my higher purpose, make me wander; I have been cheated by the five rogues that pretend to act for my welfare.
𑌨 𑌗𑌮𑍍𑌯𑍋 𑌮𑌂𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌾𑌂 𑌨 𑌚 𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌭𑍈𑌷𑌜𑍍𑌯𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌯𑍋
𑌨 𑌚𑌾𑌪𑌿 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌂𑌸𑌂 𑌵𑍍𑌰𑌜𑌤𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌵𑌿𑌧𑍈𑌃 𑌶𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌿𑌕𑌶𑌤𑍈𑌃 ।
𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌵𑍇𑌶𑌾𑌦𑌂𑌗𑍇 𑌕𑌂 𑌅𑌪𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑌧𑌦𑍍𑌭𑌂𑌗𑌂 𑌅𑌸𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍍
𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌰𑌾𑌪𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍋𑌽𑌯𑌂 𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌯𑌤𑌿 𑌦𑍃𑌶𑌂 𑌘𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌯𑌤𑌿 𑌚 ॥ 2.5 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
It cannot be cured by mantras, it is not a case for medicine, and it does not go away even with hundreds of pacifying rites. Entering the body like delusion and repeatedly causing disturbance, this "Cupid-epilepsy" makes the eyes reel and whirl.
𑌜𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍍𑌅𑌂𑌧𑌾𑌯 𑌚 𑌦𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌾𑌯 𑌚 𑌜𑌰𑌾𑌜𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌾 𑌖𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌂𑌗𑌾𑌯 𑌚
𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌮𑍀𑌣𑌾𑌯 𑌚 𑌦𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌾𑌯 𑌚 𑌗𑌲𑌤𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌾𑌭𑌿𑌭𑍂𑌤𑌾𑌯 𑌚 ।
𑌯𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌂𑌤𑍀𑌷𑍁 𑌮𑌨𑍋𑌹𑌰𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌜𑌵𑌪𑍁𑌲𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌮𑍀𑌲𑌵𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌯𑌾
𑌪𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌷𑍁 𑌵𑌿𑌵𑍇𑌕𑌕𑌲𑍍𑌪𑌲𑌤𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌷𑍁 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌤 𑌕𑌃 ॥ 2.5 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
When courtesans, trusting even a little in their bodily beauty, offer charms even to the born-blind, the ugly, the age-worn, the crippled, the rustic, the low-born, and the leprous - who could remain sovereign (in self-control) before such women, like weapons that cut down discernment?
𑌵𑍇𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌸𑍌 𑌮𑌦𑌨𑌜𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌲𑌾
𑌰𑍂𑌪𑍇𑌽𑌂𑌧𑌨𑌵𑌿𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌧𑌿𑌤𑌾 ।
𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌿𑌭𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌹𑍂𑌯𑌂𑌤𑍇
𑌯𑍌𑌵𑌨𑌾𑌨𑌿 𑌧𑌨𑌾𑌨𑌿 𑌚 ॥ 2.5 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
This courtesan is a flame of desire, fanned by the fuel of beauty; into her fire, lovers pour their youth and wealth.
𑌕𑌶𑍍𑌚𑍁𑌂𑌬𑌤𑌿 𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌷𑍋 𑌵𑍇𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌧𑌰𑌪𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌵𑌂 𑌮𑌨𑍋𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌂 𑌅𑌪𑌿 ।
𑌚𑌾𑌰𑌭𑌟𑌚𑍋𑌰𑌚𑍇𑌟𑌕𑌨𑌟𑌵𑌿𑌟𑌨𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑍀𑌵𑌨𑌶𑌰𑌾𑌵𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.60 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
What respectable person would kiss even the charming, bud-like lip of a courtesan - a "spittle-bowl" for spies, soldiers, thieves, servants, actors, and rakes?
𑌧𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤 𑌏𑌵 𑌧𑌵𑌲𑌾𑌯𑌤𑌲𑍋𑌚𑌨𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂
𑌤𑌾𑌰𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌘𑌨𑌪𑍀𑌨𑌪𑌯𑍋𑌧𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌾𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾𑌮𑍋𑌦𑌰𑍋𑌪𑌰𑌿 𑌲𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌵𑌲𑍀𑌲𑌤𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂
𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌿𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌿𑌂 𑌏𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑌨𑍋 𑌨 𑌯𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.61 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Blessed indeed are those whose minds do not become distorted even after seeing the captivating forms of such women - bright-eyed, full with youthful pride, and slender-waisted with the triple folds on the belly shining like vines.
𑌬𑌾𑌲𑍇 𑌲𑍀𑌲𑌾𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌅𑌮𑍀 𑌮𑌂𑌥𑌰𑌾 𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌿𑌪𑌾𑌤𑌾𑌃
𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌪𑍍𑌯𑌂𑌤𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌮𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌮 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌰𑍍𑌥 𑌏𑌷 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 ।
𑌸𑌂𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌯𑍇 𑌵𑌯𑌂 𑌉𑌪𑌰𑌤𑌂 𑌬𑌾𑌲𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌆𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌾 𑌵𑌨𑌾𑌂𑌤𑍇
𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍀𑌣𑍋 𑌮𑍋𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍃𑌣𑌂 𑌇𑌵 𑌜𑌗𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌾𑌲𑌂 𑌆𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌯𑌾𑌮𑌃 ॥ 2.62 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
O girl, why do you keep casting these slow, playfully half-closed glances? Stop, stop - your effort is futile. We have now left childishness behind and taken up life in the forest; delusion has faded, and we behold the world's net as mere straw.
𑌇𑌯𑌂 𑌬𑌾𑌲𑌾 𑌮𑌾𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌨𑌵𑌰𑌤𑌂 𑌇𑌂𑌦𑍀𑌵𑌰𑌦𑌲𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑌾
𑌚𑍀𑌰𑌂 𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌃 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌪𑌤𑌿 𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌅𑌭𑌿𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌤𑌂 𑌅𑌨𑌯𑌾 ।
𑌗𑌤𑍋 𑌮𑍋𑌹𑍋𑌽𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌕𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌰𑌶𑌬𑌰𑌬𑌾𑌣𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿𑌕𑌰𑌜𑍍𑌵𑌰
𑌜𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌲𑌾 𑌶𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌾 𑌤𑌦𑌪𑌿 𑌨 𑌵𑌰𑌾𑌕𑍀 𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌮𑌤𑌿 ॥ 2.63 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
This young girl keeps casting, again and again, her blue-lotus-petal-like gaze toward me for a long time - what does she intend? Our delusion is gone; the fever-flame born of Cupid-the-hunter's shower of arrows is quenched, and yet the poor girl does not stop.
𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌕𑌂𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌪 𑌕𑌰𑌂 𑌕𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌯𑌸𑌿 𑌰𑍇 𑌕𑍋𑌦𑌂𑌡𑌟𑌂𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌤𑌂
𑌰𑍇 𑌰𑍇 𑌕𑍋𑌕𑌿𑌲 𑌕𑍋𑌮𑌲𑌂 𑌕𑌲𑌰𑌵𑌂 𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌵𑌾 𑌵𑍃𑌥𑌾 𑌜𑌲𑍍𑌪𑌸𑌿 ।
𑌮𑍁𑌗𑍍𑌧𑍇 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌗𑍍𑌧𑌵𑌿𑌦𑌗𑍍𑌧𑌚𑌾𑌰𑍁𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌰𑍈𑌰𑍍𑌲𑍋𑌲𑍈𑌃 𑌕𑌟𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍈𑌰𑌲𑌂
𑌚𑍇𑌤𑌶𑍍𑌚𑍁𑌂𑌬𑌿𑌤𑌚𑌂𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌚𑍂𑌡𑌚𑌰𑌣𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌮𑍃𑌤𑌂 𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌤𑍇 ॥ 2.64 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Why, Cupid, do you still trouble me with your bow's twang? O cuckoo, why sing your sweet notes in vain? O innocent girl, enough with your affectionate, clever, lovely, sweet, playful side-glances - my mind abides in the nectar of meditation on the feet of moon-crested Shiva.
𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌹𑍇𑌽𑌪𑌿 𑌸𑌂𑌗𑌮𑌃 𑌖𑌲𑍁
𑌪𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌸𑌂𑌗𑌤𑌂 𑌮𑌨𑍋 𑌯𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌯𑌂 𑌅𑌪𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌘𑌟𑍍𑌟𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌚𑍇𑌤𑍍
𑌸𑌂𑌗𑍀 𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌹𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍇𑌷𑌯𑌤𑌿 ॥ 2.65 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Even in separation there is union for those whose minds are mutually united; and even if the heart is broken, that very union only heightens the poignancy of separation.
𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌗𑌤𑍇𑌨 𑌯𑌦𑌿 𑌸𑌾 𑌨 𑌜𑍀𑌵𑌤𑌿
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌿𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌤𑌮𑌾 𑌤𑌥𑌾𑌪𑌿 𑌕𑌿𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌇𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌦𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌯 𑌨𑌵𑌮𑍇𑌘𑌮𑌾𑌲𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌂
𑌨 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌾𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑌥𑌿𑌕𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌮𑌂𑌦𑌿𑌰𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.66 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Thinking, "What is the point of going back if she is not alive? And even if the beloved is alive, what then?" - on seeing a garland of fresh clouds, the traveler does not go to his home.
𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌮𑌤 𑌬𑍁𑌧𑌾 𑌯𑍋𑌷𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌂𑌗𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍁𑌖𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣𑌭𑌂𑌗𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌤𑍍
𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌤 𑌕𑌰𑍁𑌣𑌾𑌮𑍈𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌵𑌧𑍂𑌜𑌨𑌸𑌂𑌗𑌮𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌨 𑌖𑌲𑍁 𑌨𑌰𑌕𑍇 𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌂 𑌘𑌨𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑌮𑌂𑌡𑌲𑌂
𑌶𑌰𑌣𑌂 𑌅𑌥𑌵𑌾 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌣𑍀𑌬𑌿𑌂𑌬𑌂 𑌰𑌣𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌣𑌿𑌮𑍇𑌖𑌲𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.6 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Wise ones, refrain from the fleeting pleasure found in women's company; cultivate instead the company of compassion, friendship, and wisdom. For in hell, neither necklace-clad heavy bosoms nor rounded hips with jingling jeweled girdles will be your refuge.
𑌯𑌦𑌾 𑌯𑍋𑌗𑌾𑌭𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌸𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌸𑌨𑌕𑍃𑌶𑌯𑍋𑌰𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌮𑌨𑌸𑍋𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌾
𑌮𑍈𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀 𑌸𑍍𑌫𑍁𑌰𑌤𑌿 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌿𑌨𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌉 𑌤𑍈𑌃 ।
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌾𑌣𑌾𑌂 𑌆𑌲𑌾𑌪𑍈𑌰𑌧𑌰𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌭𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌧𑍁𑌭𑌿𑌃
𑌸𑌨𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌾𑌮𑍋𑌦𑍈𑌃 𑌸𑌕𑍁𑌚𑌕𑌲𑌶𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌲𑍇𑌷𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌤𑍈𑌃 ॥ 2.6 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
When, through intense meditative discipline, an unbroken harmony between the self and the mind shines in an accomplished person, what need has he of lovers' talk, honey-lips, moonlike faces, fragrant breaths, and intimate embraces?
𑌯𑌦𑌾𑌸𑍀𑌦𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌮𑌿𑌰𑌸𑌂𑌚𑌾𑌰𑌜𑌨𑌿𑌤𑌂
𑌤𑌦𑌾 𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌨𑌾𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌯𑌂 𑌇𑌦𑌂 𑌅𑌶𑍇𑌷𑌂 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑌿𑌤𑌿 ।
𑌇𑌦𑌾𑌨𑍀𑌂 𑌅𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌕𑌂 𑌪𑌟𑍁𑌤𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌵𑍇𑌕𑌾𑌂𑌜𑌨𑌜𑍁𑌷𑌾𑌂
𑌸𑌮𑍀𑌭𑍂𑌤𑌾 𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌭𑍁𑌵𑌨𑌂 𑌅𑌪𑌿 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮 𑌮𑌨𑍁𑌤𑍇 ॥ 2.6 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
When ignorance, produced by the roaming darkness of desire, prevailed, this entire world seemed nothing but the beloved - as if it were "made of woman". But now, with sharp discernment, our vision has become steady: we see even the three worlds as the one Absolute Reality.
𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌦𑍇𑌵 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌿𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌅𑌪𑌿 𑌸𑍍𑌫𑍁𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌷
𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌲𑌵𑌿𑌵𑍇𑌕𑌦𑍀𑌪𑌕𑌃 ।
𑌯𑌾𑌵𑌦𑍇𑌵 𑌨 𑌕𑍁𑌰𑌂𑌗𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌷𑌾𑌂
𑌤𑌾𑌡𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌚𑌟𑍁𑌲𑌲𑍋𑌚𑌨𑌾𑌂𑌚𑌲𑍈𑌃 ॥ 2.0 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Even in the accomplished, the lamp of pure discernment shines only so long as it is not struck by the playful, darting glances of doe-eyed women.
𑌵𑌚𑌸𑌿 𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌸𑌂𑌗𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌗𑌂 𑌉𑌦𑍍𑌦𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌯 𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌾
𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌿𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌰𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌕𑍇𑌵𑌲𑌂 𑌪𑌂𑌡𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌜𑌘𑌨𑌂 𑌅𑌰𑍁𑌣𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌨𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌂𑌥𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌂𑌚𑍀𑌕𑌲𑌾𑌪𑌂
𑌕𑍁𑌵𑌲𑌯𑌨𑌯𑌨𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌕𑍋 𑌵𑌿𑌹𑌾𑌤𑍁𑌂 𑌸𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌃 ॥ 2.1 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Scholars whose mouths resound with the Vedas may speak of "renouncing attachments" - but who is actually capable of giving up the lotus-eyed woman's hips adorned with a waist-girdle knotted with red gems?
𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌪𑌰𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌕𑍋𑌽𑌸𑍌
𑌨𑌿𑌂𑌦𑌤𑌿 𑌯𑍋𑌽𑌲𑍀𑌕𑌪𑌂𑌡𑌿𑌤𑍋 𑌯𑍁𑌵𑌤𑍀𑌃 ।
𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌪𑌸𑍋𑌽𑌪𑌿 𑌫𑌲𑌂
𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌗𑍇𑌽𑌪𑌿 𑌚𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌸𑌰𑌸𑌃 ॥ 2.2 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
That hypocritical "scholar" who condemns young women is a deceiver of both himself and others; for even austerity bears the fruit of heaven - and even in heaven there are celestial nymphs.
𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍇𑌭𑌕𑍁𑌂𑌭𑌦𑌲𑌨𑍇 𑌭𑍁𑌵𑌿 𑌸𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌧𑍀𑌰𑌾𑌃
𑌕𑍇𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌚𑌂𑌡𑌮𑍃𑌗𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌵𑌧𑍇𑌽𑌪𑌿 𑌦𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾𑌃 ।
𑌕𑌿𑌂𑌤𑍁 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌵𑍀𑌮𑌿 𑌬𑌲𑌿𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌤𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑌹𑍍𑌯
𑌕𑌂𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌦𑌲𑌨𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌲𑌾 𑌮𑌨𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌃 ॥ 2.3 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
On earth there are heroes who can split the temples of a maddened elephant, and some who are skilled even at slaying a fierce lion; but I say boldly, even before the strong: rare indeed are those who can crush the pride of Cupid.
𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌗𑍇 𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌦𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌚 𑌨𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌦𑍇𑌵𑍇𑌂𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌾𑌣𑌾𑌂
𑌲𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌾𑌂 𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌧𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌯𑌂 𑌅𑌪𑌿 𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌲𑌂𑌬𑌤𑍇 𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌦𑍇𑌵 ।
𑌭𑍍𑌰𑍂𑌚𑌾𑌪𑌾𑌕𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌃 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌣𑌪𑌥𑌗𑌤𑌾 𑌨𑍀𑌲𑌪𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌣 𑌏𑌤𑍇
𑌯𑌾𑌵𑌲𑍍𑌲𑍀𑌲𑌾𑌵𑌤𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌿 𑌨 𑌧𑍃𑌤𑌿𑌮𑍁𑌷𑍋 𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌿𑌬𑌾𑌣𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑌤𑌂𑌤𑌿 ॥ 2.4 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
A man stays on the right path, keeps mastery of the senses, and maintains modesty and humility - only so long as the dark-lashed glance-arrows of playful women, drawn from the eyebrow-bow and released, do not strike the heart and steal away steadiness.
𑌉𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌮𑌸𑌂𑌰𑌂𑌭𑌾𑌦𑍍
𑌆𑌰𑌭𑌂𑌤𑍇 𑌯𑌦𑍍𑌅𑌂𑌗𑌨𑌾𑌃 ।
𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍂𑌹𑌂 𑌆𑌧𑌾𑌤𑍁𑌂
𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌪𑌿 𑌖𑌲𑍁 𑌕𑌾𑌤𑌰𑌃 ॥ 2.5 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
When women, driven by an impetuous surge of mad love, begin something, then even Brahma is indeed helpless to place an obstacle in their way.
𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌹𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌂𑌡𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂
𑌕𑍁𑌲𑍀𑌨𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌵𑍇𑌕𑌿𑌤𑌾 ।
𑌯𑌾𑌵𑌜𑍍𑌜𑍍𑌵𑌲𑌤𑌿 𑌨𑌾𑌂𑌗𑍇𑌷𑍁
𑌹𑌤𑌃 𑌪𑌂𑌚𑍇𑌷𑍁𑌪𑌾𑌵𑌕𑌃 ॥ 2.6 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Greatness, scholarship, noble lineage, and discernment last only so long as the fire of the five-arrowed Cupid, once it strikes, does not blaze in one's limbs.
𑌶𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌜𑍍𑌞𑍋𑌽𑌪𑌿 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌥𑌿𑌤𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌯𑍋𑌽𑌪𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌬𑍋𑌧𑍋𑌽𑌪𑌿 𑌬𑌾𑌢𑌂
𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌰𑍇𑌽𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌲𑍋 𑌭𑌾𑌜𑌨𑌂 𑌸𑌦𑍍𑌗𑌤𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌯𑍇𑌨𑍈𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌰𑌯𑌨𑌗𑌰𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌂 𑌉𑌦𑍍𑌘𑌾𑌟𑌯𑌂𑌤𑍀
𑌵𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍀𑌣𑌾𑌂 𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌕𑍁𑌟𑌿𑌲𑌾 𑌭𑍍𑌰𑍂𑌲𑌤𑌾 𑌕𑍁𑌂𑌚𑌿𑌕𑍇𑌵 ॥ 2. ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Even a knower of scripture, even one famed for humility, and even one established in self-knowledge is, in this world, rarely a vessel fit for the good path - because the crooked eyebrow-vine of lovely-eyed women becomes like a key that opens the gate to the city of hell.
𑌕𑍃𑌶𑌃 𑌕𑌾𑌣𑌃 𑌖𑌂𑌜𑌃 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌣𑌰𑌹𑌿𑌤𑌃 𑌪𑍁𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌲𑍋
𑌵𑍍𑌰𑌣𑍀 𑌪𑍂𑌯𑌕𑍍𑌲𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌃 𑌕𑍃𑌮𑌿𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌶𑌤𑍈𑌰𑌾𑌵𑍃𑌤𑌤𑌨𑍁𑌃 ।
𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌧𑌾 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾𑌮𑍋 𑌜𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌃 𑌪𑌿𑌠𑌰𑌕𑌕𑌪𑌾𑌲𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌿𑌤𑌗𑌲𑌃
𑌶𑍁𑌨𑍀𑌂 𑌅𑌨𑍍𑌵𑍇𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌹𑌤𑌂 𑌅𑌪𑌿 𑌚 𑌹𑌂𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌵 𑌮𑌦𑌨𑌃 ॥ 2. ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Thin, one-eyed, lame, earless, tailless, wounded, oozing pus, his body covered with hundreds of worms, withered by hunger and worn with age, his neck trapped in broken pot-shards - even such a dog still follows a female dog. Thus does desire indeed destroy even one who is already destroyed.
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌸𑍁𑌮𑌾𑌯𑍁𑌧𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌜𑌯𑌿𑌨𑍀𑌂 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌸𑌂𑌪𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌰𑍀𑌂
𑌯𑍇 𑌮𑍂𑌢𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌹𑌾𑌯 𑌯𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌕𑍁𑌧𑌿𑌯𑍋 𑌮𑌿𑌥𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌫𑌲𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌵𑍇𑌷𑌿𑌣𑌃 ।
𑌤𑍇 𑌤𑍇𑌨𑍈𑌵 𑌨𑌿𑌹𑌤𑍍𑌯 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌦𑌯𑌤𑌰𑌂 𑌨𑌗𑍍𑌨𑍀𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌾 𑌮𑍁𑌂𑌡𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌃
𑌕𑍇𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌂𑌚𑌶𑌿𑌖𑍀𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌜𑌟𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌃 𑌕𑌾𑌪𑌾𑌲𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌾𑌪𑌰𑍇 ॥ 2. ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Fools of dull understanding abandon the conquering "seal" of Cupid - womanhood, which seems to bring prosperity to all aims - and go seeking false fruits. That very force strikes them down mercilessly: some are made naked and shaved, some turned into five-tufted ascetics, others into matted-haired wanderers, and some into skull-bearing ascetics.
𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌮𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌶𑌰𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑍃𑌤𑌯𑍋 𑌵𑌾𑌤𑌾𑌂𑌬𑍁𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌾𑌶𑌨𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇𑌽𑌪𑌿
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌪𑌂𑌕𑌜𑌂 𑌸𑍁𑌲𑌲𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍍𑌵𑍈𑌵 𑌮𑍋𑌹𑌂 𑌗𑌤𑌾𑌃 ।
𑌶𑌾𑌲𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌂 𑌸𑌘𑍃𑌤𑌂 𑌪𑌯𑍋𑌦𑌧𑌿𑌯𑍁𑌤𑌂 𑌯𑍇 𑌭𑍁𑌂𑌜𑌤𑍇 𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌵𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌮𑍍
𑌇𑌂𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌨𑌿𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍋 𑌯𑌦𑌿 𑌭𑌵𑍇𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌂𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌲𑌵𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌾𑌗𑌰𑍇 ॥ 2.0 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Even sages like Vishvamitra and Parashara, who subsist on air, water, and leaves, fell into delusion merely by seeing a woman's graceful lotus-face. If humans who eat rice with ghee and milk/curd could truly restrain the senses, then the Vindhya mountain would float in the ocean.
𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌮𑌲𑌭𑍃𑌤𑍋 𑌵𑌾𑌤𑌾𑌃 𑌶𑌾𑌖𑌾 𑌨𑌵𑌾𑌂𑌕𑍁𑌰𑌕𑍋𑌟𑌯𑍋
𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌰𑍁𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌂𑌠𑌾 𑌵𑌾𑌚𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑌿𑌕𑌪𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌣𑌾𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌲𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌵𑍇𑌦𑍋𑌦𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌰𑌾 𑌵𑌧𑍂𑌵𑌦𑌨𑍇𑌂𑌦𑌵𑌃
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑌰𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑌧𑍌 𑌰𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌂 𑌜𑌾𑌤𑍋 𑌨 𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌗𑍁𑌣𑍋𑌦𑌯𑌃 ॥ 2.1 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Fragrance-bearing winds blow; branches show tips of fresh sprouts; the cuckoo's sweet calls kindle yearning; and women's moonlike faces show only faint beads of sweat from intimacy. When spring spreads into the nights, whose good qualities do not bloom?
𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌰𑌯𑌂 𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌰𑍈𑌰𑌪𑌿 𑌕𑍋𑌕𑌿𑌲𑌾
𑌕𑌲𑌰𑌵𑍈𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌲𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌚 𑌵𑌾𑌯𑍁𑌭𑌿𑌃 ।
𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌹𑌿𑌣𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌹𑌿𑌣𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑌰𑍀𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍋
𑌵𑌿𑌪𑌦𑌿 𑌹𑌂𑌤 𑌸𑍁𑌧𑌾𑌪𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌾𑌯𑌤𑍇 ॥ 2.2 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
With its melodious calls - and with the Malaya winds - the cuckoo makes even sweet things sweeter; but it torments the love-lorn. Alas, in adversity, even nectar turns into poison.
𑌆𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌃 𑌕𑌿𑌲𑌕𑌿𑌂𑌚𑌿𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌦𑌯𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌪𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌶𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌸𑌾𑌲𑌸𑌾𑌃
𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌣𑍇 𑌕𑍋𑌕𑌿𑌲𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍀𑌕𑌲𑌰𑌵𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌮𑍇𑌰𑍋 𑌲𑌤𑌾𑌮𑌂𑌡𑌪𑌃 ।
𑌗𑍋𑌷𑍍𑌠𑍀 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌵𑌿𑌭𑌿𑌃 𑌸𑌮𑌂 𑌕𑌤𑌿𑌪𑌯𑍈𑌰𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌗𑍍𑌧𑌾𑌃 𑌸𑍁𑌧𑌾𑌂𑌶𑍋𑌃 𑌕𑌰𑌾𑌃
𑌕𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌂𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍁𑌖𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌚𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌯𑌂 𑌚𑍈𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌃 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌪𑌾𑌃 ॥ 2.3 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
For some, these charming Chaitra nights gladden the heart: staying by the beloved's side amid playful murmurs, languid in love's play; the female cuckoo's call in the ear; a smiling vine-pavilion; a gathering with good poets and a few friends; and the soft rays of the nectar-moon.
𑌪𑌾𑌂𑌥 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌹𑌾𑌨𑌲𑌾𑌹𑍁𑌤𑌿𑌕𑌲𑌾𑌂 𑌆𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍀 𑌮𑌂𑌜𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌾𑌕𑌂𑌦𑍇𑌷𑍁
𑌪𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌂𑌗𑌨𑌾𑌭𑌿𑌰𑌧𑍁𑌨𑌾 𑌸𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌂𑌠𑌂 𑌆𑌲𑍋𑌕𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇 ।
𑌅𑌪𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌤𑍇 𑌨𑌵𑌪𑌾𑌟𑌲𑌾𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌮𑌲𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌭𑌾𑌰𑌪𑌾𑌟𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌰𑌾
𑌵𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌲𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌿𑌵𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌨𑌤𑌾𑌨𑌵𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌃 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌖𑌂𑌡𑌶𑍈𑌲𑌾𑌨𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌃 ॥ 2.4 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
O traveler, now the mango blossom-clusters are seen with longing by the female cuckoos, as if they were an offering into the fire of separation. And these sandalwood-mountain winds, roaming about laden with the heavy fragrance of fresh spring blossoms, blow and relieve the spread of weariness.
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌥𑌿𑌤𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑌯𑌵𑌤𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌂
𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌦𑌂 𑌆𑌤𑌨𑍋𑌤𑍁 𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌿 𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌃 ।
𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌨 𑌯𑌾𑌵𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌂𑌦𑌨𑌤𑌰𑍁
𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌭𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌲𑌯𑌪𑌵𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌃 ॥ 2.5 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
The pride/sulking of loving women holds its place in the heart only until the Malaya breeze becomes fragrant with sandalwood trees.
𑌸𑌹𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌕𑍁𑌸𑍁𑌮𑌕𑍇𑌸𑌰𑌨𑌿𑌕𑌰
𑌭𑌰𑌾𑌮𑍋𑌦𑌮𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌿𑌤𑌦𑌿𑌗𑍍𑌅𑌂𑌤𑍇 ।
𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌰𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌧𑍁𑌰𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌪𑍇
𑌮𑌧𑍌 𑌭𑌵𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌨𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌂𑌠𑌾 ॥ 2.6 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
When the quarters are intoxicated by the heavy fragrance of clusters of mango blossoms and pollen, and when the bee hums sweetly and plaintively, who would not feel yearning in spring?
𑌅𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌾𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌚𑌂𑌦𑌨𑌰𑌸𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌰𑌾 𑌮𑍃𑌗𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌯𑍋
𑌧𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌗𑍃𑌹𑌾𑌣𑌿 𑌕𑍁𑌸𑍁𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌿 𑌚 𑌕𑍌𑌮𑍁𑌦𑍀 𑌚 ।
𑌮𑌂𑌦𑍋 𑌮𑌰𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍁𑌮𑌨𑌸𑌃 𑌶𑍁𑌚𑌿 𑌹𑌰𑍍𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌪𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌂
𑌗𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌷𑍍𑌮𑍇 𑌮𑌦𑌂 𑌚 𑌮𑌦𑌨𑌂 𑌚 𑌵𑌿𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌧𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌿 ॥ 2. ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
In summer, doe-eyed women made even more moist with clear sandalwood paste, water-pavilions, flowers and moonlight, gentle winds, and clean mansion-terraces - all intensify intoxication and desire.
𑌸𑍍𑌰𑌜𑍋 𑌹𑍃𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌮𑍋𑌦𑌾 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌜𑌨𑌪𑌵𑌨𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌂𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌕𑌿𑌰𑌣𑌾𑌃
𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌗𑌃 𑌕𑌾𑌸𑌾𑌰𑍋 𑌮𑌲𑌯𑌜𑌰𑌜𑌃 𑌶𑍀𑌧𑍁 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑌦𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌶𑍁𑌚𑌿𑌃 𑌸𑍌𑌧𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌂𑌗𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌨𑍁 𑌵𑌸𑌨𑌂 𑌪𑌂𑌕𑌜𑌦𑍃𑌶𑍋
𑌨𑌿𑌦𑌾𑌘𑌋𑌤𑌾𑌵𑍇𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌲𑌸𑌤𑌿 𑌲𑌭𑌂𑌤𑍇 𑌸𑍁𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌿𑌨𑌃 ॥ 2. ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
In the summer season, the fortunate enjoy these delights: garlands with pleasing fragrance, fan-breezes, moon-rays, pollen, lotus-ponds, sandalwood dust from Malaya, clear wine, the clean ledge of a mansion, and the thin garment of a lotus-eyed beloved.
𑌸𑍁𑌧𑌾𑌶𑍁𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌧𑌾𑌮 𑌸𑍍𑌫𑍁𑌰𑌦𑍍𑌅𑌮𑌲𑌰𑌶𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌃 𑌶𑌶𑌧𑌰𑌃
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌾𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌂𑌭𑍋𑌜𑌂 𑌮𑌲𑌯𑌜𑌰𑌜𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌾𑌤𑌿𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌭𑌿𑌃 ।
𑌸𑍍𑌰𑌜𑍋 𑌹𑍃𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌮𑍋𑌦𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌦𑌿𑌦𑌂 𑌅𑌖𑌿𑌲𑌂 𑌰𑌾𑌗𑌿𑌣𑌿 𑌜𑌨𑍇
𑌕𑌰𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌃 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍋𑌭𑌂 𑌨 𑌤𑍁 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌯𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌵𑌿𑌮𑍁𑌖𑍇 ॥ 2. ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
The moon's nectar-bright radiance, the beloved's lotus-face, the very fragrant sandalwood dust, and garlands with pleasing scent - all this creates intense inner agitation in a passionate person, but not in one who has turned away from sense-objects.
𑌤𑌰𑍁𑌣𑍀𑌵𑍇𑌷𑍋𑌦𑍍𑌦𑍀𑌪𑌿𑌤𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌾
𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌸𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌾𑌤𑍀𑌪𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌪𑌸𑍁𑌗𑌂𑌧𑌿𑌃 ।
𑌉𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌤𑌪𑍀𑌨𑌪𑌯𑍋𑌧𑌰𑌭𑌾𑌰𑌾
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌵𑍃𑌟𑍍𑌤𑌨𑍁𑌤𑍇 𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌨 𑌹𑌰𑍍𑌷𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.0 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
The rainy season - with desire kindled by young women's attire, fragrant with blooming jasmine, and heavy with the fullness of their breasts - produces joy for whom does it not?
𑌵𑌿𑌯𑌦𑍍𑌉𑌪𑌚𑌿𑌤𑌮𑍇𑌘𑌂 𑌭𑍂𑌮𑌯𑌃 𑌕𑌂𑌦𑌲𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌯𑍋
𑌨𑌵𑌕𑍁𑌟𑌜𑌕𑌦𑌂𑌬𑌾𑌮𑍋𑌦𑌿𑌨𑍋 𑌗𑌂𑌧𑌵𑌾𑌹𑌾𑌃 ।
𑌶𑌿𑌖𑌿𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌕𑌲𑌕𑍇𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌵𑌰𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌵𑌨𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌾𑌃
𑌸𑍁𑌖𑌿𑌨𑌂 𑌅𑌸𑍁𑌖𑌿𑌨𑌂 𑌵𑌾 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌉𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌂𑌠𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌿 ॥ 2.1 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Cloud-filled skies, earth thick with new shoots, winds perfumed by fresh blossoms, and forests made lovely by peacocks' calls - all these stir yearning in everyone, happy or unhappy.
𑌉𑌪𑌰𑌿 𑌘𑌨𑌂 𑌘𑌨𑌪𑌟𑌲𑌂
𑌤𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌗𑍍𑌗𑌿𑌰𑌯𑍋𑌽𑌪𑌿 𑌨𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌤𑌮𑌯𑍂𑌰𑌾𑌃 ।
𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌤𑌿𑌰𑌪𑌿 𑌕𑌂𑌦𑌲𑌧𑌵𑌲𑌾
𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌿𑌂 𑌪𑌥𑌿𑌕𑌃 𑌕𑍍𑌵 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑌯𑌤𑌿 ॥ 2.2 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Above is a dense mass of clouds; sideways, even the mountains have dancing peacocks; the earth too is pale with fresh shoots - where does the traveler cast his gaze?
𑌇𑌤𑍋 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌲𑍍𑌲𑍀𑌵𑌿𑌲𑌸𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌇𑌤𑌃 𑌕𑍇𑌤𑌕𑌿𑌤𑌰𑍋𑌃
𑌸𑍍𑌫𑍁𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌗𑌂𑌧𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌲𑌦𑌨𑌿𑌨𑌦𑌸𑍍𑌫𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌇𑌤𑌃 ।
𑌇𑌤𑌃 𑌕𑍇𑌕𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌡𑌾𑌕𑌲𑌕𑌲𑌰𑌵𑌃 𑌪𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌮𑌲𑌦𑍃𑌶𑌾𑌂
𑌕𑌥𑌂 𑌯𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌂𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌤𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌹𑌦𑌿𑌵𑌸𑌾𑌃 𑌸𑌂𑌭𑍃𑌤𑌰𑌸𑌾𑌃 ॥ 2.3 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Here the lightning-vine flashes; here fragrant blossoms spread their scent; here the swelling thunder of clouds; here the noisy calls of peacocks at play - how will these days of separation pass for the long-lashed ones, full of longing?
𑌅𑌸𑍂𑌚𑌿𑌸𑌂𑌚𑌾𑌰𑍇 𑌤𑌮𑌸𑌿 𑌨𑌭𑌸𑌿 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍌𑌢𑌜𑌲𑌦𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌨𑌿𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌯𑍇
𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍 𑌪𑌤𑌤𑌿 𑌦𑍃𑌶𑌦𑌾𑌂 𑌨𑍀𑌰𑌨𑌿𑌚𑌯𑍇 ।
𑌇𑌦𑌂 𑌸𑍌𑌦𑌾𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌃 𑌕𑌨𑌕𑌕𑌮𑌨𑍀𑌯𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌲𑌸𑌿𑌤𑌂
𑌮𑍁𑌦𑌂 𑌚 𑌗𑍍𑌲𑌾𑌨𑌿𑌂 𑌚 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌥𑌯𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑌥𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌵𑍇𑌵 𑌸𑍁𑌦𑍃𑌶𑌾𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.4 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
In the dark sky where needle-like streaks move, filled with the thunder of dense clouds, and where hail and water fall into pools, this golden-beautiful flash of lightning produces both joy and weariness in the beautiful-eyed women on the road.
𑌆𑌸𑌾𑌰𑍇𑌣 𑌨 𑌹𑌰𑍍𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌤𑌮𑍈𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍁𑌂 𑌬𑌹𑌿𑌃 𑌶𑌕𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇
𑌶𑍀𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌂𑌪𑌨𑌿𑌮𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌆𑌯𑌤𑌦𑍃𑌶𑌾 𑌗𑌾𑌢𑌂 𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌲𑌿𑌂𑌗𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇 ।
𑌜𑌾𑌤𑌾𑌃 𑌶𑍀𑌕𑌰𑌶𑍀𑌤𑌲𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌮𑌰𑍁𑌤𑍋𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌖𑍇𑌦𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌿𑌦𑍋
𑌧𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌬𑌤 𑌦𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌦𑌿𑌨𑌂 𑌸𑍁𑌦𑌿𑌨𑌤𑌾𑌂 𑌯𑌾𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌾𑌸𑌂𑌗𑌮𑍇 ॥ 2.5 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Because of rain, the beloveds cannot go outside from the mansion. Shivering from cold, the long-eyed beloved is held in a tight embrace; the winds, cooled by spray, cut away fatigue. For the fortunate, a gloomy rainy day becomes a good day in the union of lovers.
𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌧𑌂 𑌸𑍁𑌪𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌨𑌿𑌶𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌃 𑌸𑌰𑌭𑌸𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌤𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌸𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌶𑍍𑌲𑌥𑌾𑌂𑌗𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌦𑍍𑌭𑍂𑌤𑌾𑌸𑌹𑍍𑌯
𑌤𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌣𑍋 𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌮𑌦𑌨𑌿𑌰𑌤𑍋 𑌹𑌰𑍍𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌪𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌠𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌵𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍇 ।
𑌸𑌂𑌭𑍋𑌗𑌕𑍍𑌲𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌕𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌾𑌶𑌿𑌥𑌿𑌲𑌭𑍁𑌜𑌲𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌕𑌰𑍀𑌤𑍋
𑌜𑍍𑌯𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌭𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌧𑌾𑌰𑌂 𑌪𑌿𑌬𑌤𑌿 𑌨 𑌸𑌲𑌿𑌲𑌂 𑌶𑌾𑌰𑌦𑌂 𑌮𑌂𑌦𑌪𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌃 ॥ 2.6 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
After sleeping half the night, limbs slack from the fatigue of hurried lovemaking, unbearable thirst arises. Given to wine and desire, alone on the mansion-terrace, the "unfortunate" man does not drink the autumn water - a clear stream split by moonlight, poured from a water-pitcher - because he is held in an embrace by the beloved's tired, slack arms.
𑌹𑍇𑌮𑌂𑌤𑍇 𑌦𑌧𑌿𑌦𑍁𑌗𑍍𑌧𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌿𑌰𑌶𑌨𑌾 𑌮𑌾𑌂𑌜𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌵𑌾𑌸𑍋𑌭𑍃𑌤𑌃
𑌕𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌮𑍀𑌰𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌸𑌾𑌂𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌦𑌿𑌗𑍍𑌧𑌵𑌪𑍁𑌷𑌶𑍍𑌛𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍈 𑌰𑌤𑍈𑌃 ।
𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌰𑍁𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍋𑌜𑌨𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌲𑍇𑌷𑌾 𑌗𑍃𑌹𑌾𑌭𑍍𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌰𑍇
𑌤𑌾𑌂𑌬𑍂𑌲𑍀𑌦𑌲𑌪𑍂𑌗𑌪𑍂𑌰𑌿𑌤𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌾 𑌧𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌃 𑌸𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌶𑍇𑌰𑌤𑍇 ॥ 2. ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
In winter, the fortunate - eating curd, milk, and ghee; wearing deep red garments; bodies smeared with thick saffron paste; their pleasures spent in varied lovemaking and embraces of women with round thighs and breasts; mouths filled with betel leaf and areca - sleep happily inside the house.
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑍁𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍌𑌢𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌂𑌗𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤𑌿𑌭𑍃𑌤𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌂𑌦𑌮𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌦𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌰𑍇𑌫𑍇
𑌕𑌾𑌲𑍇 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌲𑍇𑌯𑌵𑌾𑌤𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌚𑌲𑌵𑌿𑌲𑌸𑌿𑌤𑍋𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌮𑌂𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌧𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌨𑌿 ।
𑌯𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌂 𑌨𑍋 𑌕𑌂𑌠𑌲𑌗𑍍𑌨𑌾 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣𑌂 𑌅𑌪𑌿 𑌤𑍁𑌹𑌿𑌨𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍋𑌦𑌦𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾 𑌮𑍃𑌗𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍀
𑌤𑍇𑌸𑌾𑌂 𑌆𑌯𑌾𑌮𑌯𑌾𑌮𑌾 𑌯𑌮𑌸𑌦𑌨𑌸𑌮𑌾 𑌯𑌾𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍀 𑌯𑌾𑌤𑌿 𑌯𑍂𑌨𑌾𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2. ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
In the season when blossoms glow, bees grow intoxicated, and splendid groves sway in the frosty wind - for those youths whose doe-eyed beloved, skilled at rubbing away the cold, does not cling to their neck even for a moment, the long night passes like death's abode.
𑌚𑍁𑌂𑌬𑌂𑌤𑍋 𑌗𑌂𑌡𑌭𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍀𑌰𑌲𑌕𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑍁𑌖𑍇 𑌸𑍀𑌤𑍍𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌦𑌧𑌾𑌨𑌾
𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌃𑌸𑍂𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌂𑌚𑍁𑌕𑍇𑌷𑍁 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑌭𑌰𑌪𑍁𑌲𑌕𑍋𑌦𑍍𑌭𑍇𑌦𑌂 𑌆𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌃 ।
𑌊𑌰𑍂𑌨𑌾𑌕𑌂𑌪𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌃 𑌪𑍃𑌥𑍁𑌜𑌘𑌨𑌤𑌟𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍍𑌰𑌂𑌸𑌯𑌂𑌤𑍋𑌽𑌂𑌶𑍁𑌕𑌾𑌨𑌿
𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌕𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌾𑌜𑌨𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌟𑌚𑌰𑌿𑌤𑌭𑍃𑌤𑌃 𑌶𑍈𑌶𑌿𑌰𑌾 𑌵𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌵𑌾𑌤𑌾𑌃 ॥ 2. ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Surely the winter winds, bearing the behavior of a libertine among beloved women, blow: kissing the cheek-walls of their curly-haired faces and making them hiss; causing goosebumps to rise on breasts within tight bodices; making thighs tremble; and loosening garments from broad hips.
𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌯𑌂𑌦𑍃𑌶𑍋 𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌸𑍋 𑌬𑌲𑌾𑌦𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌪𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌵𑌨𑍍
𑌪𑍁𑌲𑌕𑍋𑌦𑍍𑌗𑌮𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌕𑌟𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌵𑍇𑌗𑌕𑌂𑌪𑌂 𑌶𑌨𑍈𑌃 ।
𑌬𑌾𑌰𑌂 𑌬𑌾𑌰𑌂 𑌉𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌸𑍀𑌤𑍍𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍋 𑌦𑌂𑌤𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌦𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌪𑍀𑌡𑌯𑌨𑍍
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌃 𑌶𑍈𑌶𑌿𑌰 𑌏𑌷 𑌸𑌂𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑌰𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌾𑌸𑍁 𑌕𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌾𑌯𑌤𑍇 ॥ 2.100 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Now this winter wind behaves like a lover among women: it dishevels hair, closes eyes, snatches clothes by force, brings out goosebumps and tremors; again and again it makes loud hissing sounds and makes them bite their lips.
𑌯𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌨𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌰𑍁𑌚𑌿𑌰𑌂 𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌂𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌸𑍍𑌪𑍃𑌹𑌾 𑌮𑌨𑍋𑌜𑍍𑌞𑍇𑌽𑌪𑌿 ।
𑌰𑌮𑌣𑍀𑌯𑍇𑌽𑌪𑌿 𑌸𑍁𑌧𑌾𑌂𑌶𑍌 𑌨 𑌮𑌨𑌃𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌃 𑌸𑌰𑍋𑌜𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌃 ॥ 2.101 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
If a person has no liking for something, then there is no longing for it, even if it is beautiful. Even though the moon is lovely, the lotus has no desire for it.
𑌵𑍈𑌰𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌯𑍇 𑌸𑌂𑌚𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌕𑍋 𑌨𑍀𑌤𑍌 𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌤𑌿 𑌚𑌾𑌪𑌰𑌃 ।
𑌶𑍃𑌂𑌗𑌾𑌰𑍇 𑌰𑌮𑌤𑍇 𑌕𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌭𑍁𑌵𑌿 𑌭𑍇𑌦𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌪𑌰𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2.102 ॥
Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
One lives in renunciation, another wanders in practical ethics, and someone else delights in romance; on earth, people differ from one another.
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