Verse 6

Śataka
Śṛṅgāra Śatakaशृङ्गारशतकम्
Chapter
Commendation of Womenस्त्रीप्रशंसा
Chhanda
Śikhariṇīशिखरिणी

[shringara-06]

स्मितं किन्चित्मुगधं सरलतरलो दृष्टिविभवःपरिस्पन्दो वाचामभिनवविलासोक्तिसरसःगतानामारम्भः किसलयितलीलापरिकरःस्पृशन्त्यास्तारुण्यं किमिव न हि रम्यं मृगदृशः ॥६॥

smitaṃ kincitmugadhaṃ saralataralo dṛṣṭivibhavaḥparispando vācāmabhinavavilāsoktisarasaḥgatānāmārambhaḥ kisalayitalīlāparikaraḥspṛśantyāstāruṇyaṃ kimiva na hi ramyaṃ mṛgadṛśaḥ ||6||

Translation

Smile is so innocent (being in between the childhood and youth states). The charming way of her looking at someone is guileless and unsteady. The uttering of words is so enchanting filled with fresh meanings. As she starts to move, all her youthful charms sprout at every step. What is not beautiful in the deer-eyed girl who is just entering her youth! ॥ 6 ॥