Verse 12

Śataka
Śṛṅgāra Śatakaशृङ्गारशतकम्
Chapter
Commendation of Womenस्त्रीप्रशंसा
Chhanda
Śārdūlavikrīḍitaशार्दूलविक्रीडित

[shringara-12]

केशाः संयमिनः श्रुतेरपि परं पारं गते लोचनेअन्तर्वक्त्रमपि स्वभावशुचिभिः कीर्ण द्विजानां गणैःमुक्तानां सतताधिवासरुचिरौ वक्षोजकुम्भाविमौइत्थं तन्वि वपुः प्रशान्तमपि ते रागं करोत्येव नः ॥१२॥

keśāḥ saṃyaminaḥ śruterapi paraṃ pāraṃ gate locaneantarvaktramapi svabhāvaśucibhiḥ kīrṇa dvijānāṃ gaṇaiḥmuktānāṃ satatādhivāsarucirau vakṣojakumbhāvimauitthaṃ tanvi vapuḥ praśāntamapi te rāgaṃ karotyeva naḥ ||12||

Translation

Your hair is bound properly! (abode of the ascetics bound by disciplines) Your eyes reach up to the ears (beyond Vedic scriptures/Shrutis)! Inside the mouth, the naturally clean row of teeth shines (abode of sacred Brahmins/Dvijas)! These pot-like shapes rising on your chest are always the residing places for the pearls (of the garland) and are attractive (abode of liberated ones/Muktas)! Your body, O slender girl, in this manner, is indeed quiescent by nature; yet it provokes desire in us! ॥ 12 ॥