Verse 15

Śataka
Śṛṅgāra Śatakaशृङ्गारशतकम्
Chapter
Commendation of Womenस्त्रीप्रशंसा
Chhanda
Śārdūlavikrīḍitaशार्दूलविक्रीडित

[shringara-15]

उद्वृत्तः स्तनभार एष तरले नेत्रे चले भूलतेरागाधिष्टितमोष्टपल्लवमिदं कुर्वन्तु नाम व्यथांसौभाग्याक्षरमालिकेव लिखिता पुष्पायुधेन स्वयंमध्यस्थापि करोति तापमधिकं रोमावलिः केन सा ॥१५॥

udvṛttaḥ stanabhāra eṣa tarale netre cale bhūlaterāgādhiṣṭitamoṣṭapallavamidaṃ kurvantu nāma vyathāṃsaubhāgyākṣaramālikeva likhitā puṣpāyudhena svayaṃmadhyasthāpi karoti tāpamadhikaṃ romāvaliḥ kena sā ||15||

Translation

The rounded upright heavy breasts; the restless eyes; the movement of the eye-brows expressing emotions; the lip-buds which are red with envy; let all these torment the mind! (It is natural; I do not mind; I will bear it) (But) why does the hair-line (in the lower belly) which is like the row of letters denoting good fortune written by the ‘God’ ‘holding the flower-bow’ (Manmatha), with his own hands, though stuck to one place, increases the burning! ॥ 15 ॥