[shringara-29]
रागस्यागारमेकं नरकशतमहादुःखसंप्राप्तिहेतुःमोहस्योत्पत्तिबीजं जलधरपटलं जानताराधिपस्यकन्दर्पस्यैकमित्रं प्रकटितविविधस्पष्टदोषप्रबन्धंलोकेऽस्मिन्नह्यनर्थव्रजकुलभवनं यौवनादन्यदस्ति ॥२९॥rāgasyāgāramekaṃ narakaśatamahāduḥkhasaṃprāptihetuḥmohasyotpattibījaṃ jaladharapaṭalaṃ jānatārādhipasyakandarpasyaikamitraṃ prakaṭitavividhaspaṣṭadoṣaprabandhaṃloke'sminnahyanarthavrajakulabhavanaṃ yauvanādanyadasti ||29||
Translation
It (youth -state) is the single abode of attraction (accompanied by envy etc). It is the pathway to end up in great pains of hundreds of hells. It is the original seed of delusion (ignorance). It is the screen of clouds covering the Moon (Lord of stars) of Knowledge. It is the one and only friend of Manmatha (passion). It is the text revealing varieties of faults explicitly. In this world, there is no other place which produces countless harm like the ‘youthful-state’. ॥ 29 ॥