Verse 48

Śataka
Śṛṅgāra Śatakaशृङ्गारशतकम्
Chapter
Censure of Womenकामिनीगर्हणम्
Chhanda
Śikhariṇīशिखरिणी

[shringara-48]

यदेतत्पूर्णेन्दुद्युतिहरमुदाराकृति परंमुखाब्जं तन्वङ्ग्याः किल वसति यत्राधरमधुइदं तत्किंपाकद्रुमफलमिदानीमतिरसंव्यतीते अस्मिन्काले विषमिव भविष्यत्यसुखदं ॥४८॥

yadetatpūrṇendudyutiharamudārākṛti paraṃmukhābjaṃ tanvaṅgyāḥ kila vasati yatrādharamadhuidaṃ tatkiṃpākadrumaphalamidānīmatirasaṃvyatīte asminkāle viṣamiva bhaviṣyatyasukhadaṃ ||48||

Translation

This very ‘lotus face’ of the slim girl, which stole the luster of the full moon and was extremely pretty, where honey resided in the lips; is the extremely sweet fruit of the tree called ‘KimPaaka’ because as time passes it turns out to be the pain giving poison. ॥ 48 ॥