Verse 55

Śataka
Śṛṅgāra Śatakaशृङ्गारशतकम्
Chapter
Censure of Womenकामिनीगर्हणम्
Chhanda
Śārdūlavikrīḍitaशार्दूलविक्रीडित

[shringara-55]

व्यादीर्घेण छलेन वक्रगतिना तेजस्विना भोगिनानीलाब्जद्युतिनाहिना परमहं दष्टो न तच्चक्षुषादष्टे सन्ति चिकित्सका दिशि दिशि प्रायेण धर्मार्थिनोमुगधाक्षीक्षणवीक्षितस्य न हि मे वैद्यो न चाप्यौषधम्‌ ॥५५॥

vyādīrgheṇa chalena vakragatinā tejasvinā bhoginānīlābjadyutināhinā paramahaṃ daṣṭo na taccakṣuṣādaṣṭe santi cikitsakā diśi diśi prāyeṇa dharmārthinomugadhākṣīkṣaṇavīkṣitasya na hi me vaidyo na cāpyauṣadham‌ ||55||

Translation

It (eye of the girl/serpent) is elongated to the fullest extreme. (up to the ears) It is restless. (looking here and there) It moves always crookedly. (does not look straight) It is strong (lustrous). It is hooded. (gives fullest enjoyment) It shines (colored) like the dark blue lotus. (is fully open like the lotus) I have been bitten deeply by not the serpent but by those eyes! If bitten by a snake there are people at every place who are good enough to treat it. However, for me who have been glanced at for just a second by that girl with innocent eyes, there is neither a physician who can treat it nor a prescribed treatment! ॥ 55 ॥