[shringara-74]
सन्मार्गे तावदास्ते प्रभवति च नरस्तावदेवेन्द्रियाणांलज्जां तावदिवधत्ते विनयमपि समालम्बते तावदेवभ्रूचापाकृष्टमुक्ताः श्रवणपथगता नीलपक्ष्माण एतेयावल्लीलावतीनां हृदि न धृतिमुषो दृष्टिबाणाः पतन्ति ॥७४॥sanmārge tāvadāste prabhavati ca narastāvadevendriyāṇāṃlajjāṃ tāvadivadhatte vinayamapi samālambate tāvadevabhrūcāpākṛṣṭamuktāḥ śravaṇapathagatā nīlapakṣmāṇa eteyāvallīlāvatīnāṃ hṛdi na dhṛtimuṣo dṛṣṭibāṇāḥ patanti ||74||
Translation
A man will walk the path of righteousness; will be able to discipline the senses; will shy away from doing wrong actions; will have modesty; only as long as the ‘glance-arrows’ capable of breaking the courage - pulled back and released from the bow of the eyebrows, drawn up to the ears, with wings of eye-lashes, belonging to these charming ladies, - do not pierce the heart! ॥ 74 ॥