Verse 16

Śataka
Vairāgya Śatakaवैराग्यशतकम्
Chapter
The Mockery of the Complete Renunciation of Sense Pleasuresविषयपरित्यागविडम्बना
Chhanda
Śikhariṇīशिखरिणी

[vairagya-16]

स्तनौ मांसग्रन्थी कनककलशावित्युपमितौमुखं श्लेष्मागारं तदपि च शशाङ्केन तुलितम्‌ ।स्रवन्मूत्रक्लिन्नं करिवरशिरस्पर्धि जघनंमुहुर्निन्द्यं रूपं कविजनविशषैर्गुरु कृतम्‌ ॥१६॥

stanau māṃsagranthī kanakakalaśāvityupamitaumukhaṃ śleṣmāgāraṃ tadapi ca śaśāṅkena tulitam‌ |sravanmūtraklinnaṃ karivaraśiraspardhi jaghanaṃmuhurnindyaṃ rūpaṃ kavijanaviśaṣairguru kṛtam‌ ||16||

Translation

The two breasts are just lumps of flesh; but are compared to two golden pots. The face is the abode of phlegm, saliva, sweat etc; even then it is equaled to the moon. The hip-part below the waist is soiled by the dripping urine; yet is compared to the fore-head of the excellent elephant. The female form is condemnable in all ways. It is made much of only by the imaginative talent of the poets. ॥ 16 ॥