महासुभाषितसंग्रह (Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha) श्लोक 2
Sanskrit text:
अंशुकं हृतवता तनुबाहुस्वस्तिकापिहितमुग्धकुचाग्रा ।
भिन्नशङ्खवलयं परिणेत्रा पर्यरम्भि रभसादचिरोढा ॥aṃśukaṃ hṛtavatā tanubāhusvastikāpihitamugdhakucāgrā |
bhinnaśaṅkhavalayaṃ pariṇetrā paryarambhi rabhasādaciroḍhā ||⎼⎼⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼⏑¦⎼⎼¦¦⎼⎼⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼⏑¦⎼⎼¦¦
⎼⎼⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼⏑¦⎼⎼¦¦⎼⎼⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼⏑¦⎼⎼¦¦Meter name: Rathoddhatā; Type: Akṣaracchanda (sama); 11 syllables per quarter (pāda).
Primary English translation:
“The newly married damsel covered her charming breasts crosswise with her slender hands when the upper silk was pulled by the husband and was embraced ardently with the snapping of her conch bracelets.”
(translation by A. A. Ramanathan)
