अंशुकेन जघनं तिरोदधे क चुकेन च कुचौ मृगीदृशाम् । aṃśukena jaghanaṃ tirodadhe ka cukena ca kucau mṛgīdṛśām |

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Sanskrit quote nr. 4 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अंशुकेन जघनं तिरोदधे क चुकेन च कुचौ मृगीदृशाम् ।
पीयमानमनिशं प्रियेक्षणैः क्षामतामिव जगाम मध्यमम् ॥

aṃśukena jaghanaṃ tirodadhe ka cukena ca kucau mṛgīdṛśām |
pīyamānamaniśaṃ priyekṣaṇaiḥ kṣāmatāmiva jagāma madhyamam || 

⎼⎼⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼⏑¦⎼⎼¦¦⎼⎼⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼⏑¦⎼⎼¦¦
⎼⎼⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼⏑¦⎼⎼¦¦⎼⎼⏑¦⎼⎼⏑¦⏑⎼⏑¦⎼⎼¦¦

Meter name: Rathoddhatā; Type: Akṣaracchanda (sama); 11 syllables per quarter (pāda).

Primary English translation:

“The hips of the deer-eyed damsels were concealed by the silk dress and the bosom by the jacket (and, being unconsumed, grew in size); but the waist became thin as it was drunk in (gazed at) frequently by the glances of the lovers.”

(translation by A. A. Ramanathan)


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