शृंगार शतक

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दवा खाने और आरोग्य होनेकी अपेक्षा बीमार न होना कहीं अच्छा है ।

क्षपय ।

लिवली तरल तरंग, लसत कुच चक्रवाक-सम ।

प्रकुलित आनन कञ्च, नारि यह नदी मनोरम ।

महा भयानक चाल, चलत भवसागर-सन्मुख ।

हाथ धरत ही ऐंच लेत, जितको अपने रख ।

संसार-सिन्धु चाहत तर्बो, तौ तू यासौ दूर रह ।

जाको प्रवाह अतिही प्रवल, नैक न्हात ही जात वह ॥८०॥

सार—स्त्री-रूपी दुस्तर नदी से सदा दूर रहो, क्योंकि इसके सामने जानेवाले की भी खैर नहीं ।

80. A woman who is compared to a river, having the beautiful linings on the stomach like waves (of the river), having developed breasts like the pair of Chakrabak and the face shining like the lotus, but whose intention is very crooked should be shunned carefully if one does not wish to be drowned in it. (A river may appear very pleasing in sight but anything falling in it is taken to the deep ocean, so also the woman may appear attractive but any one indulging in her is ruined.)

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