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अद्यापि तां धवलवेश्मनि रत्नदीप-
मालामयूखपटलैर्दलितान्धकारे।
प्राप्तोद्यमे रहसि संमुखदर्शनार्थं
लज्जाभयार्तनयनामनुचिन्तयामि॥

Still I remember her—eyes filled with fear and modesty—approaching me secretly in a white mansion, her face glowing in the jeweled lamp-light, readyin...

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अद्यापि तां नखपदं स्तनमण्डले
यद् दत्तं मयास्यमधुपानविमोहितेन।
उद्भिन्नरोमपुलकैर्बहुभिः समन्ताज्
जागर्ति रक्षति विलोकयति स्मरामि॥

I remember the mark my fingernails left on her bosom when I, intoxicated by her lips, placed it there. The goosebumps that followed, her body's respon...

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अद्यापि तां न खलु वेद्मि किमीशपत्नी
शापं गता सुरपतेरथ कृष्णलक्ष्मीः।
धत्रैव किं नु जगतः परिमोहनाय
सा निर्मिता युवतिरत्नदिदृक्षया वा॥

Even now I wonder—was she Shiva's consort, cursed by Indra, or Lakshmi herself? Or was she created by Brahma to enchant the world? She seemed like a c...

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अद्यापि तां नववयःश्रियमिन्दुवक्त्रां
उत्तुङ्गपीवरपयोधरभारखिन्नाम्।
संपीड्य बाहुयुगलेन पिबामि वक्त्रां
प्रोन्मत्तवन्मधुकरः कमलं यथेष्टम्॥

Even now I hold the memory of her youth—moon-faced, bosom full and burdened with beauty. I press her face with my arms like a bee thirsting for nectar...

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अद्यापि तां निजवपुःकृशवेदिमध्याम्
उत्तुङ्गसंभृतसुधास्तनकुम्भयुग्माम्।
नानाविचित्रकृतमण्डनम्ण्डिताङ्गीं
सुप्तोत्थितां निशि दिवा न हि विस्मरामि॥

Still I remember her—slender waist, body like a finely sculpted altar, bosom shaped like nectar pots, adorned with colorful ornaments. Whether night o...

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अद्यापि तां निधुवनक्लमनिःसहाङ्गीम्
आपाण्डुगण्डपतितालककुन्तलालीम्।
प्रच्छन्नपापकृतमन्तरिवावहन्तीं
कण्ठावसक्तमृदुबाहुलतां स्मरामि॥

Even now I remember her body exhausted from love-play in the grove, pale cheeks, loosened curls sticking from her forehead, and her soft arms wrapped ...

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अद्यापि तां निधुवने मधुपानरक्तां
लीलाधरां कृशतनुं चपलायताक्षीम्।
काश्मीरपङ्कमृगनाभिकृताङ्गरागां
कर्पूरपूगपरिपूर्णमुखीं स्मरामि॥

Still I recall her red with wine in the pleasure grove, playful and slender, her large restless eyes, her body tinged with deer musk and saffron, her ...

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अद्यापि तां निभृतवक्त्रकमापतन्तं मां
द्वारि वीक्ष्य सहसैव मिषेण सुप्ताम्।
मन्दं मयि स्पृशति कण्टकिताङ्गयष्टिम्
उत्फुल्लगल्लफलकां बहुशः स्मरामि॥

Even now I remember when she saw me suddenly at her door and pretended to sleep. As I approached, she gently touched me with her trembling body, her c...

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अद्यापि तां नृपतिशेखरराजपुत्रीं
संपूर्णयौवनमदालसघूर्णनेत्रीम्।
गन्धर्वयक्षसुरकिन्नर्नागकन्यां
स्वर्गादहो निपतितामिव चिन्तयामि॥

Still I recall her—princess among women, eyes heavy with youthful desire, seeming like a divine maiden—perhaps a daughter of Gandharvas or Nagas, fall...

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अद्यापि तांप्रणयिनीं मृगशावकाक्षीं
पीयूषपूर्णकुचकुम्भयुगं वहन्तीम्।
पश्याम्यहं यदि पुर्नदिवसावसाने
स्वर्गापवर्गनरराजसुखं त्यजामि॥

Even today, if I happen to see her—my beloved with doe-like eyes and nectar-filled breasts—I willingly forsake all heavenly, liberating, or royal plea...

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