kauṭilyasya tāratamya-darśanād uttarottaraṁ madīyatābhimānatayā kauṭilyasya vaiśiṣṭyaṁ vadann anyad apy udāharṇa-dvayaṁ krameṇāha—adatteti maṅgalā-nāmnyā yūtheśvaryāḥ priya-sakhīṁ prati śrī-kṛṣṇena tad-dhārṣṭyātiśaye prakāśite sati tayā yad ācaritaṁ tat kavi-caraṇair varṇyate |
asau iti sākṣād api parokṣavan nirdeśaḥ sakhyāḥ parokṣe tad-dhārṣṭyātiśaya-sūcanārthaḥ |
tava sakhī maṅgalādhunā tavāgrataḥ saivānya-svabhāvā dṛśyata iti bhāvaḥ |
me mahyaṁ vartmani kuñja-vartanyāṁ manmathena unmadā satīti svayam āśleṣa-dāne hetur uktaḥ |
anyathā tādṛśīnāṁ parama-vidagdha-ramaṇī-vṛnda-pūjya-pādānāṁ kadāpi tan na sambhaved ity arthaḥ |
iti evam uktavantaṁ śrī-kṛṣṇam |
kuṭilībhavat mukhyaṁ yasyāḥ sā |
vataṁsena karṇābharaṇotpalena jaghāna tatāḍa |
atra tāḍana-kriyāyā pūrvato madīyatātiśayatvāt svātantryodrekatvaṁ dyotitam ||