pūrvaṁ mānāt praṇayasya janmoktam |
samprati tu viveka-viśeṣam upalabhya vaiparītyenāpy āha—tatra yadyapi praṇaye jāte eva kauṭilyaṁ saṅgacchate, tathāpi nāyikā-viśeṣasya premaiva khalv īdṛśaḥ |
yad asau kauṭilyena sahotpadyate |
aher iva gatiḥ premṇaḥ svabhāva-kuṭilā bhavet | ato hetor ahetoś ca yūnor māna udañcati ||
[u.nī. 15.102]
kintu, māno dadhāno viśrambham iti yat prathamam uktaṁ tad eva mataṁ nijam iti lakṣyate ||