tad eva darśayati—baleneti |

pūrva-rāgānantaraṁ saṅgatayoḥ rādhā-kṛṣṇayor nibhṛta-keli-mādhurīṁ bahiḥ-kuñjato vṛndā sollāsaṁ varṇayati |

rādhayā kartryā ratād api samprayogākhya-suratād api harer adhikaṁ sukham ādadhe cakre |

kiṁ kurvāṇayā tayā ? balena balātkāreṇa hetunā hariṇā yat parirambhaṇam āliṅganaṁ tasmin viṣaye nakha-śikhābhiḥ sva-nakharāgraiḥ hareḥ vakṣas-taṭādiṣu uccair lekhanaṁ kurvāṇayā tathānena haṭhād adhara-khaṇḍane svasyādhara-daṁśane viṣaye bhuja-yugena bandha-kriyāṁ veṣṭanaṁ kurvāṇayā, tathā dukūlasya kalane ākarṣaṇe viṣaye kuvalayena karṇotpalena kareṇa hatiṁ ghātaṁ kurvāṇayā |

alaṅkāra-kaustubhe ca—