Saundaryalahari 5

हरिस्त्वामाराध्य प्रणतजनसौभाग्यजनीं
पुरा नारी भूत्वा पुररिपुमपि क्षोभमनयत् ।
स्मरोऽपि त्वां नत्वा रतिनयनलेह्येन वपुषा
मुनीनामप्यन्तः प्रभवति हि मोहाय महताम् ॥५॥

haris tvām ārādhya praṇata-jana-saubhāgya-jananīṃ
purā nārī bhūtvā puraripum api kṣobham anayat |
smaro 'pi tvāṃ natvā rati-nayana-lehyena vapuṣā
munīnām apy antaḥ prabhavati hi mohāya mahatām ||5||

Viṣṇu verehrte einst Dich, die ihre Verehrter schön und herrlich macht.
Daraufhin wurde er zur Frau und konnte so selbst Śiva bewegen.
Auch der Liebesgott verehrte Dich. Mit seiner schönen Gestalt, die Rati, seine Frau mit ihren Augen leckt,
kann er nun in den Herzen selbst großer Asketen Betörung erzeugen.

You who grant all the good things,
To those who bow at your feet,
Was worshipped by the Lord Vishnu,
Who took the pretty lovable feminine form,
And could move the mind of he who burnt the cities,
And make him fall in love with him.
And the God of love, Manmatha,
Took the form which is like nectar,
Drunk by the eyes by Rati his wive,
After venerating you,
Was able to create passion,
Even in the mind of Sages the great (tr. P.R. Ramachander).

Uttararamacarita 5.16 (Bhavabhuti)

कुमारौ -- (अन्योन्यं प्रति) अहो प्रियदर्शनः कुमारः । (स्नेहानुरागं निर्वर्ण्य।)

यदृच्छासंवादः किमु किमु गुणानामतिशयः
पुराणो वा जन्मान्तरनिबद्धः परिचयः ।
निजो वा संबन्धः किमु विधिवशात्कोऽप्यविदितो
ममैतस्मिन्दृष्टे हृदयमवधानं रचयति ॥५.१६॥

kumārau – (anyonyaṃ prati) aho priya-darśanaḥ kumāraḥ | (sa-snehânurāgaṃ nirvarṇya|)

yadṛcchā-saṃvādaḥ kimu kimu guṇānām atiśayaḥ
purāṇo vā janmântara-nibaddhaḥ paricayaḥ |
nijo vā saṃbandhaḥ kimu vidhi-vaśāt ko'py a-vidito
mamâitasmin dṛṣṭe hṛdayam avadhānaṃ racayati || 5.16||

Die beiden Prinzen (zu einander):
O, der Prinz ist lieblich anzusehen! (nachdem sie sich mit Liebe und Zuneigung betrachtet haben:)

Ist es unser zufälliges Gespräch, oder das Übermaß seiner Qualitäten,
oder unsere in einem früheren Leben gemachte Bekanntschaft,
oder eine natürliche Verbindung durch das Schicksal, die ich nicht kenne,
dass mein Herz, sobald ich ihn gesehen habe, von ihm so fasziniert ist?

The Princes [Candraketu (Lakṣmanṇa's son) and Lava (son of Rāma)] -- (To each other). O, how noble looking this prince is! (They behold each other with love and affection).

Can it be the fortuitous conversation or the excess of excellences,
or the time-honoured friendship formed in some previous live,
or my relationship with him owing to the will of providence, not yet known to me,
that my heart feels drawn toward him at first sight? (5.16) (tr. M.R. Kale)

Śṛṅgāraśataka 14 (Bhartrhari)

सति प्रदीपे सत्यग्नौ सत्सु तारारवीन्दुषु ।
विना मे मृगशावाक्ष्या तमोभूतमिदं जगत्त्॥

sati pradīpe , saty agnau , satsu tārā-ravenduṣu , |
vinā me mṛga-śāvākṣyā , tamo-bhūtam idaṃ jagat ||14||

Selbst wenn da eine Lampe ist, wenn da ein Feuer ist,
wenn da Sterne, Sonne und Mond sind --
ohne meine Rehkälbchenäugige ist die Welt finster geworden.

Scheine Lampe, glänze Feuer, leuchte Sonne, Mond und Stern;
Fern von euch, Gazellenaugen, ist die Welt mir Finsternis.
(Üb. Friedrich Rückert।)

Bodhicaryavatara

buddhaṃ gacchāmi śaraṇaṃ yāvadā bodhi-maṇḍataḥ |

dharmaṃ gacchāmi śaraṇaṃ bodhi-sattva-gaṇaṃ tathā ||