Ashta-nayika -3, Vasaka-sajja, All decked up and waiting
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The heroine dresses herself with pleasure,
makes bed, and awaits her beloved
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Wearing bashfulness, concealed joy,
Nigh impatient, blushing, no less coy,
Lips quivering in excitement
To embrace ultimate moment,
Feet ready to break into dance,
Bed to door and back O to prance,
Her bosom pulsating to be one
With beau in climaxing union,
Spread hast she a bed sheet of silk,
And prepared some saffron-mixed milk,
The bouquet of her keen body
For long more than ready
To be cherished by her Love
Longs to get too moist to move,
Ready, rain of seed to receive
O on this long-awaited eve.
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Natya Shastra| 03.02.2025 | Free verse, emotions, romance, awaiting
Note: This is third of Ashta-Nayikas, eight heroine types, as classified in a Sanskrit treatise on performing arts in Bharata’s Natya-Shastra. The state (avastha) of the eight romantic heroines widely themed in Indian paintings, literature, sculpture, classical dance forms and music. Vasaka-sajja is the third of the eight such heroines depicted here in poetic form.
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