#013 YOU ARE AN EXPERT ARCHER

13. Mugdhee! dhaanushkataa keeyam
Apuurvaat tvai drus`yatee?
Yayaa vidhyasi ceetaamsi,
Gun`eer eeva na saayakaihi.


Bhartruhari is comparing the girl to an archer.
The poet addresses her: Oh Mugdhee! Oh lass! (Not yet well versed in the art of love). Thou you are an inexperienced lass you look like an expert archer. The archers can strike only by using bows and arrows. Whereas you use your qualities (beauty etc.) as the string of the bow targeting our hearts. Is this not amazing?

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