Sanskrit · DevanagariComplete modern digital transcription ↗
स्वरूपैक्ये रसोनस्याद्दाम्पत्यं नु कुतस्तराम् । स्वरूपमेव शृङ्गारो भार्यापि स्वयमेव हि ॥ १११॥
IAST
svarūpaikye rasonasyāddāmpatyaṃ nu kutastarām | svarūpameva śṛṅgāro bhāryāpi svayameva hi || 111||
English
If their essential forms were simply one, rasa could not arise—much less the relation of husband and wife. If śṛṅgāra were merely one's own essence, the wife too would be nothing but oneself.