यथा दूरचरे प्रेष्ठे मन आविश्य वर्तते । स्त्रीणां च न तथा चेत: सन्निकृष्टेऽक्षिगोचरे ॥ ३५ ॥
yathā dūra-care preṣṭhe mana āviśya vartate strīṇāṁ ca na tathā cetaḥ sannikṛṣṭe ’kṣi-gocare
- yathā
- as
- dūra-care
- being situated far away
- preṣṭhe
- a lover
- manaḥ
- the minds
- āviśya
- becoming absorbed
- vartate
- remain
- strīṇām
- of women
- ca
- and
- na
- not
- tathā
- so
- cetaḥ
- their minds
- sannikṛṣṭe
- when he is near
- akṣi-gocare
- present before their eyes
When her lover is far away, a woman thinks of him more than when he is present before her.