विदग्धानां मिथो लीलाविलासेन यथा सुखम् ।
न तथा सम्प्रयोगेण स्यादेवं रसिका विदुः ॥
vidagdhānāṁ mitho līlā-vilāsena yathā sukham |
na tathā samprayogeṇa syād evaṁ rasikā viduḥ ||
(Ujjvala-nīlāmaṇi: 15.253)
“For the cultured, pleasure shall not arise from union (samprayoga) as it shall from the vilāsa of līlā together [i.e., conversing, joking, mock-fighting, etc.]. This rasikas know.”
Commentary
Cultured lovers shall find that there is more pleasure in varieties of interpersonal exchange than there is in the act of sexual union. This is known only from the experience of qualified relishers of rasa.”