अकृतप्रेमैव वरं न पुनः सञ्जातविघटितप्रेमा । उद्धृतनयनस्ताम्यति यथा हि न तथेह जातान्धः ॥
अकृतप्रेमlove never formed
एवindeed / itself
वरम्is better
न पुनःbut not / rather than
सञ्जातthat has arisen / come into being
विघटितbroken / shattered
प्रेमाlove
उद्धृतpulled out / gouged out
नयनःeyes (one whose)
ताम्यतिsuffers / grieves
यथाas / in the way that
हिindeed (emphatic)
न तथाnot so / not in that way
इहhere (in this world)
जातान्धःone born blind
Better never to have loved than to have loved and lost, just as one born blind suffers less than one whose eyes have been gouged out.
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