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(P. 133. A. 2. S. 30.
the presence of her father, did by counting the petals of her sport-lotus, while 717 was saying something about it. ( verse 133 )
By means of this trick, she successfully concealed her love.
71671 is fear, either in oneself when dreading punishment for one's own crime, or detected in others; thus it is two-fold.
An instance of the former kind of fear is given in verse 134.
"I am afraid of that prince who from afar tossed in the air, like a blade of grass, the son of 41% huge as a mountain.”
9197-rashness is illustrated (in not a very appropriate manner, we think ) in the verse 135.
A certain king ( one of the suitors in the स्वयंवर of इन्दुमती) whirled his lotus with his hands, closed its stalk and struck the bees with its petals.
He did this with a view to suggest to saat that he would fondle and caress her as his lotus.
Verse 137. is again a happy instance of a
“When the husband returned after his strenous journey through the sands of Marwar, his wife surveyed him with eyes brimming with the tears of joy and then looked at the camel his faithful companion in the journey, gave him morsels of Nimb leaves and removed tenderly the dust from off his mane with the skirt of her garment.
Verse 138 in an instance of7a-pride.
973 says :- If you refrain from doing insult to a Brahmin, it is to your advantage-for then we shall be friends; otherwise I shall be highly displeased.
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