Gahakoso Part 2

SR No.: 001372
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Madhav Vasudev Patvardhan, Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani
Publisher: B L Institute of Indology
Publication Year: 1988
Total Pages: 278
Language: English, Prakrit
Classification: Book_English & Literature
File Size: 15 MB

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472. Panic :
Your enemies, whose frightened (or nervous) allies have run away through fear of the charming rainy season and who have given up all hope of saving their wealth, behave (now) according to your will, just as flamingoes, whose enfeebled wings flutter through fear of the charming rainy season (which, however, is not agreeable to their health), go away to the Manasa lake, giving up their food in the form of lotuses.
473. Considerate :
In the house of a poor man, the (pregnant) house-wife, when questioned (by her friends and relatives) (repeatedly) about her longings (during pregnancy), asks for mere. water again and again, in order to avoid embarrassment to her husband.
474. Account :
"Who are they that have been uprooted (by us), who are they that have been led to their ruin (by us), who are they that have been robbed of their abundant riches (by us)?" In the nail-marks (made by their paramours), lewd women carry (on their bodies) lines (strokes) to keep a count of all that.
475. Conspiracy:
For the sake (or benefit) of reddish-eyed ladies, whose loins (or hips) and thighs stand out prominently visible because of their drenched garments after their bath in the afternoon, Cupid wields his bow.
476. Separation:
Alas, separation, having violently convulsed my heart, has uprooted (i.e. ruined) all my joys (happiness), just as the mount Mandara, having churned the milk-ocean, uplifted (i.e. extracted) the (fourteen) jewels (from out of it).
477. Dilemma :
He gets angry with unrefined (unsophisticated) love-making (on my part). He suspects (my) intimacy with some gallant in case I practise artful (sophisticated) love. these circumstances how possibly can unlucky I deal with my beloved consort so as to please him?
478. Self-immolation :
Alas, alas! what is this that that bee has done, oh daughter, on being separated from the Malati (flower or creeper)? It has thrown itself on to a bunch of Aśoka flowers thinking it to be a mass of lurid flames of fire.
479. Tutor :
Who (possibly) is the tutor of women in carnal enjoyment abounding in manifold blandishments? It is the bond of affection because of which everybody learns even (previously) untaught things.