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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534. Eloquent indifference :
That she did not (even) look at him with a straight glance, that she though openhearted (frank-natured) did not even) speak to him, that she did not (even) greet him (i.e, did not observe even the ordinary courtesies due to a visitor)-just from all that clever observers drew their own conclusions (about her vanishing love for him).
535. Paralysed by grief :
As many steps as she went out, thirsting for your sight on hearing your voice, she had to be (physically) carried back those same steps, after you had gone away (beyond the range of her eyes).
536. No confrontation :
I shall look at him with a frown, scold him, turn my face away from him. I shall do anything that you ask me to do, oh friends, provided I do not actually) see him.
537. Apathy :
He looks at me now with eyes devoid of jealousy and anger, and dispassionate, just in the way one person looks (with unconcern) at another (with whom he is not in any way connected and who is a complete stranger). How is it then possible for me to help dwindling in my body?
538. Love stifled by coynees :
The love induced (in her) by your sight comes to an end, just in her heart, because of her coyness, like the desire cherished by an indigent person.
539. All-too-fond husband :
The wind is blowing (or lifting) up your saree. Cover up your thighs which have the circular tooth-marks clearly visible on them. Oh daughter (or young girl), do not make your all-too--fond consort an object of derision for people.
540. Unmistakable evidence of doting love :
As the mother of the young wife sees the tooth-marks on her thighs, when her under garment is lifted up by the wind, she is very happy, as if it were the exposed) lid (or cover) of a buried treasure-trough.
541. Forest-fire :
After burning down the entire forest, the fire fatigued by jumping over even and uneven places, goes down to the river catching hold of the grass hanging (or dangling) from the slope of the bank), as if it were thirsty (and wanted to drink the water of the river).