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passed) by the moon, joined his body with that of Gauri in order to dissipate her anger. *
610) Salute that Hara (God Siva), possessed of a charming face, the bee hovering over the beautiful lotus-pond in the form of Gaurī's face.*
64. The Section of Riddles 611) Laksmī, practising inverted coitus (on Vişņu) and overpowered by emotional excitement, on seeing Brahmadeva poised on the lotus growing out of Vişnu's navel, closes the right eye of Hari (Vişņu)—but say, why ?
612) Oh my lord (dear), since you screen your face with your hand, since you are talking, looking (at me) with winkless eyes, since your face is suffused with a smile, and since your eyes (glances) are not restful (placid, steady), (therefore, says the commentator, you have a guilty conscience).
613) If that damsel was complimented by her (female) friends, saying, "your face is like the full moon”, why does that lady with a charming face, wipe (rub) her cheek with her hand ?
614) The young lady (married woman a) censures (curses) the husband because of the eyes (?), the best of Brahmins (the worthy Brahmin) because of her breasts and the elderly people because of her hips--we do not know for what reason.
615) If the husband said to her "I shall myself arrange (put) the tilaka mark on your fore-head"-well, why then did the lady, with a charming face, smile and stand with her face turned away? (Why did she turn away her face ?)
616) "My dear consort, who requested (me) that the blow with the foot (i. e. the kick), which I was going to give on his heart (chest) due to anger, should be given on his head, is just what I suspected him to be (i. e. he is carrying another beloved enshrined in his heart)"--at this thought the proud lady began to weep with big tears.
The sense is obscure.
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