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the way passing through a forest having Kasa-grass in the biginning and Arjuna-trees at the end. He should not, therefore, turn His face away from intimated familiarity with the uppermost parts of the mansions of Ujjayini. If He would not be pleased with the eyes of the city-damsels with their outer corners unsteady, dazzled by the flashes of lightnings, forming the victorious unfailing arrows of the god of love having a very wide range, piercing the vital parts of bodies, discharged by means of bows in the form of their intimately familiar eye-brows, he [ Sambara ] would deem that He would be deprived of His eyes. He, seeing the flow of the Nirvindhya to which He would have evinced His emotions inexpressibly, which would be possessing rolling eyes in the form of wallowing fish, having a girdle in the form of birds chirping loudly on account of the agitation of the waves, manifesting her navel in the form of eddies, moving in a way charmful owing to her stumblings, should proceed on His journey. On His way, having approached, He should imbibe the water of the Nirvindhya [ or enjoy her love ], manifesting as if clearly her eagerness for Him without any articulate expression displaying the arrival of her relative [i. e. the Sage transformed into a cloud] bashfully turning round a little, for love-gesture in regard to their lovers is the first expression of love of women.
On the way of Him who should have passed beyond her [i. e. Nirvindhya ], the Sindhu, on account of her having very little water assuming the form of a braid-like stream and assuming lustre pale owing to the old dry leaves dropped down from the trees grown on her banks, would be seen as if inviting Him through the charming chirpings of the rows of swans like a bold woman with her garment loosened. He, a fortunate one, should adopt the remedy by which that one [i. e. the Sindhu 1, emaciated, pale, possessing braid-like stream on account of the scantiness of her water, making as if a sweet speech with a view to
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| SR No. | 001704 |
| Book Title | Parshvabhyuday |
| Original Sutra Author | Jinsenacharya |
| Author | M G Kothari |
| Publisher | Gulabchand Hirachand Doshi |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 844 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Literature, & Mythology |
| File Size | 16 MB |