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________________ 580 STUDIES IN JAIN LITERATURE sight). 51. As soon as she saw her dear (husband), there spread extreme joy on her face, marked with coquetry, that was fascinating charming, and Madana, the God of Love, fixed beautiful Mohana (Infatuating)-one of his five arrows-- on his flowery bow with its graceful (flowery) string strung. 52. The young women who didn't first respond to the conciliatory gestures of their men, later were overcome with repentance, felt humbled by their genuine love and themselves, started appeasing them, pretending intoxication as an excuse. 53. Two moods commingled and enhanced her joy which made her body its abode : her longing for the celestial Parijata tree was satisfied and her dear husband came back resplendent with victory over Indra, the lord of the gods. 54. Let him (my dear husband, by his faithlessness fulfil even the unfulfilled desires of my rivals in love. (But) let him-my dear husband--return quite safe, even without securing the desired object (the Parijata tree ?), on the strength of merit acquired by his numerous beloveds. 55. One can easily see that the winter is on its way out and the lotus plant has mated with the Spring from the way its face is beaming and emanating fragrance. 56. When the Sun, who was excessively red in colour (also, who was greatly in love with) embraced the Western Direction, the Day-Beauty becomes sad (or melancholy or dejected) unable to bear, as it were, the offence given by her beloved husband in her very presence. 57. As the Cakravaka embraces the love lorn Lotus-creeper that has stretched out on the watery bed along the bank of the lake and has the face of a fully blown red lotus, he seeks his mate with doleful cries. 58. In the early hours of the evening, when the moon is rising, the East is seen to be trying to help herself us towards the centre of the sky holding the hands (kara also rays) of the moon that is still on the other side of the Suvela range. 59. The crescent of the moon looks charming like Madana's (Madana, the God of Love) slender bow of Asoka or is it a cute little tusk made of a coral or of a frosty patch or of a diamond ? 60. The disc of the moon appeared like face of the night whitened by its rays For Private & Personal Use Only Jain Education International www.jainelibrary.org
| SR No. | 001868 |
| Book Title | Studies in Jain Literature |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | V M Kulkarni |
| Publisher | Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre |
| Publication Year | 2001 |
| Total Pages | 114 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Literature, & Story |
| File Size | 14 MB |