________________ 584 STUDIES IN JAIN LITERATURE saw in a mirror in her chamber how her maiden friends and her maids reflected happiness on their faces that were entirely untouched by grief. 90. The joy she (Satyabhama) felt at the sight of her beloved, who returned home (safe and sound) after securing the desired object, was so much that her large heart, quite emptied of sorrow, could not quite contain it and it spread all over around her. 91. Her eyes looked more charming than the petals of a red lotus, reddish on account of the wine she was drinking as they were reflected in her glass full of fragrant wine. 92. Despondency deprives one of courage, intoxication of youth (deprives one) of modesty, and love (deprives one) of shame. What then is left for old age which robs one of every precious thing to steady ? 93. As the Mandara mountain had churned the vast ocean, the Sun churned up the vast sky in the course of his day's journey when ruddy Sandhya like madira (wine) bubbled out, followed by (the moon like a goblet or pitcher) of nectar. 94. The young damsels deck themselves up with lotus fibres and their round breasts with lotus leaves to tease and excite their lovers. 95. When he noticed some resentment in his wife his mind felt confused on account of his attachment to her and he vacillated between the gloomy mood of the evening twilight and the cheerful mood of the moonlit night (Note this translation is rather doubtful). ODO Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
