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USĀNIRUDDHA
well such as the blessed kings and Nāga princes. Could you find your lover among these ?
33.
“Look at these Lords of Vrsnis who are the devotees of Vişnu; this one is indeed Krsna with a lovely apparel, this is Balarāma and that Madana (i.e. Pradyumna) and this one is Aniruddha."
34.
“What blessed or lucky one among these could you possibly have seen to your heart's content in that dream ?” Saying thus that Citralekhā paints them out, looking at the princess every moment.
35.
On seeing Krsna she was full of curiosity; at the sight of Pradyumna her eyes with lovely eyelashes became wistful; and when she glanced at Aniruddha she was horripilated and she bent her face down (all the more) charming on account of shyness.
36.
Noticing her in ecstasy at the recognition (of her lover] Citralekhā says, laughing, “Your heart is, o good girl, as it is, on a worthy object as Rohiņīs did when it dwelt on the moon.
37.
"Let Navamālikā intertwine a young mango-tree, and let a female crane unite with a dark cloud and you too be attached to Pradyumna's son (Aniruddha). The union of the two, worthy of each other indeed — has all the charm.
38.
By my miraculous powers I'll bring over here, O Usa, that grandson of Krsna (Aniruddha) as surely as the fragrance of flowers brings a bee or recitation of a song a gazelle".
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