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brassiere which had become somewhat loose on account of her goose flesh.
50.
He forcibly hugged Usā, the saffron drawing on her swelling breasts was a little erased by it, wet as it was by her perspiration.
51.
The lotus-like face that was painted and decorated with figures drawn in musk showed goose flesh and slightly disfigured them when he kissed her on the bimba like red lower lip.
52.
Then arose the moon, the director of amorous dance showering flowers of rays through the lattice-window.
53.
Standing on the floor of the terrace made cool by the moon-stone (supposed to ooze away under the influence of the moon when the moon rises) the lover spoke uninhibitedly, to his lady love thus :
54.
“Look, my moon-faced darling, the moon over there is feeling faint. He knows he has been outdone (or defeated) by a much more spotless moon.
55.
Oh ! a strange situation ! That moon in the sky wears the mark of a deer. This moon here wears (the marks of the) musk of the deer.
56.
Although produced from atti-netta (Sk.atri-netra), (the eye of Atri), he is the crest-chaplet of tiņetta (Sk. trinetra, i.e., Siva). Although home of amaa (Sk. amsta, nectar), he is the dwelling-place of maa (Sk. mrga, i.e., deer).
57.
On this moon, the ornament of śiva's matted hair,
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