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send messages of love through (maiden-friends or) go-betweens (to their lovers), and their somewhat unfulfilled desires revolve in their mind.
619. The evening gave joy to the damsels by bringing their lovers, and the night
by affording the delights of love. But the morning went tediously on.
620. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (344.114) supra.
621. Did the moonlight increase the intoxication or the intoxication increase the
moon-light ? Did the two together intensify erotic passion or perhaps it was the passion that intensified both to the highest degree ?
622. The beloveds were deprived of the pleasure of being appeased by their man;
they couldn't even pain their feet by kicking their lovers. All their anger was dissolved by the moon-light as errand-girls normally do..
623. The tinkling sound of the bangles of the young wife produced at the time
of her bath in the back-yard of the house intensified the longing for sexual pleasure in the son-in-law who has come to the house of his father-in-law in the afternoon.
624. The delicate jingling sound of the bangles on the slender arms of the servants
produced, while they were doing the household work, aroused sex-desire in the couples.
625. Like a dear friend whispering in their ears words of wise counsel, the
mango-blossom, placed on the ear, advises the proud ladies to forget their anger, howsoever justified it might have been.
026. You are indeed fortunate in that you have been embraced by that young
woman who has put on a white garment, who is agitated, who is slow of gait due to her heavy hips and, is in her period and has approached you running.
627. In the meantime, the night that had patched up her quarrel with her husband,
given free scope to her repressed desires and like a friend greatly encouraged her to enjoy the pleasures of sex, passed.
628. When the beloved damsels looked at the wine, the God of Love lifted up
his bow, when in excitement they took it up he bent and slipped the loop
| SR No. | 006960 |
| Book Title | Prakrit Verses in Sanskrit Works on Poetics Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | V M Kulkarni |
| Publisher | B L Institute of Indology |
| Publication Year | 1990 |
| Total Pages | 768 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 12 MB |