Prakrit Verses in Sanskrit Works on Poetics Part 02

SR No.: 006960
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

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Prakrit Verses in Sanskrit Works on Poetics
metallic peg (supporting the dome on the top of the temple -turret), the temple is moaning with pain as if it has been pierced with a pale (sülă = a sharp iron pin or stake, any sharp or acute pain).
822. Look here at the entrance of the temple in this god-forsaken village, the
wayfarer in winter stirred the straw-fire which was dying out and it looked like a bear that has been ripped open.
823. For translation vide ŚP S.No. (344.114) supra.
824. How can you, my friend , possibly live in this accursed village where the
moon-face of the farmer's daughter-in-law is bright enough to dispel darkness and you cannot therefore hold your tryst with your girl and thus have your hopes all dashed?
825. For translation vide ŚP S.No. (386.122) supra.
826. When the young woman sees her brother-in-law chopping down the karanja
tree on the river bank, she feels much distressed - her desire to enjoy the pleasures of love under that tree is now frustrated.
827. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (602.162) supra. 828. When she hears the twitter of the birds as they fly from the water reeds
her usual rendezvous, the young daughter-in-law, engaged in her household chores, feels her limbs limp.
(Verse 829 is treated in the Notes.)
(Verse 830 is treated in the Notes.)
831. You need not feel so weepy and downcast, my dear, because the tall paddy
is soon to be harvested. Look, there you have the thick yellow hemp with its face painted like an actress!
832. For translation vide ŚP S.No. (311.107) supra. 833. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (601.162) supra.
834. The monkey already once stung, slinks away, shakes from a distance the
branch of the Jambù tree, again draws near, growls but does not try to pluck