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
paddy. The lady with a slender belly is becoming thinner and thinner. Do what is proper (for her or for the occasion)."
924. O, unkind one, O, you, who are afraid of your wife, O, you, whose sight
is difficult to have, O, you, who are like an insect in a nimba berry, O, you son of the village-chief, the entire village is growing lean because of you.
925-26. “O Gheņțākarāla, return our clothes which you have taken away while
we were bathing. We have to hurry back to heaven. But how can we go, when our clothes to be put on after bath are taken away? If we don't, we are afraid, when the night ends and the day dawns we shall remain here only but changed into stones through Indra's curse."
When the celestial nymphs said this Ghentākarāla (in the Section called the Kalingasenālambha) replied: "I'll return you your clothes only if one of you weds me.”
927. (This passage is in prose and cited from Śakuntala. Priyamvada says to
Sakuntalā :)
Dear friend, it is not proper for you to go - - You owe me two watering of trees. Come then, having freed yourself (from the debt of honour) you'll
go.
928. I am emaciated because of separation. The fire of separation is unbearable.
My life is uncertain (or in a precarious condition). "What message should I send him (my lover) ? My friend, you yourself know what is proper for the occasion or fit to be done. (At all costs bring him here without delay.)
929. For translation vide SP S. No. (39.50) supra
(Verse 930 is corrupt and obscure.)
931. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (70.55) supra
(Verse 932 is corrupt and obscure.) 933. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (454.136) supra 934. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (760.189) supra