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Chapter XVIII : (Alamkāra - Ratnākara)
1. For translation vide DHV S. No. (33.12) supra.
2. Out of anxiety a miser guards his wealth, he doesn't speak about it even to his
close relatives or friends; it torments him when it swells in size, like the growing foetus in the womb of a mistress.
3. Friendship with a malicious person vanishes even while it is being made, like a
line drawn on the surface of water. But friendship formed with a good man remains secure like line drawn on a hard stone.
4. This, nowadays is a common experience : a wicked man or even meeting with him spreads corruption as much as the absence of a good man (or of his influence). This is the great contribution of the Age of Kali !
5. In this wide world which has thousands of beautiful women she alone is perfect
in her beauty: the left half of her body is exactly like the right half.!
6. For translation vide DHV Locana S. No. (28.11) supra.
7. Whatever is expected to be caused by Love has been caused by Winter : bristling
skin, quivering lips and stuttering speech.?
8. Ah, the way the young damsels adore you looks as if they worship you with their
eyes - those tremulous, half-shut lotuses. Ilow close are you to the God of Love? 9. For translation vide KP S. No. (25.424) supra.
10. The joy that permeates the heart when enclosed in a passionate embrace of
her lover is the (real) lovely and cool pearl necklace for the neck of a pretty young woman.
1. Cf. ŚPS. No. (667.174) supra.
2. Cf. A'sarvasva Vimarsini S. No. (31.442) supra.
