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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43. For translation vide A 'Sarvasva - Vimarsini S. No. (*43.444) supra.
44. For translation vide A'sarvasva - Vimarsini S. No. (*1.436) supra.
45. For translation vide DHV S. No. (3.6) supra. 46. If you are bent on going, then go; who (on earth) can stop you from going ?
Your departure would cause / spell my death - that is what Destiny has written on my forehead! And that is coming true now.
47. For translation vide DHV S. No. (26.11) supra.
48. For translation vide A 'Sarvasva S. No. (42.444) supra.
49. O, fair one, who are resting your face on the palm of your hand, say what
(alternative) is dear to your heart: the nectar of a close hug of your lover or the poison-flame of jealousy and anger ?
50. This is the month of spring; this poor young girl is the sole cause of heart -
rending grief. “O, young man, who are interested only in wealth, you may go
or stay! 51. For translation vide A Sarvasva - Vimarsini S. No. (*44.445) supra. 52. If you give to others the best part of the wealth you have, what wonder is there?
You however, give to your co-wives what you do not have at all — ill luck and misery 53. Look, from where in the multitude of clouds there arose the roar of thunder,
from there only flashes of lightning appeared. 54. It is remarkable indeed that reputations and fortunes are made or lost on the
sharp edge of your sword which has become sticky with the blood and slippery
with the fat of the enemies you have killed ! 55. A deep moaning (groaning) sound (sītkāra) comes from lovely women when thier
lower lip is being bit, the bite is thus the primary cause but the lover who hears the moaning sound proceeds to bite again in which case the moan/groan is the primary cause.
5. Sīkāra is the sound of the drawing in one's breath in pain.