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1. Kākavat kariñaḥ kāyé, nāridéhé'nurāgavān;
Katham priyél na majjāmi so'ham mohämbudhāviva.
1. O dear! How can I not be drowned in the Ocean of Moha, ( infatuation) by attachment to the body of a female, like the crow attached to the body of the elephant ?
quaft Padmaśrī addressing Jambū Kumāra said, “O dear husband! You may not perhaps become a loser in both ways like the monkey. The story of the monkey runs as follows:
STORY OF THE MONKEY. King Arikesari of greaamgr Hastināgapura, went, one day, for hunting along with a number of other kings in a distant country. While wandering from forest to forest, rain commenced to fall in heavy torrents, and the king had to seek shelter in a thick bower of creepers. When the rain ceased falling, he came near a lake. On seeing there a very handsome girl resembling a celestial maiden, the king was greatly delighted. The young girl well-decorated with valuable ornaments was taken by the king to his palace. There, he married her and made her, his chief queen. The king, then, began to enjoy the pleasures of the senses, like an Indra with his wife Indrāni.
Wheh the King Arikesari and his new queen, were one day, sitting in his picture-room, a juggler, amusing the public by his sports with a monkey, while going from village to village and town to town, came there, and commenced playing with the monkey. On seeing the queen, who was sitting on the lap of the king, the monkey did not jump about, and he did not dance. The juggler beat him a good deal, but to no purpose; the monkey kept staring only at the lotus-like face of the queen. The juggler became greatly embarassed. The monkey kept weeping all the while.
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