Alamkaradappana

Author(s): H C Bhayani
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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guņa-kaliā jahā : campaa-laa! va ņava-kusuma-sumdarā sahai vimjha-kadaeva vaccha-tthalammi lacchi tamāla-nile mahumahassa || 17 The Illustration of Guņa-kalitopamā :
On the broad chaste of Vişņu that is, like the slope of Vindhya, as dark as (or due to) Tamāla tree(s), Lakşmi like the Campaka creeper, as beautiful as (alternately beautiful due to) fresh flowers, appears charming
asamā jahā : jonhā-nimmala-lāaņņa-pasara-cińcaia-saala-bhuaņāi | tuha tujjha vva kisoari samāņa-rūā jae natthi || 18 The illustration of Asamopamā :
O damsel of slender belly, your graceful beauty, like the clear moonlight, adorns the whole world. So nobody is there like you in this world who can compare with you in beauty.
sā mālā uvamāņāņa jattha vivihāņa hoi riṁcholi biuņa-sarisovamā jā viņimmiā biuņa-rua tti || 19
That Upamā is Mālā in which there is a series of different Standards of Comparison.
That which is constructed with twofold similar Comparisons is called Dviguņa-rūpā.
mālovamā jahā : hari-vaccham va sukamalaṁ gaanaṁ va bhamamta-sūra
sacchāam || säara-jalar va kari-maara-sobiam tuha ghara-ddāram || 20 The illustration of Mālopamā :
The gate of your house is sukamala (marked with beautiful lotuses) like the chaste of Vişņu (which is marked by the presence of beautiful Lakşmi); it is splendorous due to bhamamta sūra (brave 17. L. lai tion Intern 2. kadai. 18.1o, pasaricimccaia.se Only