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[ Upasargas by God Sangama
est, the bravest, and the most courageous as well as those who are the fountain of all the virtues such as self-control, etc. fear to go; and when the man who can strike one in the hearts of lions and who can control them like sheep, can melt like wax; and he experimented that wisdom upon the Lord very judiciously.
Although the measures that he adopted this time were free from barbarism, yet they were not less fatal than those he had used previously. They were just like golden pitchers in outward appearance but they contained poison inside. Seeing no way to victory, he now tried to excite the sexual desires in the heart of the Lord. He created the delusion of a spring season in the neighbourhood of the Lord, which meant an array of objects that arouse sensual passion in the heart of a man. The cuckoos began to sing as if they were singing welcome-songs in honour of the arrival of cupid in that region. The buds opened their petals and began to bloom and smile. Everything looked beautiful and charming, Even the lovely maidens, blooming with youth, and welleducated in the art of prostitution, presented themselves before the Lord in very large numbers.
When the Spring Season was in full swing, the young maidens who had large quivering eyes, who were in the full bloom of their youth, who had threefold beautiful wrinkles on their slender bellies, and who were brimming with the honey of youth and charm, began to spread their net of lascivious activities round about the Lord. They tried their best to attract the attention of the Lord in various ways. They made many amorous gestures to him, tried to tempt him, exhibitted private parts of their body to him, loosened
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