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598. Cure for inconstancy :
The accursed bee (now) roams in the midst of lotuses, (now) (lightly) presses (or squeezes) the Jasmine (flowers) and (then) does not leave the Mālati (flowers) (too) (untouched). The Pătala (flowers) will (if at all) cure him of his inconstancy (or fickleness).
599. Sample-survey :
The young damsel whose blue-(or dark-) coloured bodice is fastened in such a way as to leave an uncovered space two fingers in width (in the central part of the bosom) and has therefore a speciality about it (namely that it easily affords a glimpse of the central part of the bosom), shows to young men a sample as it were (of the loveliness of the entire bosom).
600. Protection :
Oh banian tree, who (by your dense shade) intern in the village-yard the dark half of the month, the village (i.e. the young lovers in the village), clinging to you far and wide (i.e. straggling all around you over a long distance), is (are), in spite of the fact that it has (they have) a diligent and intolerant chief, not in the least) worried about the divulgement of their clandestine amours).
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601. Torrential rain :
Look here, the cloud is as it were howling, because it cannot lift up the earth by means of the binding ropes consisting in the streams of water incessantly pouring down with great speed.
602. Lute-like sound of buzzing bees :
The swarm of gnats (flies), clinging to the shoulders of the buffalo, hovers round about being struck by the horns (of the buffalo, through a movement of its head), humming with a garrulous noise similar to the clanging sound of a lute whose wires have been struck (or plucked).
603. Desecration:
Inside the house where fire is tended (or worshipped) for the entertainment (edification) of people, the dog sleeps quite comfortably with its tail coiled up, unmoistened by the pouring rains), after the young boy (appointed to tend the sacred fire) has gone out.
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