Gahakoso Part 2

Author(s): Madhav Vasudev Patvardhan, Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani
Publisher: B L Institute of Indology

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626. Wicked men and dogs :
Do not put any trust in these wicked men, who are intent on excessive flattery (but) who turn their faces away (in indifference) as soon as their (selfish) object is achieved and who are (therefore) comparable to dogs turning their faces in the opposite direction as soon as they have achieved their object (viz. coitus).
627. Houri :
May my (pet) bitch, who when she departs for another village draws after herța whole pack of hounds, live for a hundred years in unimpaired charm (i.e. sexual attractiveness).
628. Dog's tutor :
Oh brother-in-law, tell me the truth. From where has the dog who (formerly) flattered (coaxed) (his mate) in that manner (i.e. abundantly), (now) learnt that (wellknown) (art of) turning away his face, the moment his object (viz. coitus) is achieved?
629. The joy of excellent harvest :
Proud of the abundance of corn (or abundant crop) harvested (in the field), the farmer sings (with joy) in the autumn, in the nights in which the moon looks white like unhusked (pounded and polished) grains of new rice.
630. Lotus-like foot :
The foot of the female warden of the paddy-crop, placed obliquely (across the waterchannel) and motionless, while she is blocking the water channel in the field, is (eagerly) sought by a swarm of bees greedy for tasting lotuses.
631. Apprehension:
With every passing day, the female warden of the paddy-field, her pale face hanging down (or lowered) and her anxiety at the (eventual) termination of her trysts growing, dries up (i.c. languishes) along with the paddy-stems (which too have become pale due to ripening, have their tops hanging down because of the weight of the grains and are drying up).
632. Farmer's enragement (or sorrow):
On seeing in the morning in autumn, the green and long-extending thousand-fold (i.c, numerous) tracks of the dwarfish bulls in the sesamum field whitened by hoar-frost, the farmer becomes enraged (or afflicted with sorrow) (at the damage done to the sesamum crop).
633. Wild rats:
The farmer's wife mourns the seasmum-stems uprooted by the teeth of the wild mice (rats) (and laid waste) and fallen on the ground in a disorderly manner and appearing enfeebled and pale-white by exposure to the rays of the sun.