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659. Cupid's present to Vernal Beauty :
Cupid has as it were presented to the Goddess of Spring a garment (cloak or mantle) of lovely flowers with leaves (also a garment with a terminal gorgeously embroidered skirt) and spreading its fragrance far and wide, after taking it away from his (own) body.
660. Dissipation of sulkiness :
The fresh (new) spray of mango-blossoms here, placed on the ear, dissipates the justifiable (well-grounded) sulkiness of angry women, like a dear friend creeping close to the ear (to whisper words of consolation and salutary advice).
661. Consolation :
"Oh girl, just today when there is a festival, your dear consort will certainly) come, (make no doubt about that). Do not (therefore) shed tears". (Thus) comforting the daughter-in-law, the mother-in-law (herself) begins to weep, with her face turned away.
662. Village-chief's earnings :
Oh aunt, under the crooked (arched or stunted) mango-tree, day after day there pours down, in the guise of the farmer's daugther, a regular stream of wealth, for the benefit of the village-chief who is famous for collecting fines (from offenders caught red-handed in love-affairs with the farmer's daughter).
663. Binding chains :
When the slender arms of the young (married) damsel are with-drawn from the neck (of her consort) at the end a farewell embrace, her bracelets slip down from her emaciated arms), like binding chains, on the foot of her consort intending to leave her and go away on a journey.
664. Dangerous trap :
Oh lord of the elepbant-herd, refrain from visiting the paddy-field over there), which is pleasing only on the surface, but has snares spread out (or laid) (in order to catch you), and has pits covered with grass, while the guards are standing hidden (to pounce on you).
665. Leadership of the elephant-herd :
How can the status of the lord of an elephant-herd come to an elephant though he might be looking grand in the excellent) (Vindhya) forest (in which he has been born and has grown up), if he leaves the Vindhya mountain out of greed for mouthfuls of new paddycrop (growing on the plains)?
666. Crooked fate :
Oh young boy, even an elephant born in the first and foremost family (of Airāvata, the divine elephant), though pure by birth (i.e. though possessed of excellent pedigree) and though belonging to the bhadra class, falls into bondage in a moment, because of crooked (i.e. adverse) fate.
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