Gahakoso Part 2

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

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FOUR ADDITIONAL STANZAS FOUND IN THE BORI MS OF THE GĀHĀKOSA WITH ĀJADA'S COMMENTARY AND BEARING THE NUMBERS 597, 598, 599 and 600
597. All in vain :
The winnowing basket was burnt; the grams were not fried; that young boy went away; the mother-in-law got wild (with me) at home. It was like playing on a flute in front of stark deaf persons.
598. Tell-tale eyes and horripilation:
The faces of (lovely) women with bristling cheeks and with dilated, motionless eyes, reveal the pleasure (experienced by them) on account of the (close) embrace by their lovers concealed in water (during water-sport in swimming pools).
599. Intriguing:
Your heart is as though full of (or fashioned out of) nectar (and) your hands remove (i.e. fulfil) the longings of those who are full of longings. Oh you with a moon-like face, where (then) does your enemy-scorching prowess abide?
600. Dance of peacocks:
During the dark rainy days, accompanied by the rumbling sound of new clouds, the dancing of the flocks of peacocks, who are as if seized with deep longing (for their friends, the clouds), appears so charming.
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