Gahakoso Part 2

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

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ADDITIONAL STANZAS
(1)
a = winnowing basket. For = 7 1: = grains of gram. T TT = TifaT:,
TET: = were not fried. w at > fotit > FOT> frat: . 3187 at = = went away (disappointed as I could not meet him) (and in the meantime the basket containing the gram- grains was burnt to cinders along with those in the frying pan, because of my absent - mindedness. ). HET = 3 = the mother-in-law. afgtru a
1837 41 = (the whole thing was thus an exercise in futility) like playing on a flute before stark deaf people.
(2) fagufa = faaraofa = fa = reveal, indicate (denom. verb from fagur= fara =
revealing ). *ifhoftoi atig = the faces of ( lovely ) women. T*T* (B.C.) = Focfa91 (B.C.)=(faces) whose cheeks are bristling with horripilation. 30 furoasa (B.C.) = (faces) whose eyes are dilated ( with joy ) and motionless. Both these B. C. s are joined to form a K.C. जललिक्कपियावगहणसुहिल्लि =the pleasure of being embraced by their lovers concealed (fosa) under water(while swimming in a pool).f47==ff FT
- fata. See note on go in st. 20. For fi = fant see H. 4, 55. (3) 399HY = full of nectar, fashioned out of nectar, i. e, soft, gentle, kind. ford = heart,
mind. igro qugreti: = removing (fulfilling) the desires (ava) of those full of desire (i. e. of poor people) (by giving to them what they want). faut q qurat =your enemy-scorching valour. The idea is that the king's relentless crusade against his enemies is incompatible with his ordinarily compassionate and gentle nature. The stanza is perhaps a bard's tribute to king Vikramāditya (cf. st. 465, 472) or to king Sālāhaņa (Säta
vāhana) (cf. st. 468). (4) Arfacro afoaj = the dancing of flocks of peacocks = 57, T = looks
charming. For k=TIF (or ler) see H. 4, 100. E ftirfara a = as if seized with deep longing (799) (for the clouds in the rainy season). The water-laden clouds in the rainy season are supposed to be the friends of peacocks, who dance with joy at the appearance and rumbling of clouds in the sky. ET= starfa (past part. from denom. 1917, see st. 377) = darkened. zfuratat 3 (B.C.) (faux) - [during the days (of the rainy season)] which are accompanied by the rumblings (fast = tf =
a) of the new clouds (913# =179= = cloud).