Book Title: Gahakoso Part 2
Author(s): Madhav Vasudev Patvardhan, Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani
Publisher: B L Institute of Indology

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________________ 25. Endurance-test : When the two, both angered in love, pretend to be asleep, being too haughty to appear to yield, and attentively listen motionless to each other's restrained breaths, which of them would be victorious (over the other) ? 26. Unholy passion : On whichever part of the body, the brother-in-law desires to give a blow (or tap) with a blue lotus, on that limb of the young married lady, there appears a stiff line of horripiation (indicative of her joy and bashfulness). 27. Absence of the dear consort when the rains set in, is death itself : As I was recollecting in his absence the delights enjoyed in his company), I heard the rumbling of the (rainy season's) first clouds, which appeared to me like the sound of the drum beaten when a criminal sentenced to death is led to the place of execution. 28. All the village ladies are pining for you : Oh unkind one, oh you who are afraid of your wife, oh you, whose sight is (very) difficult to have, oh you, who are like an insect in a Nimbajberry, oh you, son of the villagechief, the entire village (i. e. all the women in the village) is growing lean because of you. 29. Reconciliation after apology: The very moment she disentangles the hair of her dear consort prostrating at her feet, from the protruding points of her anklets in which it had become entangled, she proclaims (to him) thereby that her jealous anger has disappeared from her heart. 30. Memento of love : Oh charming one, even now she wears (on her head) the crumpled withered wreath of flowers formerly given by you with your own hands, although it has now lost its fragrance, like the image of the guardian goddess of some house in a deserted city, (which too carries the wreath of flowers formerly offered by votaries and since then become stale, faded and bereft of fragrance). 31. Mighty protector-guarantee of security : The wife of the son of the village-chief sleeps with difficulty (i. e. does not get restful sleep while reclining) on his chest, rugged with the scars of wounds caused by blows (with the weapons of his adversaries, while fighting with them.). The entire) village, however, sleeps comfortably (because of the sense of security under his leadership). 32. Veiled taunt : Oh charming one, it is you alone who have followed this natural (straightforward, honest) course (of addressing me by the name of your sweet-heart whom you have enshrined in your mind); for now-a-days there is one thing in the heart (mind) and quite a different thing in the speech of people. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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