Gahakoso Part 2

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

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33. Doubly scorched :
Setting on fire my heart with anger (aroused by your attachment to your sweet-heart), why are you now scorching my back also by giving out warm sighs (due to remorse) as I am lying on a portion of the bed, my face turned away from you ?.
34. Doting attachment :
The delicate dark-complexioned damsel bathed herself for quite a long time on the river Godā, with (the coarse) Jambu-powder (or Jambū-extract) left over (after having been used by you for your bath).
35. Loss of the glow of health :
Oh you who have been delaying in your return home) (and staying out for too long), her face, soiled with tears streaming down in your separation, has been deprived of its lustre (or healthy glow), just like the banner on the top of the sun's chariot (which too is deprived of its shadow because of its extreme proximity to the sun).
36. Veiled remonstrance :
To the brother-in-law whose mind is not pure (i. e. who harbours immoral passion for her), the young wife narrates during day-time (or for the whole day) the episodes in the life of Sumitra's son i. e. Laksmana), close and faithful follower of Rāma, which (episodes) were pictorially represented on the walls of her apartment,
37. Virtue in the face of temptations :
She stays in a house standing on the fringe of a public square, she is lovely in her appearance, she is in the prime of life, her consort is absent from home (on a long journey), she has an unchaste woman as her neighbour and (on the top of all that) she is (herself) poverty-striken, and yet her vitrue has remained inviolate.
38. Steady attachment :
The Kadamba flower is being swept away by the flood of the mountain-stream, while its filaments are torn away by the whirling motion of the vortex, and the bee clinging to it becomes sometimes slightly drowned (submerged), sometimes rises to the surface (and floats) and then again becomes drowned (but does not forsake the Kadamba flower).
39. For safeguarding ber consort's self-respect :
Striving to save the face of her consort, who (though) poverty-stricken is born in a noble family and) prides himself on his noble birth, the house-wife gets annoyed (or feels distressed) even when her relatives come to her with rich presents (in order to help her out of her difficulties) (and refuses to accept the presents).
40. Consideration for her poor neighbour :
Though her dear consort is only too eager to do as she likes (i. e. has given her the costly clothes and ornaments desired by her) and though the festival has come (i. e. has