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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________________ 57. Vain hope : Oh captive lady, this is (only) the reverberation (echo) of a lightning-crash from a cloud thundering unseasonably. Oh you who are expecting to hear the twang of your husband's bow, why are you unjustifiably displaying horripilation on your body? 58. Pitiless : “She endures, she endures", thinking thus that fellow, unskilled in the art of sexual dalliance, so completely exhausted her in making love), that her limbs became like withered Sirisa flowers. 59. All this for you : Disregarding other young men, oh boy, and transgressing the commonly accepted) norms of decorum, she now wanders about straining her eyes towards (all) the quarters (i.e. scanning the surrounding regions of space for your sake (i.e. in the hope of seeing you some where). 60. Mighty protector of the village and charmer of ladies : Just to day he has departed and just from today (onwards) the people (in the neighbourhood) will have to observe a vigil at night (for fear of robbers who would be emboldened to attack the village in his absence). Just to-day the banks of the river Goda will become yellow with turmeric powder (washed away by women from their bodies, as they do not see any purpose in having their bodies decorated with turmeric powder in his absence). 61. Anxious to avert discord in the family : Though the brother-in-law harbours sinful thoughts about her in his mind, the pure-minded young lady refrains from complaining about her brother-in-law) to her dear consort who is furious by nature, for fear of destroying the peace of the family, but simply languishes away. 62. Pathetic and not ludicrous : When, during the meeting with her beloved consort conjured up by her in her mind, she remembered the earlier lapses committed by him and began to quarrel (with him) in the void, she was pitied by her female friends and not jeered at by them. 63. Sympathy of collaborators reassures even under failure : Tasks undertaken in cooperation with those who have a sympathetic understanding, even if not successfully accomplished (or completed), are, I think, far more successfully accomplished than those undertaken in cooperation with others (devoid of sympathetic understanding), even if successfully achieved. 64. Advent of the spring : Look here, the tender mango sprout protruding from the stone of the ripe mangofruit looks like the tip of the tail of a lizard which has lodged itself in the slightly bursting shell of an oyster. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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