Gahakoso Part 2

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

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73. Humble prayer :
Give me only so much love as you can (always) confer on me (and practise honestly). Not every one is able to endure the grief caused by an offence (outrage) to one's selfrespect given by one's dear consort.
74. Consolation :
How can she, who somehow for five days manages to become the sweet-heart of a man with many loves, aspire to (or demand) the sixth day ? Daintiness (sweetness) and abundance do not go together,
75. Contradiction :
Whichever part of my body he stares at with unwinking eyes, I cover it up and yet wish it to be seen by him.
76. In spite of herself :
Look here, although she is tormented i.e. overpowered) by intense anger, the sulkiness assumed by her towards her beloved consort dwindles, softly (or imperceptibly) gliding away like sand slipping down from the interior of the fist.
77. Sky-lady's necklace :
Look, there comes down from the surface of the sky a line of parrots (a flock of parrots in linear formation), looking as if it were a necklace interspersed with rubies and emeralds dropped down from the neck of the lady in the form of the sky.
78. Agonising sight of disappointed supplicants :
Even (enforced) stay in a far-off land (i. e. banishment from my native country) and even stark poverty do not afflict me so much as the sight of supplicants going back having failed to get (from me) their desired objects.
79. Revenge :
In the forests the traveller is protected (from cold) by fire made from big logs (or branches) and in the village he is protected by grass (used as bed to sleep on and as a quilt to cover his body). If however he stays (overnight) in a city he is tormented by the cold as if through anger (at its erstwhile frustration).
80. Sweet memory :
I still remember her face, perplexed by the locks of hair dangling about because of the shaking of the head as I caught with my mouth her lower lip, resembling a lotus made unsteady by a (perching) (dark) swarm of bees enticed by its fragrance.
81. Self-confidence :
The adult lady as it were proclaimed her good fortune (sexual appeal) by her disregard for ablution on the day of festivity, even when her co-wives had adorned themselves with great enthusiasm (or solicitude).