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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________________ 82. Post-menstruation bath : Oh you, who are cleansing with a pointed wooden splinter the etched holes on your reticulated bangle clogged with turmeric powder used at the time of your (post-mensturation) bath, whom are you going to make happy (tonight)? 83. Why love dwindles (or ebbs away) : Love disappears by (altogether) not seeing (the object of love). It also dwindles by seeing (the object of love) too much (or too frequently). It disappears also because of the idle talk (tale-bearing or scandal-mongering) of malicious people. And it also vanishes just so (i. e. without any particular reason). 84. In whose case does love dwindle in this way? : By not seeing, in the case of women; by seeing too much, in the case of low-minded (ignoble) people; by the idle talk of malicious people, in the case of thoughtless fools; and just so (i. e. without any particular reason) in the case of the wicked. 85. Worried about the future : "In the case of those who were once high, it is very distressing (painful) for them when they subsequently fall down on the abdomen" -- thinking thus, meseems, her breasts have developed dark nipples (a pexes) (through chagrin as it were). 86. Will you still not have mercy on him? Oh fair lady, although he has already a beautiful wife, that son of the farmer has become so (awfully) emaciated on account of you, that even his jealous wife has undertaken to play the role of a mediator (messenger) (in order to plead to you on his behalf). 87. Veiled reproach : Oh charming one, even when you visit me as a matter of courtesy (and not out of the genuine feeling of love), you delight my limbs. How great must be the joy of those whom you love with guileless (genuine) attachment ? 88. Making amends : As he was fanning (i.e. cooling), with the breath from his mouth, my hand aching because of the blow (that I had given to him), I smilingly clapsed him round the neck with the other hand, i.e. arm). 89. Killing two birds with a single stone : Oh Krsna, while you are removing with the breath from your mouth, the dust-particle in the eye of Rādhikā, you are at the same time) taking away (ie, taming or humbling) the vanity (self-esteem) of these other cowherd ladies (cowherdesses) also. 90. The body turns away, but the mind does not : Oh haughty (angry, sulking) lady, the emergence of horripilation on your back, at the approach of your dear consort, (even) when you are standing with face turned away from Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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