Gahakoso Part 2

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

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131. Consideration for the senior wife :
Emaciated by his intense) love (over-attachment) for his new young wife, the huntsman, in order to preserve intact his first wife's love for him, carries to the forest his bow though it is difficult to (wield and) stretch, as it has not been scraped (or pared).
132. Enough of husband-mania :
As the beautiful young lady said again and again during (the pangs of her first child-bed (parturition), “I have had now enough of my husband-delirium (or mania)”, she caused the (women) folk round about to smile.
133. All love is full of of deceit :
Oh friend, there is in this mortal world no love at all that is divorced from deceit. If there were such (guileless love), there would be no separation of any person (from the object of his or her love) (i. e. there would be no such thing as separation from one's beloved, which is always the result of deceit or perfidy), and if there were such separation, no one would continue to live in spite of it.
134. Rapture on seeing a naked beauty :
Like a wonder, like a treasure (suddenly discovered), like rapturous joy, like the attainment of heaven (itself), like the drinking of ambrosia-such was that moment (or short space of time) for me, when I saw her without any clothing on her body i.e. divested of all clothing).
135. Unpredictable nature of love :
She is dear to you (i.e. you love her) and you too are dear to me (i.e. I love you); but you are odious to her (i. e. she hates you because she loves some one else) ,and I am odious to you (i. e. you hate me, because you love some one else). Oh boy (i.e. young man inexperienced in the ways of love), I shall frankly say (to you) that love is subject to many vicissitudes (i.e. the way of love is unpredictably uncertain and crooked).
136. Well-deserved :
Indulging in jealous anger (too much) (and turning a deaf ear to his entreaties), she has nursed her sulkiness without any (good) reason to such an extent, that her darling (lover), although staying in the same village, is as good as gone abroad (for she is not able to see him any longer because of his estrangement from her).
137. Infatuating song :
In the forest full of the humming of the bees struck (i.e. inspired) by the breezes of the vernal month (or season), the cowherdess sings a song dealing with the theme of separation and infatuating the minds of travellers.