Gaudavaho

Author(s): Vakpatiraj, Narhari Govind Suru, P L Vaidya, A N Upadhye, H C Bhayani
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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Gaüdavaho
117. The thunderbolt, .swinging up and down at (every) resistance, gets itself sharpened on those very mountains on whom its edge got blunted, as it came down with a crashing sound in its violent, bouncing impact.
118. The mountain-beloveds suddenly start rolling on the ground in an agony of miscarriage due to fright, when (they see ) big birds coming back, the moment they flew out from the caves.
119. The mountain extinguishes the fire caused by wing-cutting, sitting just at the very place where it is situated, since the oceans flooded in from both of its sides on the earths' surface which had caved in on account of pressure.
120. The thunderbolt, although meeting (in a blow) the rising mountain, whose ridges were being heated every day (taddiasa) by the movement of the sun's orb, was noticed (by the mountain ) after a long time.
121. The sides of the Malaya mountain went on burning, its sandal trees, with its branches withering ( vāa) on account of the poison-flames and hence being deserted by snakes, while its fragrant smoke was being availed of by gods (for perfuming) their spread-out (viasā via ) garments.
122. Masses of mountains, crashing on the ground with clipped (misudhia) wings, got fried up in the charming manner of (dry) leaves, the snakes fleeing in frantic haste that very moment.
123. With great difficulty does Sesa support the earth being beaten by the heavy thud of the falling, wingless mountains, feeling ( sore and ) furious at the fact that his mouths, pierced by his own fangs, were filled with blood.
124. The mountains, blazing in flames, host of gods retreating, being repelled by the heat, the sky looks variegated with rows of bees, frightened by smoke, hovering over the Grand-sire's (Brahma's ) lotus.
125. Mountain-( shaped ) beloveds heavy with young ones hiding inside ( Ihikka) their caves, fearfully reach the outskirts of the sky, ( grown ) lazy and languid because of pregnancy, as it were.