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Scenes in Nature
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582. The forest-lands here, the foremost parts of which are (keenly) observed by travellers sitting under the shade ( of trees ), look charming, thickly crowded, as they are, with Kamkola trees, (crops of) pulses and herds of monkeys.
583. The perfume of Karahāta flowers, the back surfaces (vallho) of which are greyish-pink like the broad cheeks (gamdavūsa) of a fair lady in separation, spreads about here, ( specially) sweet, as it is, in the afternoon.
584. The slightly cool (darasiala) perfume of Kadamba flowers, deep (jaradha ) and pungent, as the roots are soaked in wines offered in fulfilment of their cravings ), rolls about here, its pink filaments having faded out.
585. The fragrance of Priyamgu creepers that are reddish like blossoms of date-palms, spreads about here, having mixed with the honey-particles of full-grown lotuses.
586. The glory of winter finds its life-breath (āsasai) in the Marubaka creepers here, thickly ( covered ) with buds and having a pink, facial ( external ) appearance, as also in the bright (tāra) white Kunda flowers.
587. The wind here futters the bordering fields of barley, (raising) waves among (barley) blossoms which change their colour every moment, trampled upon, as they often are, by the herds of deer, becoming confused about the direction of their movement.
588. The foremost bordering regions of barley fields look lovely, as the husk (sūā) of their blossoms becomes scarce (paviralāamta) owing to the heaving (ūsāsa) (swelling ) of ripening grains (phala).
589. (Water from ) forest-wells, which look bright and gorgeous with rows ( pāli) of Karavīra flowers, is drunk (by people ) with their mouths made sour (after chewing) the fried (pulosa) fragrant barley grains.
590. The landscapes in different directions even during daytime look dusky like night-fall, (groves of) mango trees being enveloped in the ground-dust ( mahiraa ) which is coated (ahioa ) with smoke from the forest-fires.
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