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the lotus of a lotus-plant kissed by the Sun's orb standing face to face."
690. “This ( ima) (woman ) has a face from which the hostile flush of anger wears away, as her lover seizes her lower lip (between his own ) like a crystal cup, the wine in which goes on subsiding at every sip."
691. “How charming is this woman who mixes and moves her fingers in the hand of her lover, which, slipping down from her neck, has cupped one of her breasts, looking as if she has started the diversion of (playing on ) a lute with a gourd (on its handle ) !
692. "This woman has a face with the forehead overshadowed by her locks of hair seized by her lover, thus looking like the pight of the dark fortnight with the moon's orb in its slightly reduced first digit.”
693. “The union of the moon and the deer ( as seen in the spot) who have been vanquished by the lustre of her face and her eyes, has taken place because of the fact, perhaps, that both of them (the moon and the deer) share the common grief (of defeat).”
694. This was how servants described the love-sports of the wives of the army (men), among the multifarious pleasures, worth enjoying in the rainy season, after the bow was brought down (from the shoulder to rest) by him (our King). The King's Glorification by Bards
695. “At whose blows, love ( desire ) for flowers, showered by gods, develops in (the heart of) of bees flying up from the broad temples of enemies' elephants shaking their heads (at these blows ),"
696. “The lustrous flashes of smiles of these ladies ( here, formerly) belonging to that Magadha monarch, 0 King, are not noticed, being repelled (pellia), as it were, by the brilliance of your own great glory.
697. “The streams of tears (flowing down ) on the cheeks of these ladies, which bear reflections of the hairy strings of chowries (wielded and) waved by them in your service, are (also) not observed, having been already sucked ( absorbed ) inside (the cheeks) through fear."
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