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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Gaü davaho
braid of their hair on the back, (reflected from behind) on the crystal-clear (transparent) surface of the belly,
751. Who, with a smile blended (anuviddha) with the rosy lustre of their lower lip, exhibit (a picture of) the (pinkish) moon, newly risen, with a black spot in the form of a cluster of bees, (gathered over the lips, attracted) by the deep fragrance of their breaths,
752. Who, with their eyes, the tremulous pupils of which meet the palms of hands in the form of their sprout-like ear-decoration, display a ball game, as it were, in their (enthusiasm of) childhood still lingering in them,
753. Who, covered with a veil of blue silk, looking like a thick (hovering) cluster of bees, imitate the graceful movement of creepers, with their rows of teeth (looking) like white flowers (on the creepers),
754. Who, in respectful devotion for the worship of Cupid, always favouring them with His presence (by their side), draw on their own bodies, (a painting of) a red Aśoka tree, as it were, full of blossoms, in the form of fresh (reddish) nail-marks,
755. Dressed in an attractive, green apparel, put on for the special occasion (of love-tryst), who exhibit, by their straight (tapering) thighs, the interior stems of plantain trees with all their faultless equipment (of fluttering, green leaves),
756. Of whom, as they lower down their moon-like faces, it appears as if their heart throbs, as it were, showing under the guise of their lower lips bitten (by their lovers ), vivid sores of wounds caused by Cupid's shafts, on their bosom,
757. The middle (gaping) portion of the bodice (kuppāsa), lit up by the lustre of the space between the two (slightly exposed) breasts, looks like the upper (oblong) erect eye of Siva, held imprisoned by these women, for (having caused) the destruction of (their Patron-God) Cupid.
758. On whose breasts, the nail-mark with its impression (nivesa) (surface) broken by horripitation, looks like a seam (sivani) sewn over the heart at the dread of a moment's separation,
759. Who look beautiful with a pair of their rounded breasts, swelling (at the prospect of) getting (from the lover) a close