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
her breasts are assailed and overpowered ( into old age ) by the onset of her pregnancy.
1004. Everything, because of its insipid ( disappointing) end, turns into unhappiness. In fact, there is no (such thing as) happiness. Since, what ( appears to be ) happiness is just a negation of unhappiness and this (so called) happiness too is really unhappiness.
1005. All this Form in the guise of the Universe is a clear manifestation of Non-existence ( Abhāva ), like the blue appearance of the sky turning out to be an illusion of occular perception.
1006. May a priceless (amolla ) reward fall to the lot of people, living such a dry and insipid worldy life, after having listened ito ( the description of) our Master's sanctifying (pāvana ) merits. God Siva assumes a lion's form to test the King's heroism
1007. The very same loose mass of matted hair, enveloped by the lustre of His blue-black throat looking like the ichor of Quarter-elephants, gains resemblance (karani) with the mass of the lion's mane.
1008. The Lord of snakes (Vāsuki), receding (and stretching his body) back-wards from his hood placed over (Siva's ) head, tinged red by the lustre of his jewels, bears imitative similarity ( velamba ) with (the lion's ) tail, stopped (demarkated ) by the spreading brilliance of his back (patthi).
1009. The self-same skull-garlands adorning (uttansa ) His head, with their fiercely gaping ( visatta ) mouth-cavities, get the grace of the curling cluster of hair on his (lion's ) head. .
1010. The same (curved ) lines of reflection (padimāmaggū), fallen down ( oiņņa) from his nail-tips and observed (saccavia) in the mirror-like ) crescent of the moon on (His ) head, go out and become the hook-like claws of (the lion's ) paws.
1011. Thus by the Three-eyed (God), wishing to measure ( tulium) the graceful might of him (our King), (His own form ) was transformed into the form of the Lord of beasts ( lion ), giving fright (bhesia ) even to the lion of Pārvati, The king's heroism, religious pursuit, greatness and benign rule
1012. The massive trunks of enemies' elephants were lopped off ( khudia ) by him on the battle-fields, with streams of blood,