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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124. The Poet imagines that the holocaust has even affected the rows of bees hovering over the Grand-father Brahma's lotus and are scared by the smoke from the burning mountains.
. 125. Shaped like them, the mountains have wives and their young ones are hiding (fr ) inside their caves. · Out of fright they cannot go or fly far, as if because of their pregnancy.
128. The underlying analogy is that of a big bird, shot in the wings by an arrow. One upward flight and then it collapses on the ground, unable (THE) then to jump up (90g 3) even a little
130. The Poet fancies mountain ranges to be the eyes of the various quarters, breaking and bursting open from the heavy blow of the thunderbolt. Their smoke fills the eyes and makes them sore, the eye-lashes in the form of wings start flapping up, the streams are like tears flowing, before the eyes burst.
131. A mass of iron at a very high temperature becomes liquid and when cooled, becomes solid. The poet applies this analogy to the mountain-slabs which flow out (faforator) in liquid form because of excessive heat and then solidify (Hera). Thus they become fit to receive and resist the thunderbolt, like warriors, according to the Com. Cf. at 4GETFH 4497CCI गिरिकटकैः पुनरायसशिलाभिः कुलिशाग्निदाहविगलितविनिर्गतलोहीभूतनिम्नोन्नततटरूपाभिः कवचस्थानाभिः कुलिशप्रहारनिवारणं पश्चात् कृतम् । निम्नोन्नतFavarapuaraat 319699848212744 adagocyaani farcury i Com.
132. Water-streams, flowing from mountain-peaks : and mixed with ashes, are imagined to be the streams of tears, mingled with the collyrium of the sorrowing mountain-ladies.
134. The mountain, reddish-brown, because of its moeting the thunderbolt, with the moon's full orb reflected at its bottom, looks like flying Garuda, lifting the nectar-jar in his hands.
Garuda is said to have stolen the Amrta from the gods in order to purchase with it the freedom of his mother from her cowife Kadru. Indra discovered the theft and fought fierce battle with Garuda. The Amộta was recovered, but Indra was worsted in the fight and his thunderbolt was sma hed. Garuda is represented as having the head, wings, talons and beak of an eagle
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