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elephants raising their huge tusks aloft, over which have stumbled the sun's horses yoked to his chariot !
Now follows the description in a Kulaka of 7 Gāthās (201207) of the beautiful ladies standing on terraces in various poses to have a view of the King, as he marched on with his army,
202. The lady, standing oblique (a), her right thigh being crossed over by the left one taking a full turn (aroser) upto its base viz the hip and thus presenting to the view only one breast, is graphically described in this gāthā.
203. This lady wears a big necklace of gems. As she turned sideways (954), this necklace receded to her side and its ends met the fleshy, curving line of her buttocks, while the thin hairline, uplifted, as it was dragged over to the thin waist, stood out (837) prominently.
204. This lady, standing behind her friend, places her right fore-arm on her friend's (left) shoulder and brings down her
rest upon this forearm, joining the palms of her hands in a close grip.
205. The big and straight braid (p untos) of her hair has been brought over on her bosom by this lady, thus adorning (siforat) the hal portion of her breast and then, as she bent down her head, the lustrous crest-jewel became conspicuous (TTE) over the parting line (aa) of her hair,
206. The picture which, according to me, the Poet wants to present in this Gāthā is something like this : Here is a lady who bends down her right ear on her right side , perhaps, on the support of her hand and consequent'y the golden creeper-like ornament, either attached to her lock of hair or in the upper part of her ear, hangs down and blocks the view of her kundala or the ear-ring down below. The left ear is also turned sideways and the ear ornment, hanging down, reaches her breast and rubs the saffron pigment applied to it.
208. Madana, the god of love, averts his eyes even at the sight of the Aśoka blossoms, as they remind him of the flames of fire, similar in colour, issuing from the third eye of Siva.
. 209. Moon is a great friend of Madana. This Madana also feels enamoured of these ladies, when he sees them and consequently
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