Book Title: 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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________________ 210 Gaüdavaho the small stones get crushed and pulverised, gathering in heaps of stone-powder at the base and the stones (395), removed, are fit (TTT) for masonry (TEUTT). 618. Note the alliteration in the composition of the Gāthā. 623. The cymbals (PT), beaten, produce loud tinkling sounds (HHT). They give out an echo which, resounding, spreads far and wide (3TTET3T) and is sent back, as it stumbles in the rows of caves (9501675). After having sounded in series one after another, the echo dies down (TFS) after a long time. A very graphic picture ! 625. The peaks of the mountains have gone high up in the sky and, therefore, they look cloudy and smoky (95), while down below the slopes nearby (3THUOT) are in view in their full. extent (faptt), appearing bright and clear (355) in daylight. 627. The boars, struck with arrows by the hunters are pursued by them, following the tracks (937) marked with big seal-like (FET) round drops of blood, oozing from the wounds on their bodies. These drops become clearer and more brightred, as hunters advance further and further ( 37***T). 636. The moon's orb becomes lustre-less because of frost. The Poet imagines, it is due to the fact that the Moon feels the pain of anguish, as he remembers how his friend, Madana, met with destruction in the blazing fire issuing from the third eye of god Siva. 638. Luminous medicinal herbs of high potency shed their own bright light, as of jewels, even at night. One would'nt know whether it is the light of jewels on the heads of cobras or of the herbs. Cf. रत्नानामोषधीनां विवेको रात्रावपि न जायत इत्यर्थः । The smell of the herbs repels (afrigt 3) the cobras. Cf. fagfaaraotatea fata HFSNIT:..... Com. For the idea of herbs giving light at night, Cf. वनेचराणां वनितासखानां दरीगृहोत्सङगनिषक्तभासः । भवन्ति यत्रौषधयो Porutiyet: Geta: 1 $ATTO . 10. 640. When the rainy season is over (***), the clouds perch on summits of the mountains, shining in their water-less pale lustre (997). The pallor, perhaps, is due to the fact that the clouds have bled white through their lightning streaks, continuously being discharged (faafrut37) like bleeding veins. Cf. fais Sera feret Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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