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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________________ 212 Gaüdavaho 664. Here at that time (dist) in the rainy season, the city was surrounded with mounds of dust, heaped up in a circle ( 9fवेस) and pieces of jewels and corals appeared luminous (पआसं) in various places (90) where they were embedded (n). 666. The houses had vacant spaces (31731TT) inside, where in places of the store-houses of grains (), there were now layers of coarse (954) husk ( ) and dust, making these spots uneven with ups and downs (73fest). There were big holes (faat) burrowed in these empty spaces, serving as tunnels to investigate (STUUTETUT) underground treasures. 667. The fields, ploughed, have their furrows ( F TA) levelled and covered up, not with grain-crops, but with a thick growth of wild vegetation (eeft) and with dense clumps of sun-plants (arz), as the soil is fertile ( TUT). 668. The lakes have dried up and their beds are now taken up by low-lying patches of earth (HTTHT377 97), with an overgrowth of Th plants instead of lotus-plants. In these spots, not women, but vacant directions stand on their toes to await (vifa) the arrival of dawn (forts) and the directions stop still (372rHifa) now, having exhausted the stock of lotus-perfumes which they had given away (fafurafest). Cf. GEET HATT gO TET FREE TRIETE इदानीं केवलं निरुदकगर्ता भवन्ति । कमलानां स्थाने करभा भवन्ति । सूर्योदयं ATAİ FİTTİFerra pra faze Warrice: 1 Com. 669. In the gardens (59 for TAT) were swings hanging underneath the trees, tied to their branches. The ropes of these swings have snapped, leaving only the knots ( a f ), tied to their branches and they are overgrown with sparse grass which is now old and dried up. 670. In the suburban areas (aufs) of the city, there are structural monuments (faTITUT) commemorating old kings. They are now collapsing (3724uut) and are reduced to reddish brick powder (atoremuet), now haunted (errfazr) by old snakes. 672. On the premises, constructional projects of good men, commenced long back, have been left incomplete in the absence of the ruling monarch, after having laid big (375) solid foundations (FATTET) and the heaps of stones, cut and chiselled (aftar), having been cemented and piled up in their supporting walls. They are now in an old, dilapidated (FTE TBT) state. F Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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