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
तत् नवोदितचन्द्रवदाभाति स्म आरक्तशुभ्रकान्तिमत्त्वात् । आमोदयुक्तश्वासमिलिता 7 374TFITTI AEG TOT 9naathifa FA 1 Com.
752. The decorative ear-ornament, consisting of a bunch of tender sprouts, looks like the rosy palm of the lady and the flickering pupil (ATE3T) of the eye, stretching back and meeting the ear-ornament, is like a small ball striking the palm in a ballgame (pratoT), generally indulged in by young girls in their childhood (aria). Cf. $a Brugte aquara 19mmH79897 Com.
753. The ladies, veiled (Taco) in blue garment and having rows of bright, white teeth, imitate (arafat ) graceful creepers with their dark-blue foliage and white flowers, with swarms of bees hovering over them, corresponding with the ladies' blue veil (E3T-6717737AU).
754. Their bodies are full of nail-marks, fresh and red, inflicted by the King in love's enjoyment. These marks show a pattern or a design of red Asoka flowers, with which Cupid, the god of Love is worrshipped. The Poet fancies that the ladies have these designs drawn on their own bodies, to worship thereby the god of Love who has granted them the constant presence (FR) of the King. Cf. forat fa रक्ताशोककुसुमैः पूज्यते । तानि रक्तानि भवन्ति नवनखक्षतवत् इत्येवमुत्प्रेक्षितम् ।
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755. A poetic fancy, basis for which is the often used expression INTE meaning "a lady with thighs like stems of plantain tree". When these ladies of the harem put on a green-coloured silken garment, they exhibit the graces of the inner stems (TOHTOT) of the plantain trees ( TEHT) with their perfect paraphernalia (9f3T) of tender, green leaves, in respect of their lovely, tapering thighs and green garments. The occasion for the green dress is, of course, their secret visit as an Abhisārikā. Cf. 35GUETAT कोमलत्वपरिवर्तुलत्वादिना सादृश्येऽपि हरितांशुकप्रावरणं विना कदलीदलतुल्यता fanfararter Share & Baufacte: I Com. Cf. also ETFICHE: **CHTESTEHTİREMETA I Ħa. 93.
756. When these ladies bend down their faces in graceful dalliance, marks of bites are to be seen on their lower lips, as they touch the bosom. It looks as if it is their heart that throbs under the guise of these bites, showing vividly (97393) the sores of wounds caused by Cupid's arrows piercing the heart.