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
of a hole bored (fa) through the sun. The lustrous orb with a black hole looks very much like an anklet of Laksmi, dropped down from her foot, as she kicked in anger ().
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830. Blood (a) flowed from the sun's rays and thus the orb looked miserable (a), like Brahma's primordial, unripe Egg, enveloped (f) in its yolk (a), as it broke open all of a sudden (). Note the use of three alliterating words: कलल, कलिल and कीलाल.
831. The mighty, victorious horses, as they started neighing, threw out smoky, violent exhalations the bright, white lustre of the rows of their teeth being soiled (faf), as it were, by the black hue caused because of the steel bridles (), which they have to chew as morsels ( कवल) every day. Cf. सधूमं हयहेषणं Com.
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The next 5 Gathas ( 833-837) tell us how the King felt happy and enjoyed the company of his beloveds in festive love-sports.
833. The lady had a garland of flowers round her neck ( पालंब) and its loops ( कुंडल) were tied and fixed to the girdle encircling her waist. The sight of this garland dangling (ft) over her thighs, as she was moving about with vigour, delighted the King.
834. The locks of hair were decorated with f¶ blossoms tied to their lower halves, which thus became heavy (T3). They became loose as a result of vigourous, unscientific (3) dancing movements. Cf. अतिरभसप्रसारितत्त्वेन त्यक्तागमत्वं लासस्य असामञ्जस्यम् । Com.
838. Even a perfect man, endowed fully with all merits and accomplishments, appears, in comparison with the King, deficient and imperfect, because his field of activity is limited and small ( लहुविसयभाव ) and he is denied ( पडिसिद्ध) opportunities of playing his part in a wider range (47) and of obtaining recognition ( संभावणा) thereof.
In a Kulaka of 5 Gāthās (839-843), the captive wives of the King's enemies are described as having wistful longings of love for the King, in whom they conjure the image of the Love-god.
839. These captive women were sleeping on bare ground. As a result their cheeks were enveloped (f) by overwhelming