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
filment of its craving, which consists of mouthfuls of wine being poured in its basin by a beautiful lady. Therefore, the Lady Night (795) fills her mouth (HE4f73T) with the pinkish Evening-wine (ATHE77) and pours it in the round sun-basin
(f@UTZTETETT). The craving fulfilled, the Sky-Bakula tree bristles · with blossoms of constellations (ope a rs). What a
bold Fancy ! Cf. age: fpics Fat featuga to momenta बीजमत्र । आकाशो बकुलवृक्ष इव । अस्तं गच्छन् दिनकर आधार इव आलवालं sa i FETT afaza i Fetarfor gogroñta i Com.
1089. The dark shadow of the night (FrPHU TESTAT) is imagined to be the thick (TFT) line of smoke issuing from the red lac (3767T3T) in the form of the evening twilight. This lump of red lac is set on fire and therefore fuming, as the sun's orb, throwing refractory rays, is held over it. It is common knowledge that the sun's rays, shooting down through a prism and falling upon a piece of cotton, produce a line of smoke at first and then the flame. The sun's orb in this case is considered to be similar to the sun-stone (जलणोवल-ज्वलनोपल or ज्वलनाश्मन्). Cf. शमप्रधानेषु तपोधनेषु गूढं हि दाहात्मकमस्ति तेजः । स्पर्शानुकूला इव सूर्यकान्तास्तGrottsfare qafia 11 370 10 II. 7.
1091. The pitch-black mass of darkness (fafactata), with the reddish (आयंबिर )orb of the setting sun touching (चुंबिअ) it close behind, presents to the view a black circular mass with a red ring round it. It thus looks like the dark, massive neck of the great Buffalo, with a cutting wound, inflicted by Kāli, which started dripping (AT).
1092. The sun or Sürya is represented in a chariot drawn by seven horses, surrounded by rays. They are supposed to have a green colour for their skin. The setting sun has a yellowish lustre for his orb which is getting enveloped (377441a) in black darkness and has also a blending of the green colour of his horses. The sun, so multi-coloured, looks like the golden-bodied Garuda, who has lifted up (309) greenish wings to be able to bear the heavy burden (1177) of black-complexioned Vişnu. (HEHEUT). Cf स्यन्दने रथे ये तुरगास्ते हरिताः । गरुडोऽपि स्वरूपेण सौवर्णाद् रक्तः तदुपरिस्थो हरिः कृष्णः । हरिभराक्रान्तगरुडोन्नमितं पिच्छं हरितम् । इति तुल्यता fafarafy gathaf og EfT9uinta TEGA I Com.