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can prevent (a piece of the other colour) to escape (from the place it occupies), how much more (can prevent me to leave home) the two tear-filled eyes of my beloved.
The second line is a pun on kālasāra, which stands for Skt kālaśāra 'black piece in a boardgame' as well as for Skt kālas āra 'eye'.
The identification of the game remains uncertain. Backgammon can be ruled out positively. In this game the clockwise movement belongs to the white pieces. Furthermore it needs two pieces to obstruct the movement of another piece. This seems to limit the possibilities to either Indian chess or Catur anga. I would like to leave it to a specialist to decide which of the two may have been intended.
For the occurrence of vāha in Ma, which for Skt bāşpa usually has bāna, see above, p. 170.
26( 62 Ma, 63 Tp; 24 Bh, 26 R; K, B, Y, P, 27 W, 26 G, 5, 1; 324 s) Missing in T and W.
na kunata ccia maŋŋun sungaiavās apar imusa-
ņisāsu sahasuttadaraviuddhānań ņaveaņa jai si jānanti.
kunanti Ma, Tp; R; Y, kunamto K, U, B, P; S -- a Ma; via ; cvia S maîtu Ma, Tp; māṇaḥ Bh, R; K, W, B, Y, P; S -- pāšutta Bh, suhasutta R; K (suhasuh asutta), B, Y, P, sahasultati suhasutta si- ora (dara) Ma -- viddhana Ma, vibuddhānań Tp; viuddhāna Bha, vibuddhāņa Bho, vivuddhāna R; K, , B, Y, P; S; (R, W, Y) -- sunnāia R; sunnayia P -- pāsa Ma, Tp; Bh, R; K, M, Y, P; S -- parimas ana Bha (musaņa Bh"), par imhasana R; par imūs ana K, o musa B, mans ana Y, mūs ana p -- jai vi Ma, Tp -- jānaṁtt Ma, jāņañtï Tp; jānantu ccia Bho jānaṁtt R; Y.
I would not be so furious if you only realized how much pain is suffered by those who after having fallen asleep together (with their husbands ) wake up a little in the middle of the night to discover that the bed beside them has been vacated.
