Jain Journal 1971 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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has a hump in the form of the Sana and Saptaparna trees, the blueblack horns in the form of the blue lotuses, and it has the grunting of an ox in the form of the sound produced by the Sarasa and the Cakravaka birds. And the moonlike season Hemanta is bright with the moonlight in the form of the white Kunda flowers with the full-orb of the moon in the form of the fully blossmed grove of the Lodhra trees, and with the flood of the rays of the moon in the form of the continuous sprays of the drops of water and snow. There, O Beloved of the gods, you enjoy to your heart's content. In case you feel bored and lonely even there, then you repair to the western grove. There the following two seasons are always prevalent, viz., Vasanta and Grsma. And there, the season of Vasanta, resembling a monarch is at your service, with a charming garland in the form of the Mango blossoms, with his diadem in the form of the Kimsuka, Karnikara and Asoka trees. And there is the season Grsma, resembling an ocean, always ready to greet you, with its waters in the form of the (flowers of) Patala and Sirisa, with its tide in the form of the white Mallika and Vasantika flowers; with the movements of the crocodiles in the form of the cool and fragrant breezes. There too you might enjoy. If you, however, feel depressed dejected, and forlorn even there, then you reitre into the palace and stay there waiting for me. Do not, (on any account), go to the southern forest grove. There is (in that grove) a sepent, whose venom is fierce, terrible, fatal and deadly; it has a huge and a very big body, and it appears as if it is emitting fire; it is as black as soot, a buffalo, or the crucible, its eyes are full of fury and poison, its sheen resembles a heap of collyrium; it has red eyes, and its forked double tongue is always fickle and moving; it looks as if it were the braid of hair of the surface of the earth; it is very adept in making quick movements of its fangs (or hoods) which are powerful large, crooked, shaggy, and hard; it produces a hissing sound as that of the iron being heated in a smithy; its fierce and deadly fury cannot be warded off, its mouth is always gaping like that of a dog; very nimble and swift and having poison (even) in the eyes and always hissing. Do not go there lest your bodies will be destroyed." She repeated this (warning) twice and thrice to those sons of Makandi, and transforming herself by 'magical mutation', she started to go on her rounds, twentyone times on the Salt Sea.
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Then those sons of Makandi, not finding anything of interest and mental comfort or peace in that palace went to the eastern forest grove, and there sported in the lakes and tanks as well as in the bowers of Ali and Mali creepers and in the flower arbours. Then those sons of Makandi not deriving any pleasure ... went to the northern forest-grove. There too they sported.... Not getting any peace of mind even there they