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KAMSAVAHO
59. Then the eight youngest brothers of (that) king, who were uppermost in harsh horselaugh etc., though wicked and enraged in thought, joined the company of gods on account of their being killed by Vistaraśrava (i. e., Krsna).
60. Thus, the sun (in the form) of Mukunda, whose splendour is beneficial, who has driven away the darkness { in the form] of enemies by the sunshine [in the form) of the excessive valour of the wealth of his arms, who is a [great] hero, and who is preëminent in spotless virtues, makes the multitude of lotuses (in the form] of the minds of wise people fully blooming in this world.
Thus (ends) the Third Canto in the
[poem] Kamsavaho.
CANTO POUR 1. And afterwards, the cloud ( in the form) of Krsna verily sprinkles with the showers of (his) beautiful (lit., the wealth of ) side-glances the living world that was being burnt by the pressure of the summer-heat ( in the form ) of the valour of arms of the Bhoja king.
2. When the king Kamsa went to destruction, great satisfaction pervades the minds of people, just as a party of swans (occupies ) the beds of lotuses, when the rain-cloud has fallen down ( in the form of rain).
3. Then the highborn (and virtuous ) girls move about openly and freely without any fear of (their) pure conduct being molested, just as the moon's rays being free from ( the tyranny of) darkness spread out openly and freely.
4. Then, though pleasant in the evening, the night, terminable as it is, causes pain to youths, because they are desirous of enjoying themselves with beautiful damsels without any interruption and without an end to their passion.
5. It is the amorous glance of clever ladies, which possesses passionate love, which is very cooked and which has the lustre of
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