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194
KAMSAVAHO
EACH
compared with this verse : HERTHRI Palanga sitauef नायाः । विराजते व्योमसरःसरोजं कर्पूरपूरप्रभमिन्दुबिम्बम् ॥
21. 6oT is awake even before the bards pour out their eulogistic songs, just as the blooming of the lotus plant precedes the cackling of the swans. . Here the figure of speech is agra.
23. The twilight lustre was like a red 1791 flower; cf. HEÇT i. 36-Fr à 5: gfaaa Fm76978 91:The brilliant twilight with its reddish hue reminds ze of the moonlike face of 79T from whom he is now separated. ETI=sfah (Hc. ii. 158 ). Here the figure of speech is स्मरण.
24 The figure of speech is 39HT, and the imagery is finely projected by the author.
25. ESTÈ, Acc. pl. This we might call Acc. of time, 'for or over many days'. The throbbing of the left eye is considered as auspicious in the case of females but inauspicious for males: what was a happy prospect for gooy's mother was a fatal calamity for 8 and others. For the various omens at that time see mo 10. 42. 27 etc. -777351T=FAra: the use of Fa is not quite appropriate, but it was perhaps necessary for rhyme seen at the end of a & b and c& d. In the light of author's own usage (i. 2, iii. 16) rather समल्लिआणं, but perhaps he has used समल्लआणं for rhyme.
26. Perhaps the author imagines that the streets are speckled with reflections of the glances of ladies who are standing on the mansions. 373ifa=379 fact, Pres. 3rd p. pl. of IP, to go.
27. अम्बष्ठ is the keeper of the elephant कुवलयापीड belonging to *. His attempt to overpower pot with the help of his elephant was as ill-advised as that of a person who wishes to shelter
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