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of you, a beast, -just as lotuses are of the hot-rayed one, and the digit of moon is of the head of Shambhu which is full of ashes. What wonder is there if the Malati-creeper is censured, when it clings to a Khadir tree which is crooked, juiceless, hard, difficult to hold, and non-greasy ( 7M ).”
Vs. 225-226.-Here is somewhat of the common experience of travels. "Then if another house-holder, being requested often, somehow, scornfully points to a dirty corner and asks you to sleep there, then the house-wife quarrels all night with her husband, and says "Why have you given shelter to this stranger ?'"
Vs. 372-373.-An appropriate blessing on lovers.-"May your youth, pleasant on account of unrestrained love sports, and sweet on account of the ties of natural love, pass without meeting with any obstruction from some other works. May your love sports be pitiless, where the desire is not quenched, shameless, where the clothing has become disarranged, and where love is constantly gathering force."
Vs. 452-456.- A lover's pathetic farewell. “O beloved ! What shall I do when the arrow like order of the father, against which there is no remedy and which cuts off the knot of love, must prevail unrestrained ? I know your love for me is based upon neither money nor residence at one place, nor flattery, nor compulsion (by elders), nor beauty, nor fame; yet this present difficulty has by destiny presented itself, the consequence or which is inevitable. O thou beautiful-teethed love ! please do not give thought to whatever harsh words I may have used towards you in a love quarrel, jestingly or in earnest being moved by doubts. I have deposited this my heart in your heart, and to protect a deposit is difficult, therefore, you should act carefully and in such a way that the deposit does not drop off from its place.” How simple and touching this parting speech ! What pure love it conveys ! It is full of suggested meaning which every man of poetic taste will understand and enjoy.
V. 670.-"The rogue made me, who was sitting on the creeper-swing, excited by digging his nails into my sides under the pretence of swinging the creeper."
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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