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silent, as it was heavy with sleep and languid and as she
looked with eyes half-closed. 1101. O beautiful one ! Those co-wives cursed (her) face as it
was dull with ornaments removed, with the hair dishevelled
and with the red dye of the lips gone. 1102. Thus, in such a morning, as the drum signalling the
departure was beaten, the astrologers told the king, “Your
Majesty ! this is an auspicious moment”. 1103. Then, with the auspiciousness ushered in by the sound of
Vedic recitatton by holy Brahmins, the king started, as
words of victory were shouted by hundreds of bards. 1104-1105. Filling all the ten quarters with the sound of
hundreds of (military band) instruments and drums and Dhakkās, and covering the entire expanse of the sky with the dust raised by elephants, horses and chariots (on the march), the king on whose head the Divine Beauties (or,
V.L., the city-women) had showered worship-flowers with o their delicate hands, (came out and) camped, my dear, in
- the vicinity of his capital. 1106. And on the next day, he moved, along with the whole
caravan of the entire army, (travelling) along high and low
and level ground alike. 1107. Frightened by the din of the crowds of people. a bad
horse (or, mule acc. to com.) did not calm down till he had thrown down the (riding) harlot, helpless with the knot of her upper garment loosened (or with her waist knot loosend and upper-garment slipped down).
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1108. By a frightened young bull (running) through fear of
intoxicated elephants, the nose of a strong camel together with its bony structure was torn away, as he screamed harshly. (The nose-string of the camel got entangled in the
bullock's horns and was pulled hard so as to tear his nose). 1109. Another woman said to someone else, “Do not push me;
don't you see the bull ? (or, do not spur the bull; don't you see ?). You will knock down this child of mine like a
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