Lilavaikaha

Author(s): K R Chandra, Ramniklal M Shah
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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S. T. Nimkar
82. The Sinduwara flowers, though struck with a gentle breeze, fall down, as their joints are slightly loosened by the weight of fruits being formed (within).
83. On seeing the Spring, the lotus-plant, happy with the burden of cold gone, has smiled as it were with her lotusface slightly bloomed open.
84. The Beauty of Spring is beckoned by the all around, which have little hands of which are dancing with joy, as it were, Malaya-breezes.
85 With the mass of (red) flowers bloomed (everywhere) in the Palasa-groves, the Spring looks like a bride-groom wearing red apparel.
branches (of trees) fresh sprouts and at the meeting of
86. The Spring, being delighted, as it were, expands in the
mango-groves, enters (or spreads itself or blooms acc. to com.) in the fresh Madhavi bowers and rolls (or lolls) about in the Aśoka foliage.
87. The young mango-plant on being caressed by the breeze, carrying the scent of many other forest-plants turns (her) back upon (him) as it were, and sheds tears of blossom.
88. The passionate young people are tortured by the flower-arrows scattered (here and there) by Cupid, who has established himself in all the forest regions in full bloom.
89. Thus, while the whole world was subjugated by the arrows of Cupid, the king (Satavahana) came into his assembly hall glowing with vernal beauty.
90. (And he) sat down, greeted with words of victory by the bards, on the throne which was tinged with the rays of rubies from the diadems of hundreds of vassal kings present in attendance.
91. He was waited upon by courtezans with ever-smiling faces, like Indra by the Apsaras and like the golden mountain by the quarter-damsels.
92 Now, that king was chatting with one of them, Candralekhā by name exchanging pleasantries and frolic (or jokes).