Lilavaikaha

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

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Lilavai-Kaha of Koūkala
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285. Thus they always used to go before Gouri and Hara on the
Kailāsa-mountain, getting the opportunity by virtue of
their skill in (playing on) the lute. 286. Once, at the end of the night, as they had gone there, o
brother ! they saw Lord Ganesa dancing with all his body
(swinging) in rapture. 287: His broad chest was brightened with the lustre of the gem
in the hood of the great serpent; he was surrounded by the (continuous) humming of the bees, attracted (there) by.
the profuse ichor flowing from his temples; 288. He looked fierce as if holding an axe in the form of his
huge trunk lifted up during the unbecoming dance-postures; his face looked horrible with the white serpent (worn) as
an ear-ornament; 289. His broad temples were encircled with fresh leaves and
flowers of Pārijāta, and he made a hissing noise through the end of his trunk reaching out to the tip of his single
tusk; 290. He had blocked all the expanse of the ten quarters by his
stretched out (or flapping) ears; and all the Gaņas (i. e. followers of Siva) were standing on one side of the mountain which was weighed down by his treadings (on
the other side). 291. So sāradasri laughed at that revered Ganapati dancing
merrily with gay abandon and spoke in a soft voice292. “Look! my dear! Gaņeśa is dancing with his unbecoming
form; even gods are elated with self-estimation by some virtue (or the other). So listening to Sāradasri's words of ridicule (or, looking at her mocking face) the angry Gaṇeśa uttered a curse
heartlessly, 294. Thus - "Go! you immodest girl ! stay in the world of
lowly humans ! Get the fruit, you sinner, of the tall tree of youthful rashness !”
293.