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S. T. Nimkar
635.3 And the sage, with his wrath alleviated by his affection
for his daughter said, "(It will end) when you will be hit
on your head in a fierce battle fought by great warriors”. 635.4 Then, as I looked up at th: sky, silently inerging in grief,
the wind of curse carried my bioved to some (unknown)
region. 636. Then, from the great lofty peak of the mountain of immo
desty, my heart, as if struck by he lightning of shame and fear, and having nothing (to cling to) as a support, fell
down with a crash. -637. So, frightened by the great lion of disgrace. I ran fast and
entered a thick bower with a canopy of creepers. 638. Then, as if with the thought thai my father should not find
me, an immodest girl, hiding there, the sun was made to
set by (his) sense of shame. +639. The quarters covered their faces as if through sorrow for
my grief; groups of animals, as if stricken with my fear,
roamed stealthily. . 640. Then, arising from the breach in the ocean created by the
fall of sun's chariot, darkness cnveloped the entire sky together with the Pātāla as it were. (or, darkness unified
the sky with Pātāla, as it were). -641. Then, struck with great fear, I came out slowly from under
cover of creepers, hiding myself now behind one thicket
and now behind another. 642. But my beloved was not to be seen) there; nor his Vimāna,
not also my father or any other sign of these) there, by looking at which I could take courage even for a moment
(lit. I could keep or honour my life even for a moment). 643.' Seeing that (place) which had at once become unbearable
to sight like a cemetary, I cried 'freely for a long time (as
if) having regained iny consciousness after a long swoon644. "O father ! how did you b?come hard-hearted towards me
(just) in a moment ? Sages have a compassionate heart, even towards their children that are immodest.
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