Lilavaikaha

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

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Lilavai-Kaha of Koühala
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their lips bitten by confused bees (coming out) from
flowers snapped from their stems; 750. they finished in this way their flowergathering after a long
time like love-sport and being tired they started for a
bath in the waters of the river Gola. 751. Then, keeping their ornaments, flowers and clothes under
a large Asoka tree, they approached (lit. saw) the clear,
deep and charming waters of the excellent river. 752-754. Then, as their beautiful eyes twinkled with satisfaction
on seeing the clear water; as their descending was checked (slightly) by their long hair parted by their sharp nails; as they took graceful steps with their bodies lightened on removing their ornaments; as their loin-knots (kachchhadaya) were doubly fastened with careful tying of the knots and thus as they strongly agitated the water when they started a fresh bath the beauty of those lovely girls was enhanced
all the more. 755. In case of one, the horripilation all over her body, caused
by the merging of her thighs (in water) looked like the
sprouting of the bulb (-ous root) of Youth. 756. In case of a nother the line of her down (i.e. Romalatā)
rising from her deep navel filled with water, climbed like
à dark creeper with its tendrils reaching upto her breasts. 757. In case of some other, the water twirling up by heing
dashed against her uneven 'trivali' looked for a moment like a white piece of cloth over her breasts,
758. In case of one who was swimming (lit. playing) in the
centre of water flowing towards her from all sides, her charming face assumed the graceful appearance of a fresh lotus struck by the breeze.
In case of one who was measuring (the depth of) water, her hand remaining above (the surface) was stung by a bee, with a desire to sip honey from a red lotus.