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Mallika-Makaranda
that this must be the delightful heavenly region. आचक्षते... सिद्धान्तविदः - Thosd who are conversant with the sacred literature (faara- Canonical literature) of the Jains say that in heavenly regions there are temples dedicated, ta ever-lasting Jina idols.
सप्रश्रयं प्रणम्य - Bowing down respectfully; सास्रम् With tears and अञ्जलिमाथाय folding hands
V. 7 O supreme lord of the city of liberation, O revered one, you who are foremost in removing the profound grief of the three worlds, O you who are the wish-yielding tree satisfying the desires of mankind, O you who are exclusively or chiefly compassionate to your humble devotees, satisfy for a long time all those desires of ours who deserve your mercy and every moment pound the adamantine bars/bolts (ara:) in the form of impediments.
V. 8 It is not that the creepers do not live, o friend, by ordinary water drawn from wells. However, the outward beauty of the creepers, sprinkled with rain-water, is altogether different i.e. indescribable.
V. 9 In the case of persons, separated from their beloved ones, even death (lit. the departing of life) is (just or only) an external act. In comparison with death, of what consideration are such things as torment or agony (1), lament (f) or relentlessness or obstinacy (sfer) ? [That is these things are of no account-are worthless,]
P.26 Even in the midst of great calamities a wise person should not end his life. For, if one be alive, somehow some good comes his way-happens to him Cf. the second half of this verse with Valmiki's famous verse;
( कल्याणी बत गाथेयं लौकिकी प्रतिभाति मा ।
gla zamazał aż dwarzfq 11) -Rāmāyaṇa, Sundarakāṇḍa XXXIV.6 Or 'जीवन हि धीरोऽभिमतं किं नाम न यदाप्नुयात् ।
Or जीवन्नरो भद्रशतानि पश्येत् ।
कथं तापसकुमारः..
पटितः । This observation of Makaranda is very striking in that the Tapasa-kumara is Mallika herself who has been transformed into a male form by Candralekha, her mother, by means of magic pill (Read Act IV pp. 33-34)
V. II "O, the loveliness of his (i.e. a r who is no other than Mallikā, the heroine) body or figure! O, the cleverness of his speech! O, the slenderness of his waist! and O, the broadness of his buttocks or hips!" A fine instance of the sentiment of wonder.
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