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the northern grove of trees. There, the (following) two seasons are always prevalent, viz. the S'arad and the Hemanta (Autumn). There,—the S'arad season, resembling a bull is always present. It has'a hump in the form of the S'aņa and the Saptaparņa trees, the blue-black horns in the form of the blue lotuses, and it has the grunting of an ox in the form of the sound produced by the Sarasa and the Cakravāka birds. And there the moon-like seasou of autumn is always prevalent, with the bright moou-light in the form of the white Kunda flowers, with the full-orb of the moon in the form of the fully blossomed grove of the Lodbra trees, and with the flood of the rays of the moon in the form of the continuous sprays of the drops of water and snow. There, O Beloved of gods, you enjoy to your heats' content, in the wells ... etc. In case you feel bored and lonely even there, then you repair to the western grove. There, the (following) two seasons are always prevalent, viz., the Spring and the Summer. And there, the season of Spring, resembling a monarch, is at your service, with a charmig grarland in the form of the mango-blossoms, with his diadem in the form of the Kims'uka, Karnikāra, and the As'oka trees, and with the parasol in the form of the tall Tilaka and Bakula trees. And there is the season of Summer, resembling an ocean, always ready (to greet you), with its waters in the form of the (flowers of) Pāțala and Sirīs'a; with its tide in the form of the white Mallikä and Vasantikā flowers; with the movements of the crocodiles in the form of the cool and fragrant breezes. There, too ... you might enjoy. If you, however, feel depressed, dejected, and forlorn even there, then you retire into the palace and stay there waiting for me. Do not, (on any account), go to the southern forest-grove. There is (in that grove) a serpent, whose venom is fierce, terrible, fatal and deadly (litr great); it has a huge and a very big body, and it appears as if it is emitting fire; it is as black as soot, a buffalo, or the crucible; its eyes are full of furs and.poison; its sheen resembles a heap of collyrium; it has red eyes, and its forkod double tongue is always fickle and moving; it
looks as if it wore the braid of hair of the surface of the Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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