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Stanza 36-Here, the demi-god, is depicted as trying in some other way to disturb the sage. He is trying to abstract his attention from tbe object of his meditation by means of infusing affection for himself into His beart. He says that though, in the former birth, he had enjoyed objects of senso organs even when he had been separated from his brother, he had done so not through willingness but through his being mentally affected and disappointed. He tries to impress upon the mind of the sage that, at that time, he had no other alterpative but to do that i. e. he was so much grieved at beart by his being separated from his dear brother that his brain had become quite incapable of finding out any other means for alleviating his sorrow.
Stanza 37—This stanza describes the demi-god as to have been trying to propitiate the sage as well as to have been usiog opprobrious and atrocious language against him so that he night be able to abstract Him from His deep meditation. He says that his heart bad been saturated with affection for the sage at that time when be bad had brotherly relation with Marubhuti, but at present that affection is disappearing altogether from his heart owing to his being extremely defied by the sage by observing silence. Moreover, that defiance, he says, goads him into killing the sage. This use of pleasing and atrocious language made by him, he thinks, would help him in achieving success in abstrating the wind of the sage from his deep meditation.
Stanza 38- = (1) a pious deed, (2) merit. 198îtor: - (i) emitting rut ( 17998 ), (2) giving out, munificent, splendidly bountiful. C1H Hus tilauica siguiania sia gravisi: nia gausia, 27oC e a Foggia alias quaisia. The sylvan elephants emitting rut, and the clouds, pouring water declare that nothing other than munificence is pious and praiseworthy. The Chataka birds, drinking drops of water poured by clouds delightfully also declare this. Both the donor and the donee declare munificence as a praisewerthy pious deed. Shambarasura means to say that, munificence being a praiseworthy pious deed, tko sage should give a fight and make him delightful. Through praise of munificence, the demi-god tries to disturb the sage and goad him into giving a fight so that he might be able to put an end to the life of the great sage.
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