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which was as good as a navel (i. e. situated at the centre of that: country), having its appellation - Vidiśā' well-known in all the quarters over, the beauty as if of the earth incarnate enhanced owing to its ramparts (or to the śāla trees), inviting Him as if very much again and again from a long distance through the topmost parts of the mansions with hands in the form of flags set in motion by the wind [ or with the hand - like flags set in motion by the wind ). On reaching the capital of the Daśārpa country, He, cherishing a strong desire, sitting silently for a moment on the uppermost part of a mansion, having His body performed by delightful smokes of incense rising up in yolumes through lattices, inspecting harlots cherishing strong desire for cohabitation, would immediately reap the fruits of lustfulness. Sambara thought that He would be enjoying full rest on reaching there He would be drinking, in a manner charming owing to the thunderings near the banks, water, which would be sweet;. fragrant, tasteful, cool and perfumed by the petals of the blue: water-lilies scattered over by the wind, of the oblong lakes. possessing white lotuses.
For the sake of His maintenance, He should drink water, possessing mobile ripples, of the Vetravati, the wator of which would be resembling her face with the eyebrows Knity, very tasteful, turbid owing to its being ruffled by the fish moving sportively, abounding in lumps of foain formed on the banks by the: chickens of birds. Drinking the pure water a little in that river, making it as if a means of subsistence, spending a day on the: uppermost part of a certain mansion of His liking, perceiving the sports of the citizens worthy of being enjoyed the sight of He, at the end of the day, should make a halt on the mountain known as Nicaih in order to take rest. He, with His doubt [ or fear ] dispelled, enlightening the quarters with the brightly burning torches in the form of the flashes of lightning, should, throughout the whole of that night, resort to that mountain
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