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He, on resorting to her, whose adjoining regions would be covered with flowery creepers spreading there, who would be manifesting her passion abounding in love by removing the blue garment in the form of water, slipped off the buttocks in the form of her banks, attained, as though being held by her hand, to the blades of canes growing in her waters, would be stretching out Himself (or would be lying at full length ). None, acquainted with sexual enjoyment, woul be capable of giving up a woman having her hips laid bare (or uacovered ).
That wind, pregnant with fragrance, drunk by elephants in a manner charming owing to the low gruff sound produced in the apertures of their trunks, charming on account of its contact with the odour emitted by the earth sending out vapour on account of His discharge of rain, would convey Him, who would be trying to proceed on from that place after having crossed the river anyhow, to the interior part of a forest. A cool breeze of wind, ripening the sylvan figs, rich in fragrance, exerting like a dear friend, prompt to dissipate weariness of Him who would be fatigued and who would be desirous of approaching the Devagiri mountain on proceeding a little, would be blowing gently. He, with His body formed into a flower-cloud, should perform ablution with showers of flowers moistened with the waters of the heavenly Ganges, of Skanda, whose feet were worshipped by Isa (the lord of the north-eastern direction ) and his beautiful beloved with a desire to make him their son, who would be desirous of performing worship of Jina with great devotion in his house, and who had his residence permanently situated there (i. e. onthe Devagiri mountain ). On seeing that sinless Skanda always engaged in worshipping the Lord of Jinas who had rid themselves of birth, oldness and death and who would be worthy of being worshipped by the heavenly gods, He also would be getting Himself transformed into that lustre (i. e. the sun ), the foremost of the large number of the heavenly bodies ( i. é. stars ),
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