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Pouring incessantly heavy showers of rain in the forest on the creepers, grown on the northern bank, bearing full-blown flowers, having bees diffused in thein, so as to fill the furrows cut in the soil by ploughs to their utmost capacity, He, become delightful on account of His being honoured by the women of Daśapur, with their dark and variegated lustre shooting up from the eyes owing to their lifting up of the eye-lashes, should proceed on speedily from that place. Proceeding on His way in the sky, and making His round form the object of the glances, black and - variegated in the intereior, depriving the bees following the tossings of Kunda-flowers of their beauty, of the eyes of the wives of those gone abroad, He should do what would be dear to them by inspiring confidence in them regarding the arrival of their lovers. Making His round form the object of the glances cast by the ladies of the city of Daśapura, as long as the arrows, leading to victory, of the god of love, moving fast on that way where He would be gaining the fruit of His journey fortunately in full He should proceed on without making any delay.
Then, in that way, 'He, beholding various beautiful countries with eagerness, pouring showers of rain everywhere in the fields of corn, on the mountains, in the vicinity of rivers, and on the dry land there, and plunging into the Brahmāvarta country by His shadow, should enjoy hospitality afforded by the country. He should betake Himself [ or have recourse ] to the region of Kurus, indicative of the battles fought by the Ksatriyas whereby many rivers had been rendered turbid by the blood of the armies of the Kurus, and where the sons of Pandu, carrying weapons achieving success, made a counter-attack through fear caused by their being afraid of the sin incurred by slaughtering the enemies. In a moment, He should pass over that land of warriors, well-known in the whole world, indicating the valour of the military tribes [ i. e. Kşatriyes ] by acts of checking advance ( or progress ] of formidable warriors, where Arjuna,
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