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Prakrit Verses in Sanskrit Works on Poetics
247. The woman whose husband has long been away on a journey is afraid that
the tears that she sheds in the night as she remembers her beloved husband might fall on the lamp and put it out, therefore she turns her face aside and
leaves it at the front door. 248. For translation vide ŚP S.No. (166.76) supra.
249. Which fortunate man is that whose hands will caress your plump breasts,
Madana's treasure as it were ? He must indeed be a unique tree bearing the friuts of good fortune and his hands the sprays of tender leaves !
250. "My dear, please be kind to me." "But who is angry with you ?" "Why,
you, my beauty," "How can one be angry with a stranger ?” “But who, tell me, is the stranger ?" "Why, my lord, you yourself !" "How?" "Well that is my misfortune" (lit,that is the consequence of my (past) evil deeds.")
251. For translation vide DR. Avaloka S. No. (1.26) supra.
252. Look here, although she has been greatly distressed with her husband, her
jealous anger for her beloved (husband) dwindles like sand slipping through the fingers (let slipping down from the interior of the fist).
253. When his hand touched her, she perspired profusely like a doll made of
moonstone when it is touched by the rays of the moon.
254. Twenty days are already gone. I have counted them by my fingers and toes.
but now with what shall I count ? She says and begins to weep.
255. As the rain - water seeps through the thatched roof which has been disturbed
by the storm (lit. through the openings in the thatched roof of the house, whose grass-roof has been displaced by the stormy wind) and streams down the wall, the simple-minded wife tries to protect with her hands the marks she has made there to count the number of days her husband has been away.
256. When the husband addressed the young new - wed girl by the name of another
woman (just) in jest in the residence of the young newly-wed girl, her eyes moistened with tears—which gave him ever - increasing joy.
257. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (125.66) supra.
