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Chapter IV Prakrit Verses In Dasarūpaka
with Avaloka
1. CAE - ScapeT 3 HART af 315RPT:; yar - 69. Read upar (91. . var) Doct 31968
णवरि । (केचित्तु केवलानन्तर्यार्थयोर्णवरि इत्येकमेव सूत्रं कुर्वते । तन्मते उभावप्युभयार्थौ । - हेम (-2-906-90C. HR adduces three reasons for her love being face :
(i) (lit. Uneven) He (the king) whom she loves is socially high up whereas she is an attendant maid in the service of the queen.
(ii) Her sense of shame is very great and
(iii) She was not her own master and so she had no independence of action as she was in the power of the queen.
2.3. trulf (Magician) when introduced to the king, the hero, says: “Should the
moon be shown on the earth, a mountain in the sky, or fire in water (of the ocean) or dusk of early night at noon ? Give the command" or, why waste many words !
This is my solemn assertion (pratijñā): Through) the power of my master's spells ( : A RT HOUT) I can show to you (R ).
4. Weber (V. No. 87) reads focuifT3115 for getalft3475. gomuiffet - one who preserves
the noble name of her family; if equated with gocelacht, it would mean a noble - born unmarried lady gayi (= ghalay, Shatt ), a chaste, respectable, highborn woman of good family and character; ghealltant - a virgin of good character and born in a noble family qarifa ca etc. leave her, desert her, as it were, when her dear husband departs or sets out on a journey and they all come back when he comes back home.
Vajjālagga (V. No. 467) reads the second half of this gāthā differently : cat वि अग्गचलिया पियम्मि कयणिच्छए गंतुं ।। (सर्वे ऽप्यग्रचलिता: प्रिये गन्तुं कृतनिश्चये ॥)
They all "started to go away (in advance of her dear consort) (i.e., they deserted her completely).
