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Prakrit Verses in Sanskrit Works on Poetics
38. For translation vide DHV S.No.(10.7) supra
39. O, maiden messenger, you alone are clever in your profession. You alone know
how (and when) to speak harsh or gentle words. You therefore proceed in such a way that your words will only scratch skin but not tear it open (in other words,"scold him for his infidelity/disloyalty to me but see that he is not estranged from me.")
40. For translation vide DHV S.No.(15.9) supra 41. For translation vide VJ S.No.(1.19) supra
42. O, my dear friend, since (the young beautiful women) are continuously gazing
at you unmindful of the strain to their eyes, don't you seem to be a man of Madana's kidney/ twin brother ?
43. O, friend, you feel composed by a little sandal - paste.
(Verse 44 is treated in the Notes.)
45. What is real appears in literature unreal even as what is unreal appears real;
and (sometimes) a thing is presented as it exactly is. Such are the peculiar ways
of poets. 46. For translation vide DHV S.No.(1.6) supra .47. For translation vide DHV S. No.(2.6) supra.
48. The accursed night is thick with darkness. My husband has set out on a journey
just today. There is no one in the house. O neighbour, remain awake in the night so that we are not surprised.
49. O, bull, (0, paramour) be satisfied with whatever grazing (enjoying) you have
done so far, unnoticed (by any one). Now the farmer seems to be 'husbanding his field' more carefully.
50. For translation vide DR S.No.(9.28) supra
51. , traveller,you who are anxious to see your wife, go by another route. For here
in this accursed village lives a householder's daughter who is, in fact, a snare from which it is very difficult to escape.
