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Prakrit Verses in Sanskrit Works on Poetics
89. (Bow down) to Śiva, the lord of pramathas, half of whose body is Parvati's
(lit. has been occupied or pervaded by Parvatī), who has fastened the young crescent moon in the matted hair on his head, placed Gangă on his head and who has done homage to Sandhya (Twilight).
90. A vāpi (a lake, an oblong well) on which a pair of cakravāka birds is closely
sitting together, in which lotuses are fully blown and the surface of which fully conceals/covers the lotus - stalks is a thing of delight like a young bride whose
breasts sport bright yellow pigment. 91. A young bride wearing lovely new bracelets looks beautiful like a Jasmine creeper
with clusters of flowers on which bees are alighting.
92. The village chief got his head shaved, took a bath, ate and then inquired of
the astrologer about the naksatra (lunar mansion, constellation), tithi (lunar day) and våra (day).
93. A young bride on her way to the in-laws, soon after wedding weeps in her
palanquin but is comforted by her brother-in-law who is accompanying her.
94. "Eat poison, drink urine, may you be afflicted by plague, may thunderbolt fall
on you". So curses a mother her baby who has bitten her breast and pushes it off to the ground.
3. Note: This gātha is vitiated by the poetic defect called nyünopama as "the eyes' and 'arms', the upamăna višeşanas, are not mentioned.
4. Note: This gātha is vitiated by the poetic defect called 'adhikopama'as the attribute bees alighting on (the clusters of flowers) qualifying the upamāna
(Kundalata) is superfluous.
5. Note: This gatha is vitiated by the poetic defect called 'Apakrama'.
6. Note: This gåtha is vitiated by the poetic defect called 'Khinna'. The description that a newly wedded girl weeps when leaving home is quite natural, but the brother-in-law who is stranger at the moment comforts her is absolutely unnatural and not convincing at all.
