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203. For translation vide DHV S. No. (20.9) supra
206. Madana, the god of love, ever ready with his bow and arrow chooses for his
dwelling the limbs of women, who are in their period, who wear unclean clothes, who have their hair tied into a braid (according to alternative reading, who have applied turmeric paste to their face), and whose broad cheeks are pale white.
207. For translation vide DR-Avaloka S. No.(1-26) supra
208. For translation vide DR.Avaloka. S. No. (2.26) supra
209. I will show you, dancing in the sky, the whole host of gods, headed by Hari,
Hara and Brahman, the lord of the gods, Indra, and a lot of Siddhas, Caranas, and the celestial nymphs.
210. Why waste words ? By my master's spells (lit. by the power of my master's
spells) I will show whatever you desire (lit. whatever you desire at heart to
see).
212. Visnu even today wonders that all the delicate limbs of Laksmī, tender like
the spray of the moon's bulb, should have been left without a scratch by Mt. Mandara. (lit. wonders how is it ---- bulb were not broken to pieces ?)
213. The host of Vānaras, terrified by the sight of the ocean, all of a sudden started
trembling and moving away, felt ashamed and stood motionless and looked on with wide open eyes painted as if in a picture.
214. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (158.74) supra. 215. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (144.71) supra.
216. The glances of the moon-faced damsel, which are lit up by her partially visible
(sparkling) pupils, rolling about sluggishly because of drowsiness and ogling would be difficult to resist even for Kāma, the God of Love.
217. A man all set for a journey, while enjoying, by way of farewell, the pleasure
of pressing and squeezing the buxom bosom of his wife suddenly sees that the day of his journey being a Tuesday or the date, 2,7 or 12 in the lunar fortnight is inauspicious / not propitious,l, welcomes such superstitions as
