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sesamum, loses its quality of being a sesamum and becomes खल (oil-cake, wicked )."
यावद् विषमा कार्यगतिः जीवानां मध्ये आयाति । ___ तावडू आस्तामितरः जनः सुजनोऽयन्तरं ददाति ॥ “ When evil destiny befalls men, even a good man would back out; let us not speak of an ordinary man." 407. यावत् becomes जेवड, जेत्तुल; तावत् becomes तेवड, तेत्तुल.
यावद् अन्तर रावणरामयोः
• तावद् अन्तरं पट्टणग्रामयोः। There is as much difference between a town and a village as there is between रावण any राम." 409. ते मुद्गाः हारिता. य परिविष्टाः तेषाम् ।
परस्परं युध्यमानानां स्वामी पीडितः येषाम् ॥ " The eatables (e. g., मुद्ग's) served to them fighting with one another, are lost if their master is in distress.” गजिउ is पीडिन; cf. गांजणे in Marathi.
410-411. In अपभ्रश, ए, ओ are pronounced as short; and उ and हु, हिं हुं, standing at the end of a metrical foot are pronounced short. This is an important rule with reference to the अपभ्रश dialect. 412. ब्रह्मन् ते विरलाः केऽपि नराः ये सर्वाङ्गच्छेकाः ।
ये वक्राः ते वञ्च (क) तराः ये ऋजवः ते बलीवः ॥ “O Brahmin, rare are those persons who are good or clever in all respects. Those who are crooked greatly deceive ( others), those the that are straight forward are bulls ( dull )." 414. अन्ये ते दा लोचने अन्यत् तद् भुजयुगलम् ।
अन्यः स घनस्तनभारः तदन्यदेव मुखकमलम् । अन्य एव केशकलापः सः अन्य एव प्रायो विधिः।
येन नितम्बिनी घटिता सा गुणलावण्यनिधिः ॥ “ Uncommon are her long eyes; uncommon her pair of arms; uncommon are her firm and heavy breasts; uncommon indeed is her lotus-like face; indescribable are ber profuse hair; the creator also is altogether different
