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Satya Vrat
सुभगसलिलावगाहाः पाटलसंसर्गसुरभिवनवाताः । प्रच्छायसुलभनिद्रा दिवसाः परिणामरमणीयाः ॥ I. 3
which
The echo of 'अभ्युपशान्तमन्मथ:' is heard in Raghuvamsa also additionally provides the reason for kāmaś loss of might.
कामो वसन्तात्ययमन्दवीर्यः ! XVI. 50 मधुनिर्गमात्कृशश्चित्तयोनिः ! XIX. 46
The ætusamhāra represents wine in accompaniment to sweet music as inflaming passion of the amorous couples. When shared with young damsels it stirs the youthful lovers to abandon and uninhibited orgy.
प्रियामुखोच्छ्वासविकम्पितं मधु । सुतन्त्रिगीतं मदनस्य दीपनं शुचौ निशोथेऽनुभवन्ति कामिनः ॥ I. 3
The prevalence of drinking in the company of one's beloved is vouched for by the Meghaduta where Balarama is said to have partaken of wine marked with the eyes of his charming spouse, Revati. More often than not 47 is described as stirring Carnal urges (ananyadipan) in literature but Kalidasa's predilection for the idea is deep and unmistakable. It is found in both of his bigger poems. In Kumārasambhava Lord Sankara is represented to have offered wine to Ambikā which instantaneously led to the firing of her passion. The idea is repeated twice in the Raghuvamsa
निर्विविशुर्मधुमंगनाः स्मरसखम् । IX. 36. . यत्स लग्नसहकारमासवं रक्तपाटलसमागमं पपौ । तेन तस्य मधुनिर्गमात्कृशश्चित्तयोनिदभवत्पुनर्नवः ॥ XIX. 46.
Silk garments, pearls, sandal-paste and flowers afford some relief from the oppressing heat of the summer. It is with such things that the dames seek to beat the heat felt by their lovers. The author of Řtusamhāra has such a deep liking for these antidotes to summer that out of the first six verses of the canto he has devoted three to their description (II, IV, VI).
नितम्बबिम्बैः सदुकूलमेखलैः स्तनैः सहाराभरणैः सचन्दनैः । शिरोरुहैः स्नानकषायवासितेः स्त्रियो निदाघं शमयन्ति कामिनाम् ।। Rtu. I. 4.
The verse is interesting not only because it pointedly describes the articles traditionally believed to allay the rigours of heat but it also forms the basis of the following verse from the Raghuvamsa which seems to
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