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of the moon reflected in the floorings made of red precious stones gives rise to the illusion of a grove of water-lilies to the fascinated womenfolk,
(The city) which derides as it were even in the three worlds all the old residences of the town by its continuously flashing lustre of pure crystalline turrets; which (city) to a man who looks longingly at it seems to be a world of palaces only, the Creator's new creation of mansions only, an earth possessed of tanks only, a circle of directions made of gardens only and the vault of the sky made of banners only. Wherein it seemed that every night the rays of the moon merged in the crystal floorings, were drunk in by the courtyards studded with emeralds, surpassed the evening clouds (as they were reflected) in the middle of the raised seats of the pavilions of the houses made of red jewels, possessed the lustre of the deer in the crystal windows darkened by the smoke of the Kāláguru incense, and melted in the moonstone channel on the eaves. Wherein, everyday, the rays of the sun appeared, like offshoots on the golden pinnacles, like stems on the golden staffs of the banners, like leaves on the flashy ruby mansions, like flowers on the rows of the golden swans inlaid with precious red stones, and like fruits on the balls on the golden tops of the palaces made of shining gold; (3) which (rays) falling on the crystal walls and flashing back become as it were moonlight (rays) even during the day; which being deflected from the ruby floors after coming in contact with it, become, as it were land-lotuses; which falling on the raised seats of the pavilions made of pure pearls and reflecting back become as it were white lotuses; which falling on the candraśālās made of sapphires become as it were blue lotuses; which possess, as it were, the red lustre of the early sun on the floors of the pleasure houses made of corals; which shine refulgently, after reflecting on the golden tops of the mansions; which cool down as it were on the turrets made of emeralds; which become covered as it were by the columns of smoke of Kālāguru; and which, due to the intermingling of the mass of rays of the other colourful jewels on the mansions give rise to thousands of rain-bows on all sides for the protection of the city.
Where, every night, the moon is disturbed in his movement when the deer stops moving on hearing the notes of music together with the jingling of the jewelled bangles of the women resorting to the terraces of the high buildings. Where the deer in the form of the spot suffers the never-experienced pain of being tied by the ropes in the form of the rays issuing forth from the jewelled armlets on the unsteady hands which are raised in dancing, of these very women. Where the grandeur of the monsoon is always present, because the sky is darkened by the mass of dense smoke issuing from the fire of hundreds of sacrifices in which oblations are
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