________________
28
ŚRNGARAMANJARIKATHA
Bakula trees, emitting under the pretext of the fragrance of the flowers the scent transferred to it by mouthfuls of wine by the women intoxicated with youth; where at some places, at the basc of pleasure hillocks, the Kurabaka trees stood like lovers with hair standing on end due to the opening of innumerable buds at the touch of the pot-like breasts of the women inebriate with youth; where at some places the sides of the pleasure lakes were adorned with Tilaka trees looking like the storehouse of the flowery-arrowedone's weapons, with the thickly grown sprays of blossoms opening as they were made the object of the eyes of the doe-eyed ones, as long as a garland of Kuvalaya petals, with their corners inconstant due to drinking; where the border regions of Ananga's mansion was decorated with branches of Asoka trees which were like the abode of the fire of Love, which (trees) were marked by an abundance of bunches of flowers and leaves on being kicked by the lotus feet of the women, which (feet), had natural redness as if they were coloured with the Alaktaka dye; where at some places the sides of the ....... the tanks looked beautiful with the .... trees looking like the golden necklace of Rati because the rows of thickly growing yellow flowers were opening out at (22) the sweet and soft notes issuing from the throats of the slightly intoxicated women.
(The description of the pleasure park, KUSUMAKARA, ends, here. There RAVIDATTA sees the mansion of Madana which is made of white crystalline stones. In the mansion he sees lovely woman looking like the presiding deity of Love. Seeing her RAVIDATTA wonders about the skill of production of the creator, that --) "This one, who by her loveliness has put aside the beauty of the divine damsels has been created by the creator) with great efforts after giving up his other creations in order to prove his skill in production. Since the beautiful things that are used to make her limbs do not resemble even singly the Kamala, the Kuvalaya, the Aśoka, the moon and other things.
On seeing her he thought-Oh in creation this is an unparallel. ed achievement of Prajāpati; a matchless type among the class of women; a new sea of loveliness; an elixir of the life of love; a new form in forms; an incarnation of youth even of youth; the loveliness of loveliness; an excess of beauty even of beauty; a flood of ambrosia for the eyes of the onlooker; a chip of camphor to the eyes of young women; another creator for the creation of Ananga's body; gain of an unconquerable and a novel weapon to Madana; another magnet for attracting the hearts of all people; an embodied fruitfulness of the eyes of all men; another pleasure-ground for pleasures; the one cause of perplexing people by her own coquetry; the one abode of love; the life of learning, (23) the stage for the teacher of cleverness; the highest glory of greatness; an unparalleled home
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
