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cause of the rows of tall dark betel-nut trees; which was embraced by the Glory of the Sky like a beloved with her plump breasts in the form of the clouds as dark as the fresh priyangu, with her girdle in the form of the flashing sun and with her beautiful face in the form of the moon; where the dying passions of the Sabara-women were enkindled by the cries of the flocks of gallinules who fondly relished the very brittle black pepper; where groups of deer were seen listening with raised ears to the soft and low tones.. (of women engaged in) th singing; which was full of... ... various metals like the science of words which has many roots»; which was like the Amaragiri with the streams of the Mandakini on account of thousands of white flowing springs; which possessed the beauty of the orange-trees.. which was adorned by the dark nala reeds like the army of Rama «which had Nila and Nala»; where peacocks were dancing like the evenings (when Śiva moves out); which had muñja growing on its belt like one engaged in religious observances who wears a girdle of muñja»; whose highest peak was unattainable by the moon or the sun like a meritorious person whose greatness is not obtained by sinners»; who generated wonder with various amusing spots like Destiny «whose plays are manifold»; who produced the illusion of moonlight even during day-time due to the brilliance of the crystal slabs flashing forth at the touch of the rays of the sun; which seemed to bear the orb of the hot-rayed one (the sun) on account of the red precious stones on the top of the golden high ridges; (79) whose regions were covered with many madana, bāṇa, and asana trees, atimukta shrubs and sara reeds as if it were adorned in all the limbs with heaps of arrows shot from the quiver of Madana; which was closely encompassed by rows of trees which were glossy, having full foliage and beautiful birds and possessed the lustre of campaka and madana trees, as if by beloveds who are loving, amorous, yearning, youthful and possessing the bright complexion of campaka; when its grounds were flooded with rivers whose flow upto the sea was not obstructed, which possessed the lustre of pure crystals and took rise from many places like fame <which spreads upto the sea, which is white like pure crystals and which spreads in many ways»; which bore the moon looking like a very white heap of foam of the streams falling from the heights of mountains and concentrated at one place; which because of the constellations touching the tops of the mountain every night appeared as if it had a heapful of big pearls issued forth from the bamboos which were split up as they dashed against one another on account of the winds; due to its hugeness it seemed that after spreading on the earth, in order to pervade the sky which could not be contained in it, it tried to measure the sky with its hands in the form of its peaks; which was covered by rows of forests like Hari «who puts on a
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