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1.19-27]
स्वयंभूच्छन्दः
gone, oh Grişma (Summer), dear friend of the Spring, who had caused the lotuses to open in the lakes and had allowed a free play to the bright rays of the sun and the moon ?'
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23.2 The description seems to be of the ocean at the time of its being churned with the churning staff of the Mandara mountain.
24:
"Two Ṣaņmātras, the first with all long letters and the second having a long letter at its commencement, two Pañcamātras, the first with a short letter and the second with a long one at their beginning, and a long letter (at the end) make (the Pada of) the Madanalalita, in Prakrit prosody.' (ma-bha-na-ma-na-ga); cf. H. 2.275, where, however, a Yati after the 4th and the 10th letters is prescribed.
24.1:
A traveller is here described as having fainted on seeing the amorous behaviour of a loving couple on a swing and remembering similar sports of his beloved.
25: 'He calls that Acaladhṛti when it has all short letters in its Pāda.' (na-na-na-na-na-la); cf. H. 2.269; Kd. 4.79. Pingala 4.48, calls it Gityäryä. 25.1: The stanza describes the sporting dalliance of the beloved.
26:
'Pṛthvi is that metre in which there occur (in succession), four Caturmatras, the first and the third of which have a long letter in their middle, while the other two have it at the end, a Pañcamātra and a Trimātra, both having a short letter at the commencement.' (ja-sa-ja-sa-ya-la-ga); cf. H. 2.287; P. 7.17; Kd. 4.83. It is called Vilambitagati by Bharata at Bh. 16.84; Even Utpala mentions this latter name in his commentary on Bṛhatsamhita 103.16.
26.1 This is a Rūpaka where young lady is conceived as a river in the autumn, with her palms as the red lotuses, with her face as the bright moon, eyes as the blue lilies, tresses as the black bees hovering around, breasts as the Cakravāka birds and the deep navel as the deep parts of the river-bed.
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27: 'It is Śikhariņi when it has (in its Pāda) a Pañcamātra with its short letter at the beginning, a Ṣaņmātra with all long letters, two Pañcamātras, the first with all short letters and the second with a short letter at its end, and a Caturmätra which has a long letter at its end (in succession).' (ya-ma-na-sa-bha-la-ga); cf. H. 2.286; P. 7.20; Kd. 4.82.
27.1 (Even) imprisonment in the midst of wise men, or a long sojourn in a mountain cave, or even a sport with a venomous serpent is to be preferred, but not even rulership in the company of wicked followers.'
