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220 स्वयंभूच्छन्दः
BRIEF NOTES 15.1: 'It is far better that one's self is covered with heaps of stones than
have a quarrel started wtih one's own friends at the instigation of
other people. 17.1: 'At the approach of the night the Cakravāka bird, being separated
from his mate, wanders about in the Lotus-pond, flapping his wings now and then.' Cf. Vikramorvasiya IV. 6 where a Hamsa is mentioned
in place of a Cakravāka (Pandit, p. 113Aa). 19.1: "On the summit of the mountain a Palāśa tree is in full blossom
in the early Fälguna month and looks as if it were the wild Fire itself wanting to take stock and see what (trees) were burnt by him and what were left out, (from the forest on the mountain).' Just as an observer must go to a high place, so the wild Fire ascends the mountain peak and makes his observation for taking stock of what was done by him and what was yet to be done. Bhayani quotes a similar stanza from Paumacariu (P.C. p. 128) but its metre and word
ing are different, though the idea is the same. 20: Svayambhū’s Kadambaśiras is the same as Lilālaya of H. 6.20.
68 and R. 56. 21.1: 'The face of the beloved, feeling delighted owing to the touch of
the arms of the lover, looks as if it were a lotus of lovely petals, feeling delighted at the touch of the rays of the Sun, free from dirt and so appearing very charming. Most of the words are double
meaning. 22: The Pāda of seven Mātrās is of two kinds, namely, it may be
made either with a Caturmātra and a Trimātra, or with a Pañcamātra
and a Dvimātra. 26: Tārāgaņā seems to be a scribe's mistake for goroană (Gorocaņā)
which is the name given to this metre by H. 6. 19. 70; R. 62. 29.1: "The lordly elephant, namely, the mind (of a man), intoxicated by
the rut of Infatuation (and therefore), under the influence of the sheelephant namely, Pleasures, has drowned himself in the deep waters
of Misery. 31.1: 'The deer has taken shelter on the moon like an ordinary timid
person; so indeed, he is not known by his own name like the brave lion.'
33.1 : "(Then) Hanuman was surrounded by the demon warriors and
looked as if he were the rising sun surrounded by clouds in the sky.'
