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DHANAPĀLA AS A PROSE WRITER
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The evanescent feeling (Vyabhicāribhāvas) become apparent when even after praising her he fails to see her actual form and losing his patience starts doubting his own conscience that due to some short coming in him he has not been able to impress upon her the necessity to reciprocate his intentions. Who will become the object of the lear falls of that Timorous lady? Who shall wear the self choice garland over his neck as put by her with her own hand? Who would descend down on to the holy dais in the wedding pavilion in order to win her in nuptial tie? Who endowed with the auspicious marks of the conch and quoit shall hold her right hand? The inferiority complex consequent upon these frivolous thoughts makes the confusion worse confounded and unable to see Gandharvaka come back he finds a lame excuse to rush in search for her somewhere and marching on the conquest of the quarters and reaching the out precincts of Kāmarūpa is carried through the divine agency of the mystery tusker to the Adrstapāra lake and from there to the Cardamom creeper arbour where scanning her for the first time he is again struck by the involuntary emotions and rushing to sce her again and acquire her he meets Malayasundarī pining in separation for the hand of her lover Samaraketu who too after enjoying the phenomenon of Sambhoga (love in union brought in by the first sight) had separated himself by the force of circumstances. Ālambana in case of Malayasundari was Samaraketu and in case of Samaraketu was Malayasundarī, the blooming youth of both creating the Uddīpanvibhāva in both through mutual reciprocity. Samaraketu being Dhīrodātta is carried away by the involuntary emotion of revelry in bliss of her company but is persuaded by Tāraka to take to the duty that was his foremost on which he had been detailed by his sire. He actually plunges into the evanescent mood of a watery grave when interdicted by Tāraka but is soon redeemed by his expert skill in navigation. This, however, proves a shock to Malayasundarī, a consequent coming upon her and she plunges herself headlong into the ocean where from she is rescued by Mahodara. Consoled by Bandhusundarī she heartens up a bit from the 'glāni', Sankā, the involuntary emotions, but is again plunged into discouragement, distraction, inconstancy and impatience when she hears of the impious resolve of her sire to bestow her unto Vajrāyudha. She is rescued from the transitory emotions of strangulation, drowning and poison taking by Bandhusundari Samaraketu, Tarangalekhā and the billet thrown by a parrot and is given to undergo the 'Nirveda' made of involuntary emotion simply to hope for a final reunion. The mutual give and take policy in point of helping each other in case of Malayasundarī and Harivāhana result in the permanent state of palatability of the sentiment of love in final reunion of the two couples.
