Tilakamanjari

Author(s): Dhanpal, Sudarshankumar Sharma
Publisher: Parimal Publications

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TILAKAMANJARĪ OF DHANAPĀLA
a prey to the viles of cupid who stayed away as if out of fright produced in due course by the irrepressible prowess of arms seen by him, with his staff like bow undrawn even in the advent of clouds (i.e. the Rains) with its fresh arrow kept in abeyance even in the time of flavour (i.e. the spring) and with its string unstrung even at the appearance of the orb of the Autumnal moon.'
Enjoying a stroll with Samaraketu Harivāhana went to the outer garden named mattakokoila clinging to the shores of Sarayū during the Summer season in the morning hours and having entered it he approached the vicinity of the shores of Sarayū with her waters flowing hard by with creeper bowers decked with peacocks taking to their frantic dance as also with the men about the town having erotic feelings produced in them by the noise of the tabors sounded during a revelry at drink; the canopy of the solar rays sultry in summer made cold by the dangling sprays of showers of water spurting forth owing to the breaking of breezes in the sky, of constantly undulating water spirals resonant with the shrill cries, with ketaki stalks having floral bunches come out upon them slightly, with groups of Jambu trees prone to fructification with water flourished tersely, while observing the small '
mansions white with the stucco paint, the fruits of trees fit for being collected by the hands of women seated in the windows, the Mädhavi bowers having their centres encircled round by water-basins brimming with water and the floral beds prepared by the way-farers tormented by heat, the oblong tanks meant for sport having waters redolent with trumpet flowers grown overshores, the bits of leaves of lotuses supported by the stalks resorted to by the flamingos, the groves of Kādambas flourishing in spring having clusters of bees vociferous having been attracted by the fresh floral scent, having their attractive buds grown quite recently.
The description of the ocean (Ambhonidhi) the adorable (Bhagavantaṁ) as seen by Samaraketu starting on a voyage to render help to the king of Kāñcī at the errands of his sire Candraketu, is gorgeous as well as glamorous on account of its enchanting as well as horrifying aspects. It is long drawn picturesque and figurative. His fancies therein are imbedded with their natural hyperboles forming their indispensible part. The metaphors have been chosen for comparison from life as well as from the legends. It (i.e. the ocean) was, as it were a covering of the Hades'; a birth
1. TM. Vol. II, p. 233. LL. 3-5 2. Ibid. Vol. II, pp. 234-235. p. 234. LL. 8-9. p. 235. LL. 1-8. 3. forfita walce Ibid., Vol. II p. 261. L. 8.