कुमारसम्भवम् (महाकवि कालिदास - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी अनुवाद)

( ३० )
घञ् ) colour ; the act of colouring. विसृष्टः रागः यस्य,
तस्मात् of which painting had been given up, or from
which the red colour had disappeared Before taking
to the life of ascetism Parvati used to paint her lower
lip with lac—dye, but, now she could not attend to
such decorations अधरात्—from the lower lip. स्तनाङ्ग-
रागारुणितात् । अङ्गरागः—विलेपनम् scented cosmetic ;
application of unguents to the body ( especially after
bath ). अरुणितात्—रक्तीकृतात् reddened. अरुण + इतच्
( ' तदस्य संजातं तारकादिभ्य इतच् ' पा० ५. २ ३६ ) स्तनयोः
अङ्गरागेण अरुणितात् reddened by the unguent of her
breasts While playing, the ball sometimes touched
the breasts and it so was reddened by the paints applied
to them कन्दुकातू — from the ball. Like the painting of
lip- Parvati had given up playing with ball also
निवर्तितः—वारितः turned away The hands were no
longer employed for the two acts mentioned above.
कुशाङ्कुरादानपरिक्षताङ्गुलिः—कुशस्य अङ्कुराणां आदानेन परि-
क्षता अङ्गुलयो यस्य सः the fingers of which were pricked
while plucking the tender blades of kusha grass.
अक्षसूत्रप्रणयी—( प्रणयः+इनिः ) अक्षाणां सूत्रस्य ( रुद्राक्ष-
मालायाः ) प्रणयी ( प्रेमवान् ) the friend of the rosary of
Aksha beads, i e, the hand was employed in counting
the beads कृतः—was made. The poet means to say
that on assuming the role of ascetics, Parvati substi-
tuted plucking the kusha grass and counting of beads