वासवदत्ता (महाकवि सुबन्धु - श्लेष-प्रधान शास्त्रीय गद्यकाव्य सान्वय सटीक)

82 VĀSAVADATTĀ
among attendants of low rank, but there is no <lack of raiment>
among retainers ¹; there are <dark clouds> in the nights, but there
are no <dirty robes> among men ; [128] there are <quaver notes> in
songs, but there are no <fickle affections> among gallants ; there are
<outpourings of manly vigour> in tremulous delightsomeness, but
there is no <desertion of justice> among citizens ; there are <breaks>
in changing musical modes, but there is no <crookedness> in
thoughts ; there is lack of <limb> in the God of Love, but there
is no lack of <allegiance> in a retainer ; there is an approach of
<Love> at the appearance of youth, but there is no approach of
<Death> among subjects ; there are <wounds by the teeth> in
amorous delights, but there is no <slaughter of birds> among the
people ; there is a <binding of the girdle> in love's disports, but
there is no <tying of the tongue> in assent to generosity ; [129]
there is <redness of the lower lip> among young girls, but there
is no <base inclination> among subjects ; there is <cutting> in the
case of hair, but there is no <spinning> ² among women ; there is
<swordship> of ³ swords, but there is no <cruelty> of men ⁴ ; <death by the sword> is ordained of warriors,⁵ but there is no <loss of taxes or children>.⁶
‘ And set above all the harem is the chief queen,⁷ named Anaṅ-
gavatī, who has a <host of delighted attendants> as the ichorous
streak on the cheek ⁸ of the world-elephant has a <swarm of de- lighted bees> ; [130] who is <tender> like Pārvatī <with the beautiful
Kumāra>.⁹ And in some way, by Heaven's will, there was born
¹ Tel. ed., ‘ there is lack of <toil> among attendants of low rank, but there is no lack of <silk> in undergarments.’
² Cf. Quintus Curtius, 5. 2. 19 ‘ Non aliud magis in contumeliam Persarum feminae accipiunt quam admouere lanae manus.’ Even the modern weaver castes of India rank only as ‘ clean Śūdras ’ (Bhattacharya, Hindu Castes and Sects, pp. 227–236, Calcutta, 1896).
³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘ in.’ ⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘ in minds.’
⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘ in battles.’
⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘ among subjects.’
⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘ of that king thus constituted.’
⁸ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘ on the cheek.’
⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘ who is <tender> and adorned with a «golden diadem» as Pārvatī has the <beautiful Kumāra> and is adorned with a «digit of the moon»; who is lovely with <fresh garlands> and has «her face adorned with a sectarian