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

A SANSKRIT ROMANCE 91
into the caverns of hell ¹; thinking of Kandarpakētu as if he
were carven on her heart, which was emptied of all its faculties,²
as if he were engraved there, inlaid, riveted, swallowed up, joined
by strongest cement,³ entered into the frame of her bones, within
her vitals, flecked with her marrow's pith, enveloped in her breath,
placed in her inmost soul, [156] liquefied in her sheltering ⁴ blood,
distributed through her flesh ; as if mad,⁵ as if deaf, as if dumb,
as if listless, as if abandoning all her faculties, as if swooning, as
if blasted by a planet, as if surrounded by a series of the billows ⁶
of the sea of youth, as if enveloped by the bonds of love, as if
pierced by Kāma's flowery arrows, as if reeling from the venom
of the thought of love,⁷ as if shaken ⁸ by the arrows of the con-
templation of beauty, as if bereft of life by the winds of Malaya
(she exclaimed) : " Dear friend Anaṅgalēkhā, put thy lotus hand
upon my heart ! The pain of separation is hard to bear ! Foolish
Madanamañjarī, [157] sprinkle sandal water ⁹! Simple Vasanta-
sēnā, bind my heavy hair ! Fickle Taraṅgavatī, scatter the
screw-pines' pollen ¹⁰! Gauche Madanamālinī, fan me with bits
of śāivala ¹¹! Trivial Citralēkhā,¹² trace in a picture ¹³ the thief of
my thoughts ! Noble ¹⁴ Vilāsavatī, scatter an abundance of pearl-
dust ¹⁵ ! Passionate Rāgalēkhā, cover my bosom with a quantity
of lotus leaves ! Dear ¹⁶ Kāntimatī, gently ¹⁷ wipe away my tear-
¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'into the house of the hell of madness.'
² Tel. ed., 'as if emptied of all her faculties ; thinking of Kandarpakētu as if he
were carven on her heart.'
³ Tel. ed., 'adamant.' ⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit 'sheltering.'
⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add 'as if blind.'
⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'rolling billows.'
⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'from the poisonous fluid of the thought of love.'
⁸ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'pierced.'
⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'sprinkle my limbs with sandal water'!
¹⁰ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'scatter the screw-pines' pollen on my limbs'!
¹¹ Tel. ed., 'with a bunch of śāivāla'; Srirangam text, 'make a bracelet with a bunch
of śāivāla '!
¹² Tel. ed., 'Citrārēkhā.'
¹³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'on a tablet.'
¹⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'beautiful.'
¹⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add 'on my limbs.'
¹⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'most dear.'
¹⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'very gently.'