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

drops ¹! [158] Come, good Sleep! Be kind to me! Alas!
what is the use of my remaining faculties? Only too truly my
other members were not made an eye by the Creator! Lord
of the Flowery Weapons, this the supplication to thee: ‘Attend
thou upon a man of such a sort’ ²! [159] Breeze of Malaya,
that teacheth to behold the woe ³ of love, blow as thou wilt ; my
life is gone”! Thus speaking in phrases manifold, she ⁴ swooned,
together with her friends.
‘Straightway, having her life revived by the exertions of her
servants, now ⁵ upon the strand of the bank of a river ⁶ of exceed-
ing cool camphor water, now on the shore of a stream of most
chill sandal-wood water, now in the shade of trees ⁷ on the banks
of pools covered with forests of lotuses,⁸ [160] now in plantain
groves whose leaves were swayed by the wind, now on couches
of flowers,⁹ now on beds of lotus-leaves,¹⁰ with her body burned
by the fierce separation-fire of the collection of the rays of the
twelve suns arisen at the time of the world’s destruction, exces-
sively emaciated, and, as it were, lifeless ¹¹ (she cried): “His lotus
mouth with its lote-like lower lip overspread with a smile white
as the lustre of the tremulous waves of the milk-ocean agitated
by mighty, trembling Mandara ¹²! [161] His pair of eyes
enamoured of his ⟨ears⟩ as a company of Brāhmans is enamoured
of ⟨Holy Writ⟩! The beauty of his straight nose which is spread
full ¹³ far abroad, as if eager to breathe the innate perfume of
his fragrant mouth! His row of teeth lovely as a digit of the
¹ Tel. ed. adds ‘Yūthikā, jasmine-adorned, agitate the damp winds with a fan of
bits of plantain’!; Srirangam text, ‘bits of reed.’
² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘be thou obedient to one like me’!
³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘great joy.’
⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘Vāsavadattā.’
⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘led by her attendants.’
⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘on the bank of a river filled with.’
⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘sandal-wood trees.’
⁸ Tel. ed., ‘with very red dhak-trees, lotuses, and kadambas’; similarly the Sriran-
gam text.
⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘shoots of flowers.’
¹⁰ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘now on rocks cooled by masses of camphor.’
¹¹ Tel. ed. adds ‘devoid of strength.’ ¹² Tel. ed., ‘very greatly agitated.’
¹³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘full.’