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

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one for the other¹: 'Thou runnest successfully in thy running,
Nigalitā²! Capalā standeth unsteadily! What of her? [224]
Here is the cluster of flowers fallen from thine own ear'!
'Surēkhā, thou, whose beauty is entreated by the gods, art
filled with wine (and) drunken'! 'Kalahā,³ thou dost wellnigh
summon love by the soft tinklings of the bond of thy golden
girdle'! 'Malayā, by thy very glance thou hast learned the
will of Him who overcame Śiva'⁴! [225] 'Kalikā, loosen that
noisy girdle, the banner of strife; we hear the faint, sweet sound
of the lute'⁵! 'My girdle is not the nuisance; it is thou, with
thy irrumation⁶ and noisiness'⁷! 'This silly Avantīsēnā is
afraid lest she fall there in offering flowers'⁸! 'Enough of thy
tricks, Lavaṅgikā! Thy tremor⁹ betrayeth thy state of mind.'
[226] 'Thy languid form seemeth to bear the wounds of Love's
arrows, Anaṅgalēkhā! The mighty wave of anxiety is indeed
concealed to thy advantage! Speak, doth the moon itself reach
comparison in thy face, whose loveliness should be drunk in by
the eyes'¹⁰? [227] 'Somebody apparently dwelleth in thy
heart, Satīvratā! Thy words are felt in a hundred ways as
Vāsavadattā,' omitting 'was astonished'; Srirangam text, 'Kandarpakētu, hearing ...,
entered that palace with Makaranda.'
¹ For similar series of exclamations, see Kādambarī, pp. 173–174, 357, Bombay ed.,
1890 (tr. Ridding, pp. 68–69, 144–145, London, 1896); Harṣacarita, pp. 177–178,
277–278, Bombay ed., 1892 (tr. Cowell and Thomas, pp. 144–145, 247–248, London,
1897).
² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, '(though) not addressed,' the Srirangam text adding
'fair maid'!
³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'Surēkhā, with fair streak of wine on thy cheek, thou
art a Lakṣmī wooed by the gods! Drunken Kalahā.'
⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'perform the will of Him (Kāma) who overcame Śiva;
thou hast learned it just with a glance.'
⁵ Tel. ed., 'we hear this faint, sweet sound of the lute, the banner of strife,'
omitting 'loosen this noisy girdle.'
⁶ See Schmidt, Beiträge zur indischen Erotik, pp. 546–550, 593, Leipzig, 1902.
⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'with thy noisiness and roughness.'
⁸ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'there, in offering nāga-flowers, this trembling maid
feareth that "I may fall."'
⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'tremor filled with sighs.'
¹⁰ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'thy form seemeth to bear the wounds of love's arrows,
Anaṅgalēkhā, and thy pearl necklace is arranged at thy behest! Speak, Utkalikā,
doth the moon reach comparison in thy face, filled with anxiety, (despite) the beauty of
the lotuses in thine eyes'?