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

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other places as the eloquence of Vālmīki revealed the ‹lineage of
Ikṣvāku›; filled¹ with many ‹dhak-trees› as Laṅkā was frequented
by many ‹demons›; encompassed¹ with clumps of ‹arjuna-trees
and pen-reed grass› as the army of the Kurus² was encompassed
with quantities of ‹Arjuna’s arrows›; with ‹many beasts›¹ as the
form of Nārāyaṇa is ‹manifold›; [247] filled¹ with ‹jack-trees,
sandal-trees,³ white lotuses, and reeds› as Sugrīva’s army was
attended by ‹Panasa, Candana,³ Kumuda, and Nala›; adorned¹
with ‹sindūras and glory-trees›, and decked with ‹fresh buds› as
an unwidowed woman is adorned with a ‹sectarial mark of
minium› and is decked with ‹long hair›; [248] occupied¹ by
‹owls, crows, and birds, and filled with dhārtarāṣṭra geese› as
the army of the Kurus was officered by ‹Ulūka, Droṇa, and
Śakuni, and joined⁴ by the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra›; though adorned
with ‹unfaded caste›, it had a «lineage of no family»,⁵ for it was
adorned with ‹globe-amaranth and Malabar jasmine› and had
«no bamboos clinging to the earth»⁵; though revealing ‹no
terror›, it was «full of terror», for it revealed ‹hara-nut trees› and
was «full of reeds»; though ‹always in perfect health›, it had
a «great abdominal tumour»,⁶ for it ‹ever contained negroes’
olive-wood trees› and had «high-grown thickets»; [249] though
filled with ‹lice›, it was «unmolested by men», for it was filled
with ‹bees› and was «rich in elephants’ ichor»; though adorned
with families of ‹Brāhmans›, it had a «lineage of no honourable
family», for it was adorned with families of ‹birds› and had «no
bamboos clinging to the earth».
Immediately⁷ the night passed with slumber of them twain.
And by degrees,⁸ when, like a mass of live carp, the host of stars

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¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘in places.’
² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘the army of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons.’
³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘sandal-trees’ and ‘Candana.’
⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘adorned.’
⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘it had a ‹hateful lineage›, . . . for it had ‹bamboos laden with birds›.’
⁶ See Jolly, Medicin, pp. 79–80, Strassburg, 1901.
⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘meanwhile.’
⁸ Tel. ed., ‘and then by degrees’; Srirangam text, ‘then by degrees.’