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

A SANSKRIT ROMANCE 123
(then,) unconscious because of the condition of his body, which
was empty of food ¹ in consequence of his wakefulness all the
night, wearied by roving over many hundred yōjanas,² [256]
(and) with every sense benumbed, Kandarpakētu, being seized
by slumber which came at that time,³ fell asleep together with
Vāsavadattā, who was in the same condition, in a bower of
creepers which was delightful with the hum of bees flitting about,
infatuated and greedy ⁴ for the perfume of the flowers swayed by
the gentle breeze.
Thereupon, when the sun had climbed to noon,⁵ displaying the
‹sky› as a merchant displays his ‹cloth›; ‹lighting up every
quarter of heaven› as a mighty forest fire ‹kindles all its fuel›,⁶
Kandarpakētu,⁷ perceiving, in some way or other, that the bower
of creepers lacked his beloved, and starting up and [257] gazing
here and there, now on the bushes,⁸ now between the creepers,
now on the tree-tops, now in the hidden wells,⁹ now on the heaps
of dry leaves, now on the sky, now on the quarters of heaven
and ¹⁰ the spaces between them, made lamentation as he wandered
about with his heart ceaselessly burning with the fire of separa-
tion ¹¹: ‘O beloved Vāsavadattā! Let me behold thee! [258]
Hast thou disappeared in jest ¹²? Thou knowest what pains are
suffered by me ¹³ for thy sake! Dear ¹⁴ Makaranda! Behold the ¹⁵
sorry sport of fate with me! What meritorious deed hath not
¹ Tel. ed., ‘which was subject to emptiness of food.’
² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘a road of many hundred yōjanas.’
³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘easy to gain at that time.’
⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘noisy, infatuated, and greedy.’
⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘to the middle of the sky.’
⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘‹purifying every region› as the tree of paradise
‹accomplishes every wish›.’
⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘awakening.’
⁸ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘trees.’
⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘now in the deep wells, now on the tops of the lofty
trees.’
¹⁰ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘and now.’
¹¹ Tel. ed. omits ‘with the fire of separation.’
¹² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘enough of jesting! Thou hast disappeared’!
¹³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘by me.’
¹⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘dear friend.’
¹⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘this.’