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

126 VĀSAVADATTĀ
within a few days ; with delightful sounds made by the tremulous,
twittering hen-sparrows mating with the cock-sparrows ; famed
for clever ¹ chickores renowned for going with ² their mates ; with
young hares ³ resting comfortably on the surfaces of very smooth ⁴
mountain rocks ; [265] with hosts of lizards dwelling fearlessly in
holes in the roots of the indrāṇīs ; with undismayed antelopes ⁵ ;
with the sport of hosts of ⁶ unmolested mungooses ; with opening
mango buds surrounded by flocks of sweet koels ; with herds of
yaks chewing their cuds in the mango forest ; having for its
drum ⁷ the flapping of the ears of herds of elephants, slow with
slumber from ⁸ the roar of the waterfalls, sportful and delightsome
to hear, on the mountain slopes ; with herds of deer delighted
by the notes of the songs ⁹ of kinnarīs close by ¹⁰ ; [266] with the
edges of the snouts of young boars shining with the flow of
crushed greenish-yellow turmeric ¹¹ ; with multitudes of jālakas
humming about masses of coral-bead plants ¹² ; filled with shells
of pink insects split open by the tips of the nails of young
monkeys that had been angered by their bites ¹³ ; with multitudes
of lions illumined with beautiful heavy manes smeared with
quantities of blood ¹⁴ from must elephants’ frontal-lobes split open
by terrible blows from masses of claws sharp as the tips of the
thunderbolt ¹⁵ ; he (then) saw the ocean skilfully imitating, by the
¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘clever.’
² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘eager to consort with.’
³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘with multitudes of young hares.’
⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘sweet smelling.’
⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘herds of antelopes.’
⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘hosts of.’
⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘with the drum-noise of.’
⁸ Tel. ed., ‘slow from the joy of slumber, (yet) anxious to hear’ ; similarly the
Srirangam text.
⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘delighting in hearing the song.’
¹⁰ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘neighbouring.’
¹¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘delighted with the noise and the flow of turmeric.’
¹² Tel. ed., ‘with litters of wood hedgehogs in many bowers of coral-bead plants’ ;
similarly the Srirangam text.
¹³ Tel. ed., ‘with multitudes of worms in the cavities of trumpet-flower trees split
open by slaps from the paws of young monkeys that had been angered by the bites of
wood flies’ ; similarly the Srirangam text.
¹⁴ Tel. ed., ‘ichor.’             ¹⁵ Quoted by Vāmana, Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti, I. 3. 26.