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

54 VĀSAVADATTĀ
income for the attendant nobles>,¹ possessed a <sweet koel-voice>
pleasing the ear,² expanded <love>, gave a <charming colour to women>, <delighted in learned sages>, possessed <good fortune>
easy for all to gather, spread abroad an abundance of <gold>, and
surpassed his <foes>, while the damsels [40] were filled with
a thousand «anxieties», were sought by «lovers»,³ were charming
because of their «coral necklaces»,⁴ and were at the «wanton age».
And by his staff-like arm on the field of battle [41] the bow
was gained, by the bow the arrows, by the arrows his foeman's
head, by this⁵ the world,⁶ by this⁷ a leader such as had never
been before, by the leader fame, by fame the seven seas, by the
seas the renown of the kings of the Kṛta and other ages, and by
that⁸ constancy, and by this⁹ something marvellous every instant.
And the periphery of the bosoms of the lovely wives of his foes,
who had been consumed by the fire of his majesty, was deserted
by their pearl necklaces, as if terrified by the blows of their hands.
[42] And his sword, as if coloured with lac from the feet of
the Goddess of Victory which had been moistened with the
blood of slain infantry, elephants, and horses, shone over a sea of
conflict whose shores were covered with quantities of pearls¹⁰
fallen from must elephants'¹¹ frontal lobes which were shattered
by sharp arrows, with flying <birds>, with hundreds of <rivers and white and blue lotuses> whose manifold charms were spread
through the <beautiful> waters,¹² with¹³ <dancing waters>, and
terrible because of the fierce pride of the <cārubhaṭa>-fish which
¹ Or, 'was a competency for his retainers, sages, and honourable men.'
² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'the eye and ear.'
³ Or, 'had curls on their foreheads.' ⁴ Or, 'because of their long hair.'
⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'by the foeman's head.'
⁶ Tel. ed., 'by the world unprecedented renown as a leader, and by renown fame.'
⁷ Srirangam text, 'by the world.' ⁸ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'by renown.'
⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'by constancy.' ¹⁰ Srirangam text, 'round pearls.'
¹¹ The frontal lobe of an elephant is believed to contain a pearl, called kuñjaramaṇi
or gajamaṇi, which is possessed of magic properties (Crooke, Popular Religion and
Folk-Lore of Northern India, 2 ed., 2. 240, Westminster, 1896).
¹² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, not alluding to pun, 'with tortoises (clinging) on the
feet of elephants coming up from the beautiful water, with lovely white and blue
lotuses, with hundreds of rivers.'
¹³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'undulating with.'