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

which was a halo for the disc of the moon of her hips ; which
had a golden inscription consisting of a line of down that pro-
claimed victory over the triple world ¹; which was the line of
the moat of the prison of the hearts of all men ; [55] and was
as the bar of the chamber of a flock of birds which were the
glances of the world.²
(She was) adorned with a waist which seemed full of sorrow
through failure to see her moon-like face that was hidden by the
burden of her swelling breasts ; which appeared to be filled with
weariness from the oppression ³ of the urns of her bosom and the
circlets of her heavy ⁴ hips ; which had apparently conceived a
deep resentment for her massy buttocks ⁵ ; [56] which seemed
filled with exhaustion from the restraining hand ⁶ of the Creator
who had compressed it exceedingly ; and which had become
extremely slender, as if on account of its anxious thought : ‘ Sup-
pose mine own breasts should fall on me like projections from
a height ’ ?
(She was) beautified by breasts with golden jewels filled with
gems of passion ⁷ ; with nipples for seals ; apparently nailed with
iron under the guise of nipples through fear of falling because of
their vast circumference ; [57] accumulations of loveliness, as it
were, remaining after the consecration of all her members ; the
lotuses, so to say, of the pool of the heart ; possessed of the
beauty of a pillow for the cheek ⁸ of Love ; the fruit of the tendril
of the line of down ; caskets full of the dust of the lure that

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¹ Tel. ed., ‘ which had Love’s golden inscription with a row of letters that proclaimed
his victory over the wide triple world ’; similarly the Srirangam text.
² She attracted and kept captive, like so many birds, the glances of every one. Tel.
ed., ‘ as the golden bar of the chamber of the abode of her thighs for birds which were
the glances of the whole world ’; Srirangam text, ‘ as the golden bar of the chamber
of the abode of birds which were the glances of the whole world.’
³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘ the confined oppression on both sides from.’
⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘ very heavy.’
⁵ Because her waist shrank away from them.
⁶ Srirangam text, ‘ as if with pain produced by the seizure of the hand.’
⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘ golden caskets filled with gems of passion.’
⁸ Tel. ed., ‘ a box of the unguent of Love ’; Srirangam text, ‘ a pillow for the
disport of Love.’