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

shows «butter»¹; [74] he is noisy with ‹self-praise› and «garru-
lous of his wanderings in the world» even as an offering to the
Yakṣas is noisy with ‹crows› and «bears evidence of wandering
dogs»²; his visage is distorted from ‹entire lack of self-control›
and his «generosity» is suppressed even as a must elephant ³
fixes his distorted visage on ‹his female› and suppresses his
«ichor»; he is ‹not alarmed by fear of God› even as a bull is
‹wearied from union with the cow›.
‘He is ‹miserable through his disgrace of his family› and is
devoted to «evil ways»⁴ even as a paramour is ‹distressed by an
error in his name› and is devoted to the «way of the fair»; [75]
he causes slowness in ‹softly modulated and excellent› speech
even as the disease of indigestion ⁵ causes slowness in ‹body›
(and) speech; he is devoted to the ‹breaking of agreements› and
a friend of the «foes of his lord» even as a jackal is devoted to
the ‹flesh of a corpse› and delights in the «night»; [76] ‹the
sight of him causes distress to his kindred› even as a corpse is
‹deprived of the use of its eyes›; he destroys ‹good fortune› even
as the axe cuts the ‹sandal-wood›; he ‹destroys his family› and
cuts down «men gifted with patience» even as the spade ‹cleaves
the earth› and cuts down the «creatures that share in the soil»⁶;
[77] he engages in ‹low actions› even as a dog engaged in
‹venereal acts› makes good folk ashamed; he, for all his ‹charms
of hair and face›, has no pleasure in his «lute, skilful though
he is» like as a must elephant ‹delights in the forest›, yet has
no pleasure in the «spreading greensward, even though he
traverses it».⁷

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¹ Tel. ed., not expressing ‘of a good man,’ has ‘shows continually.’
² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘he ‹wanders about the world› even as an offering to
the Yakṣas has ‹flocks of crows›,’ etc.
³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘as an elephant.’
⁴ If vāmādhvan be synonymous with vāmācāra, this may be an allusion to the
infamous ‘left hand’ Tantra-worship (Hopkins, Religions of India, pp. 490-492,
Boston, 1895).
⁵ See Jolly, Medicin, p. 77, Strassburg, 1901.
⁶ Trees, according to the commentator Śivarāma.
⁷ Tel. ed., ‘he has no pleasure in his ‹goodly youth›’ (yavasam + san = saṁvayasam);
Srirangam text, ‘he rejoices not in ‹his companions of equal age› even as the elephant
‹continually› rejoices not, . . .’ (yavasam + sa = savayasam).
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