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HAMSASANDESAM
devoid of flaws on
115
account of its superior quality)
wherever it might exist, (a gem) which at that time (i. e.
on a previous occasion) was obtained somehow with
great difficulty, by me who gave (my) valour as the pur-
chase price of the bride, (a gem) which imparts brilliance
to the Solar race (or, which lights up even the abode of
the sun); that (gem) should be seen by you.
10. She, whose eyes are like the Saphara fish, who
has well-arched eyebrows, fine hair, and a slender body
bowed down (somewhat) by the weight of (her) high
breasts, whose lustre is like that of gold purified in the
fire, who is young and has a gait graceful as your own,
whose waist is slender like the middle of the sacrificial
altar, who is loveliest of form, who has acquired the
hidden treasure of the graces of love, and who resembles
the Goddess of great blessings, (such a one) is my eye (i.e.,
the apple of my eye).
11. Until she comes within range of your sight, she
will either be languid on account of insensibility, or en-
gaged in conveying to the ears of the birds (around her)
a message to reach me, or, with tear-bedimmed eyes, in-
tent on looking in this direction, on account of (the occur-
rence of) omens
which foretell that a dear, hopeful
message is very, very near..
12. Or, on account of bewilderment, prating to
the ornaments placed in (her)
proximity (asking them)
whether the contact with the
body of the Lord of the
Solar race is remembered (by them) or not, or meditating
devoid of flaws on
115
account of its superior quality)
wherever it might exist, (a gem) which at that time (i. e.
on a previous occasion) was obtained somehow with
great difficulty, by me who gave (my) valour as the pur-
chase price of the bride, (a gem) which imparts brilliance
to the Solar race (or, which lights up even the abode of
the sun); that (gem) should be seen by you.
10. She, whose eyes are like the Saphara fish, who
has well-arched eyebrows, fine hair, and a slender body
bowed down (somewhat) by the weight of (her) high
breasts, whose lustre is like that of gold purified in the
fire, who is young and has a gait graceful as your own,
whose waist is slender like the middle of the sacrificial
altar, who is loveliest of form, who has acquired the
hidden treasure of the graces of love, and who resembles
the Goddess of great blessings, (such a one) is my eye (i.e.,
the apple of my eye).
11. Until she comes within range of your sight, she
will either be languid on account of insensibility, or en-
gaged in conveying to the ears of the birds (around her)
a message to reach me, or, with tear-bedimmed eyes, in-
tent on looking in this direction, on account of (the occur-
rence of) omens
which foretell that a dear, hopeful
message is very, very near..
12. Or, on account of bewilderment, prating to
the ornaments placed in (her)
proximity (asking them)
whether the contact with the
body of the Lord of the
Solar race is remembered (by them) or not, or meditating