हंससंदेशः /226

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<p lang="sa">upon the diversions (she and her husband had) in one

common bed; that she should lead a life of that kind is

surely due to the ordainings of Fate.
 
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<p lang="sa">13. I believe the daughter of Maithila to be dispiri-

ted in the house of the night-prowler (i. e., Ravana), like
the pure light of the moon shining in the house of a

the pure light of the moon shining in the house of a
Svapacha, or like a branch of the Parijata tree brought

into a wood of poison trees, or like a delightfully beautiful

speech delivered by a good poet in the vicinity of a

wicked person.
 
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<p lang="sa">14. (Or) like an assemblage of lotuses scattered by

a (heavy) downpour of rain, (or) like an utterance having

self-contradictory meanings, (or) like a lotus-stalk enclosed

in mud, (or) like a she-elephant separated from her mate,

(or) like a digit of the moon hidden by clouds, (or) like

hope encompassed by obstacles, (or) like a small female

deer approached by a tiger, (or) like a beloved woman

devoid of shame (according to another reading-like a

bow-string lying on the ground).
 
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<p lang="sa">15. Who, remembering the
 
protection (once)
 
protection (once)
afforded by my embrace when the fear of the arrows of

Cupid was on her, (now) embraces her mother (the Earth)

with limbs that are languid of movement,
that get fati-
 

gued even by the
wearing of ornaments (i. e., even by the
weight of the ornaments she wears), that are exhausted
 
gued
even by theanointing her body wearing of ornaments (iith unguents, and that
cannot bear even the (pain of) frequent recollection (of
her lost happiness), on account of her extremely delicate
constitution. e.,
weight of the ornaments she wears), that
even by anointing her body with unguents, and that
cannot bear even the (pain of) frequent recollection (of
her lost happiness), on account of her extremely delicate
constitution.
 
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