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सूक्ष्माकारैर्दिनकरकरैः कल्पितान्तश्शलाकाः
शारोपान्ताश्शतमखधनुश्शेष चित्रांशुकेन ।
iduob o Ger: Tangfaanikai aigai vaży
छलायेरन्नभसि भवतश्शारदा वारिवाहाः ॥
(
Those, who are wont to watch the sunrise and sunset, will,
with pleasure, remember the indescribable brilliancy of
the wonderful pictures of nature they may have occasion-
ally feasted their eyes upon.
On one such evening, the
writer had the fortune of witnessing an unforgettable sight
which continues fresh in his memory. The sun was about
to set, his lower limb just kissing the horizon. A thick
cloud just covered the face of the luminous orb. Around
it there was a thin belt of clouds through which the rays
of the setting sun radiating in several directions could be
distinctly seen. Around this belt again there was a semi-
circular belt of somewhat thicker clouds, the outer ends.
of which were of a brilliant golden hue. The picture
vividly brought to the writer's mind by this splendid
natural phenomenon was that of an open temple-umbrella
laid on the ground to face the East.
The beautiful verse
of Venkatanatha makes, therefore, a peculiarly happy
appeal to his imagination.
Now to proceed. Before he should start, the Hamsa is
to take a loving leave of his beloved the Padmini (the lotus
creeper, here spoken of in the feminine), to whom he has
now come back after a long and forced exile, and who is
therefore in the midst of her unbounded joy. He is advised
to gently cajole her into giving him leave to part, so soon
after the reunion, and to promise her an early return.
सूक्ष्माकारैर्दिनकरकरैः कल्पितान्तश्शलाकाः
शारोपान्ताश्शतमखधनुश्शेष चित्रांशुकेन ।
iduob o Ger: Tangfaanikai aigai vaży
छलायेरन्नभसि भवतश्शारदा वारिवाहाः ॥
(
Those, who are wont to watch the sunrise and sunset, will,
with pleasure, remember the indescribable brilliancy of
the wonderful pictures of nature they may have occasion-
ally feasted their eyes upon.
On one such evening, the
writer had the fortune of witnessing an unforgettable sight
which continues fresh in his memory. The sun was about
to set, his lower limb just kissing the horizon. A thick
cloud just covered the face of the luminous orb. Around
it there was a thin belt of clouds through which the rays
of the setting sun radiating in several directions could be
distinctly seen. Around this belt again there was a semi-
circular belt of somewhat thicker clouds, the outer ends.
of which were of a brilliant golden hue. The picture
vividly brought to the writer's mind by this splendid
natural phenomenon was that of an open temple-umbrella
laid on the ground to face the East.
The beautiful verse
of Venkatanatha makes, therefore, a peculiarly happy
appeal to his imagination.
Now to proceed. Before he should start, the Hamsa is
to take a loving leave of his beloved the Padmini (the lotus
creeper, here spoken of in the feminine), to whom he has
now come back after a long and forced exile, and who is
therefore in the midst of her unbounded joy. He is advised
to gently cajole her into giving him leave to part, so soon
after the reunion, and to promise her an early return.