Kansvaho

SR No.: 001886
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Rama Paniwada, A N Upadhye
Publisher: Motilal Banarasidas
Publication Year: 1968
Total Pages: 266
Language: Prakrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Story, & Literature
File Size: 11 MB

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KAMSAVAHO
which has dark and delicate radiance like that of an emerald; which has peacock feathers adorned by his glossy hair; which has large eyes like blooming lotuses;
42. which has the lunar orb [in the form of its perfectly beautiful face (attended) with moonlight [in the form] of brilliant radiance of the flashing teeth; whose chest is ablaze with the lustre of the Kaustubha and the strings of bright pearls; which has a distinct mark of (Śrī-)Vatsa (on the chest);
43. which is distinguished with extremely tender and creeperiike arms that surpass the beauty of the body of a serpent; whose hips are covered with a yellow garment which is hanging down from a golden belt that is overspread with the lustre of jewels;
44. whose lotuslike feet are overspread with the lustre of the nails, are clear like the brilliance of the sky, and are red and radiant like coral; and which, for a moment, rouses the passion of cowherd girls by its side-glances lit up (lit., moist) with the pleasing smile.
45. O beautiful girls, let not the various novel sports, which were indulged in by Janardana on the banks of Yamuna and which were vigorous on account of the crushing of beds made of fresh leaves of Nicula creepers, be forgotten.
46. Where, in fact, stands as a witness that cane-creeper, growing on the bank, whose clusters of flowers are plucked, which is full of bees hovering round on the tips of bending stalks and in which are concealed the echoed notes of parrots.
47. Where, as a matter of fact, the forest-trees, which have put forth (their) sprouts by reason of their] tasting the nectar of the pleasant notes issuing from the hollow of Mukunda's flute, ward off the summer heat for us, though [they are] withered by the heat of conflagration.
48. Where the sylvan breezes, which are moist and cool on account of the contact with the waves of Yamuna ( (lit., the