________________ A HISTORICAL OUTLINE OF THE LANGUAGES OF WESTERN INDIA 161 ढोल्ला सामला धण चंपावण्णी / गाइ सुवण्णरेह कसवट्टइ दिण्णी॥ (Dholla samala dhana campavanni/ Nai suvannareha kasavattai dinni//) "The husband is dark in complexion, while the wife is fair as a campaka flower: (she appears) like a streak of gold on the black touchstone." वायसु उड्डावन्ति अए पिउ दिट्ठउ सहसत्ति / अद्धा वलया महिहि गय अद्धा फुट्ट तडत्ति // (Vayasu uddavantiae piu ditthau sahasatti/ Addha valaya mahihi gaya addha phutta tadatti//) "While frightening away the crows the lady suddenly saw her husband coming home; half of her bracelets slipped down (while waving away the crow before she sighted her husband), while the remaining cracked with a noise (as a result of the joy which filled her when she saw her husband)." जइ केवड पावीसु पिउ अकिया कुड करीम्।। पाणिउ नवइ सरावि जिव सम्वंगे पइसीसु // (Jai kemvai pavisu piu akiya kudda karisu/ Paniu navai saravi jivam savvange paisisu//) "If ever I meet my husband again, I shall do a wonderful thing never done before : I shall enter into all his limbs even as water permeates a new earthen vessel." - The heroic verses cited below from Hemacandra's Apabhramsa fully reveal the glory that was early Gujarat: संगरसएहिं जु वण्णिअइ देक्खु अम्हाग कन्तु / अहमत्तहं चत्तंकुसहं गयकुंभई दारन्तु // (Sangarasaehim ju vanniai dekkhu amhara kantu/ Aimattaham cattamkusaham gayakumbhaim darantu//) "Behold my husband : whose prowess requires mention of hundreds of battles; who breaks the temples of elephants excessively maddened and beyond all control." de भल्ला हुआ जु मारिआ बहिणि महारा कन्तु / लजेजन्तु वयंसिअहु जइ भग्गा घरु एन्तु / / (Bhalla hua ju maria bahini mahara kantu/ I.ajjejjantu vayamsiahu jai bhagga gharu entu//) Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
