बृहत्संहिता (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - स्थापत्य, खगोल, मौसम व जल विज्ञान)

Adh. XLVIII. Sl. 9-12.] अष्टाचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः 381 Sloka 8.—Or, it should be performed on the attract- ive thighs, viz., the sandy banks that delight the eyes and the heart, that have the scratches of nails, in the form of aquatic birds, of the sportive damsels,, viz., the rivers. Note how the poet has brought out through metaphor Srin- gara (erotic) sentiment in union. प्रोत्प्लुतहंसच्छत्रे कारण्डवकुररसारसोद्गीते । फुल्लेन्दीवरनयने सरसि सहस्राक्षकान्तिधरे ॥९॥ Sloka 9.—Or, it may be done in a lake, which possesses the beauty of Indra, on account of its royal umbrella in the form of the flying swans, the fine songs in the form of the cries of ducks, ospreys and cranes, and its eyes in the form of lily blossoms. प्रोत्फुल्लकमलवदनाः कलहंसकलप्रभाषिण्यः । प्रोत्तुङ्गकुङ्ग्लकुचा यस्मिन्नलिनीविलासिन्यः ॥१०॥ Sloka 10.—Or, in a place where there are the sportive damsels, viz., lotus-ponds with their beaming faces of full-blown lotuses, melodious voices of the sweet notes of royal swans and breasts of the uplifted buds. कुर्याद्रोमन्थजफेनलवशकृत्खुरक्षतोपचिते । अचिरप्रसूतहुङ्कृतवल्गितवत्सोत्सवे गोष्ठे ॥११॥ Sloka 11.—Or, it may be done in a cow-pen which is full of drops of foam caused by the cows chewing the cud, of cow-dung and scratches made by their hoofs; and which is gay with the lowing and frisking of young calves. अथवा समुद्रतीरे कुशलागतरत्नपोतसम्बाधे । घननिचुललीनजलचरसितखगशबलीकृतोपान्ते ॥१२॥