वासवदत्ता (महाकवि सुबन्धु - श्लेष-प्रधान शास्त्रीय गद्यकाव्य सान्वय सटीक)

80 VĀSAVADATTĀ justly, is free from envy and full of forethought, continually active, a giver of wealth, and a cause of happiness⟩, being ⟨Indra, Agni, Yama, Nirṛti, Varuṇa, Vāyu, Kubēra, and Śiva⟩ ; thus, though he has ⟨eight forms⟩, he has «not eight forms», for he indeed has ⟨eight qualities⟩¹ and his «form is indestructible» ; as Arjuna had ⟨Su- bhadrā⟩ and «Bhīmasēna», he has ⟨good fortune⟩ and a «terrible army» ; as ² Kṛṣṇa had ⟨Satyabhāmā⟩ together with «Bala», he has ⟨truth, glory, and fortune⟩ together with an «army». [123] ‘One ³ doth ⟨protect the gods⟩, yet ⟨drinketh wine⟩ ; The other ⁴ hath a pure and single heart : One ³ had a ⟨planet ⁵ for his council-lord⟩, And still ⟨was taken in iniquity⟩⁶ ; The other ⁴ loveth righteousness alone : The hand of one ³ doth wield the ⟨thunderbolt⟩, Yet lusteth after wealth ⟨ten millionfold⟩ ; The other ⁴ giveth all, and by his side Great Indra's self doth seem but worthless grass ! [124] ‘In battle dread our king ⁴ doth draw his bow, Launching his arrows at the hostile host ; Yea, dealeth doom unto his enemies And winneth glory on the blood-dyed field. On haste the foe, deeming his valour fled, But swift their headless corpses strew the ground ; And ere our monarch stands amidst the fray, Death doth abide within the foemen's ranks.⁷ [125] ‘While this king, skilled in kingly conduct, the conductor of the world with its girdle of four seas,⁸ rules the earth, there is loosing of a ⟨bull⟩ in sacrifice ⁹ to ancestors (but there is no loos- ing of ⟨law⟩) ; there is ascent of ⟨Virgo and Libra⟩ by the moon ¹ The eight duties of the king are receiving, giving, sending, stopping, pronouncing, overseeing, condemning, and acquitting. ² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text transfer these characterisations to the previous sentence. ³ Indra. ⁴ Śṛṅgāraśēkhara. ⁵ Bṛhaspati (Jupiter). ⁶ That is, in adultery with Ahalyā, the wife of Bṛhaspati. ⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘Unto their doom the foemen's ranks have passed.’ ⁸ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘girdle of the four oceans.’ ⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘sacrifices.’