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

(but there is no ascent of the ‹balance by girls›) ¹ ; there is thought of ‹śūla and vyāghāta› in yōgas ² (but there is no thought of ‹striking with the impaling stake›) ; there is cessation of ‹ichor› on elephants' cheeks (but there is no cessation of ‹generosity›) ³ ; there is ‹employment› of the right and left hands in indicating direction ⁴ (but there is no ‹amputation› of right and left hands) ; there is a ‹separation of cream› in the case of curds (but there is no ‹piercing with arrows›) ; [126] there is a ‹series of connexions› in sound-composition (but there is no ‹binding in fetters›) ; there are ‹similes and paraleipses› among the adornments of poetry ⁵ (but there is no ‹reproach because of carelessness›) ; there is a ‹fall- ing off of bits of targets› of arrows (but there is no ‹cessation in the joy of giving lacs›) ; there is ‹entire destruction of kvips› ⁶ (but there is no ‹destruction of all birds›) ; there is ‹closing of buds› in lotus-pools (but there is no ‹shrinkage of treasure› ⁷) ; there is ‹loss of caste› among rascals, but there is no ‹lack of Malabar jasmines› in garlands of flowers ⁸ ; there is cessation of ‹ichor› in aged ele- phants, but there is no cessation of ‹passion› among men ; [127] there is ‹silver› in bracelets ⁹ and the like, but there is no ‹bad caste connexion› among fair women ; there is ‹interruption of the gāndhāra mode› in the musical scale, but there is no ‹surrender of minium› among ladies in the city ¹⁰ ; there is ‹absence of roughness›

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¹ That is, it is not necessary for any maiden to undergo the ordeal by balance (cf. Jolly, Recht und Sitte, p. 145, Strassburg, 1896). ² ‘Die Zeit, welche die Summe der Bewegung in Länge von Sonne und Mond beansprucht, um den Betrag der Ausdehnung eines Mondhauses, d. i. 13° 20′, zu erreichen, heisst ein yoga’ (Ginzel, Handbuch der mathematischen und technischen Chronologie, 1. 361, Leipzig, 1906). The yōgas śūla (106° 40′-120° 0′) and vyāghāta (160° 0′-173° 20′) correspond to the ninth and thirteenth lunar mansions respectively (ib. p. 362). Tel. ed., ‘in parturitons there is thought of being struck with pangs’; Srirangam text, ‘yōga-exercises.’ ³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit. ⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘indications of direction.’ ⁵ Tel. ed. omits ‘of poetry.’ ⁶ On the grammatical term kvip see Pāṇini, 3. 2. 61, 76, 87, 177. ⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘among the people.’ ⁸ Tel. ed., ‘there is ‹lack of Malabar jasmines› in garlands, but there is no ‹loss of caste› in a wicked family’; Srirangam text, ‘in families.’ ⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘earrings.’ ¹⁰ That is, none become widows. Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘there is know- ledge of ‹intonation› in songs, but there is no knowledge of ‹fainting› among the people. G