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

A SANSKRIT ROMANCE 91 into the caverns of hell ¹; thinking of Kandarpakētu as if he were carven on her heart, which was emptied of all its faculties,² as if he were engraved there, inlaid, riveted, swallowed up, joined by strongest cement,³ entered into the frame of her bones, within her vitals, flecked with her marrow's pith, enveloped in her breath, placed in her inmost soul, [156] liquefied in her sheltering ⁴ blood, distributed through her flesh ; as if mad,⁵ as if deaf, as if dumb, as if listless, as if abandoning all her faculties, as if swooning, as if blasted by a planet, as if surrounded by a series of the billows ⁶ of the sea of youth, as if enveloped by the bonds of love, as if pierced by Kāma's flowery arrows, as if reeling from the venom of the thought of love,⁷ as if shaken ⁸ by the arrows of the con- templation of beauty, as if bereft of life by the winds of Malaya (she exclaimed) : " Dear friend Anaṅgalēkhā, put thy lotus hand upon my heart ! The pain of separation is hard to bear ! Foolish Madanamañjarī, [157] sprinkle sandal water ⁹! Simple Vasanta- sēnā, bind my heavy hair ! Fickle Taraṅgavatī, scatter the screw-pines' pollen ¹⁰! Gauche Madanamālinī, fan me with bits of śāivala ¹¹! Trivial Citralēkhā,¹² trace in a picture ¹³ the thief of my thoughts ! Noble ¹⁴ Vilāsavatī, scatter an abundance of pearl- dust ¹⁵ ! Passionate Rāgalēkhā, cover my bosom with a quantity of lotus leaves ! Dear ¹⁶ Kāntimatī, gently ¹⁷ wipe away my tear- ¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'into the house of the hell of madness.' ² Tel. ed., 'as if emptied of all her faculties ; thinking of Kandarpakētu as if he were carven on her heart.' ³ Tel. ed., 'adamant.' ⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit 'sheltering.' ⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add 'as if blind.' ⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'rolling billows.' ⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'from the poisonous fluid of the thought of love.' ⁸ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'pierced.' ⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'sprinkle my limbs with sandal water'! ¹⁰ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'scatter the screw-pines' pollen on my limbs'! ¹¹ Tel. ed., 'with a bunch of śāivāla'; Srirangam text, 'make a bracelet with a bunch of śāivāla '! ¹² Tel. ed., 'Citrārēkhā.' ¹³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'on a tablet.' ¹⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'beautiful.' ¹⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add 'on my limbs.' ¹⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'most dear.' ¹⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'very gently.'