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

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other places as the eloquence of Vālmīki revealed the ‹lineage of Ikṣvāku›; filled¹ with many ‹dhak-trees› as Laṅkā was frequented by many ‹demons›; encompassed¹ with clumps of ‹arjuna-trees and pen-reed grass› as the army of the Kurus² was encompassed with quantities of ‹Arjuna’s arrows›; with ‹many beasts›¹ as the form of Nārāyaṇa is ‹manifold›; [247] filled¹ with ‹jack-trees, sandal-trees,³ white lotuses, and reeds› as Sugrīva’s army was attended by ‹Panasa, Candana,³ Kumuda, and Nala›; adorned¹ with ‹sindūras and glory-trees›, and decked with ‹fresh buds› as an unwidowed woman is adorned with a ‹sectarial mark of minium› and is decked with ‹long hair›; [248] occupied¹ by ‹owls, crows, and birds, and filled with dhārtarāṣṭra geese› as the army of the Kurus was officered by ‹Ulūka, Droṇa, and Śakuni, and joined⁴ by the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra›; though adorned with ‹unfaded caste›, it had a «lineage of no family»,⁵ for it was adorned with ‹globe-amaranth and Malabar jasmine› and had «no bamboos clinging to the earth»⁵; though revealing ‹no terror›, it was «full of terror», for it revealed ‹hara-nut trees› and was «full of reeds»; though ‹always in perfect health›, it had a «great abdominal tumour»,⁶ for it ‹ever contained negroes’ olive-wood trees› and had «high-grown thickets»; [249] though filled with ‹lice›, it was «unmolested by men», for it was filled with ‹bees› and was «rich in elephants’ ichor»; though adorned with families of ‹Brāhmans›, it had a «lineage of no honourable family», for it was adorned with families of ‹birds› and had «no bamboos clinging to the earth». Immediately⁷ the night passed with slumber of them twain. And by degrees,⁸ when, like a mass of live carp, the host of stars

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¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘in places.’ ² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘the army of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons.’ ³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘sandal-trees’ and ‘Candana.’ ⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘adorned.’ ⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘it had a ‹hateful lineage›, . . . for it had ‹bamboos laden with birds›.’ ⁶ See Jolly, Medicin, pp. 79–80, Strassburg, 1901. ⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘meanwhile.’ ⁸ Tel. ed., ‘and then by degrees’; Srirangam text, ‘then by degrees.’