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

A SANSKRIT ROMANCE 123 (then,) unconscious because of the condition of his body, which was empty of food ¹ in consequence of his wakefulness all the night, wearied by roving over many hundred yōjanas,² [256] (and) with every sense benumbed, Kandarpakētu, being seized by slumber which came at that time,³ fell asleep together with Vāsavadattā, who was in the same condition, in a bower of creepers which was delightful with the hum of bees flitting about, infatuated and greedy ⁴ for the perfume of the flowers swayed by the gentle breeze. Thereupon, when the sun had climbed to noon,⁵ displaying the ‹sky› as a merchant displays his ‹cloth›; ‹lighting up every quarter of heaven› as a mighty forest fire ‹kindles all its fuel›,⁶ Kandarpakētu,⁷ perceiving, in some way or other, that the bower of creepers lacked his beloved, and starting up and [257] gazing here and there, now on the bushes,⁸ now between the creepers, now on the tree-tops, now in the hidden wells,⁹ now on the heaps of dry leaves, now on the sky, now on the quarters of heaven and ¹⁰ the spaces between them, made lamentation as he wandered about with his heart ceaselessly burning with the fire of separa- tion ¹¹: ‘O beloved Vāsavadattā! Let me behold thee! [258] Hast thou disappeared in jest ¹²? Thou knowest what pains are suffered by me ¹³ for thy sake! Dear ¹⁴ Makaranda! Behold the ¹⁵ sorry sport of fate with me! What meritorious deed hath not ¹ Tel. ed., ‘which was subject to emptiness of food.’ ² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘a road of many hundred yōjanas.’ ³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘easy to gain at that time.’ ⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘noisy, infatuated, and greedy.’ ⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘to the middle of the sky.’ ⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘‹purifying every region› as the tree of paradise ‹accomplishes every wish›.’ ⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘awakening.’ ⁸ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘trees.’ ⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘now in the deep wells, now on the tops of the lofty trees.’ ¹⁰ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘and now.’ ¹¹ Tel. ed. omits ‘with the fire of separation.’ ¹² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘enough of jesting! Thou hast disappeared’! ¹³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘by me.’ ¹⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘dear friend.’ ¹⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘this.’