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

126 VĀSAVADATTĀ within a few days ; with delightful sounds made by the tremulous, twittering hen-sparrows mating with the cock-sparrows ; famed for clever ¹ chickores renowned for going with ² their mates ; with young hares ³ resting comfortably on the surfaces of very smooth ⁴ mountain rocks ; [265] with hosts of lizards dwelling fearlessly in holes in the roots of the indrāṇīs ; with undismayed antelopes ⁵ ; with the sport of hosts of ⁶ unmolested mungooses ; with opening mango buds surrounded by flocks of sweet koels ; with herds of yaks chewing their cuds in the mango forest ; having for its drum ⁷ the flapping of the ears of herds of elephants, slow with slumber from ⁸ the roar of the waterfalls, sportful and delightsome to hear, on the mountain slopes ; with herds of deer delighted by the notes of the songs ⁹ of kinnarīs close by ¹⁰ ; [266] with the edges of the snouts of young boars shining with the flow of crushed greenish-yellow turmeric ¹¹ ; with multitudes of jālakas humming about masses of coral-bead plants ¹² ; filled with shells of pink insects split open by the tips of the nails of young monkeys that had been angered by their bites ¹³ ; with multitudes of lions illumined with beautiful heavy manes smeared with quantities of blood ¹⁴ from must elephants’ frontal-lobes split open by terrible blows from masses of claws sharp as the tips of the thunderbolt ¹⁵ ; he (then) saw the ocean skilfully imitating, by the ¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘clever.’ ² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘eager to consort with.’ ³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘with multitudes of young hares.’ ⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘sweet smelling.’ ⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘herds of antelopes.’ ⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘hosts of.’ ⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘with the drum-noise of.’ ⁸ Tel. ed., ‘slow from the joy of slumber, (yet) anxious to hear’ ; similarly the Srirangam text. ⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘delighting in hearing the song.’ ¹⁰ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘neighbouring.’ ¹¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘delighted with the noise and the flow of turmeric.’ ¹² Tel. ed., ‘with litters of wood hedgehogs in many bowers of coral-bead plants’ ; similarly the Srirangam text. ¹³ Tel. ed., ‘with multitudes of worms in the cavities of trumpet-flower trees split open by slaps from the paws of young monkeys that had been angered by the bites of wood flies’ ; similarly the Srirangam text. ¹⁴ Tel. ed., ‘ichor.’             ¹⁵ Quoted by Vāmana, Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti, I. 3. 26.