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

54 VĀSAVADATTĀ income for the attendant nobles>,¹ possessed a <sweet koel-voice> pleasing the ear,² expanded <love>, gave a <charming colour to women>, <delighted in learned sages>, possessed <good fortune> easy for all to gather, spread abroad an abundance of <gold>, and surpassed his <foes>, while the damsels [40] were filled with a thousand «anxieties», were sought by «lovers»,³ were charming because of their «coral necklaces»,⁴ and were at the «wanton age». And by his staff-like arm on the field of battle [41] the bow was gained, by the bow the arrows, by the arrows his foeman's head, by this⁵ the world,⁶ by this⁷ a leader such as had never been before, by the leader fame, by fame the seven seas, by the seas the renown of the kings of the Kṛta and other ages, and by that⁸ constancy, and by this⁹ something marvellous every instant. And the periphery of the bosoms of the lovely wives of his foes, who had been consumed by the fire of his majesty, was deserted by their pearl necklaces, as if terrified by the blows of their hands. [42] And his sword, as if coloured with lac from the feet of the Goddess of Victory which had been moistened with the blood of slain infantry, elephants, and horses, shone over a sea of conflict whose shores were covered with quantities of pearls¹⁰ fallen from must elephants'¹¹ frontal lobes which were shattered by sharp arrows, with flying <birds>, with hundreds of <rivers and white and blue lotuses> whose manifold charms were spread through the <beautiful> waters,¹² with¹³ <dancing waters>, and terrible because of the fierce pride of the <cārubhaṭa>-fish which ¹ Or, 'was a competency for his retainers, sages, and honourable men.' ² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'the eye and ear.' ³ Or, 'had curls on their foreheads.' ⁴ Or, 'because of their long hair.' ⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'by the foeman's head.' ⁶ Tel. ed., 'by the world unprecedented renown as a leader, and by renown fame.' ⁷ Srirangam text, 'by the world.' ⁸ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'by renown.' ⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'by constancy.' ¹⁰ Srirangam text, 'round pearls.' ¹¹ The frontal lobe of an elephant is believed to contain a pearl, called kuñjaramaṇi or gajamaṇi, which is possessed of magic properties (Crooke, Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, 2 ed., 2. 240, Westminster, 1896). ¹² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, not alluding to pun, 'with tortoises (clinging) on the feet of elephants coming up from the beautiful water, with lovely white and blue lotuses, with hundreds of rivers.' ¹³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'undulating with.'