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

which was a halo for the disc of the moon of her hips ; which had a golden inscription consisting of a line of down that pro- claimed victory over the triple world ¹; which was the line of the moat of the prison of the hearts of all men ; [55] and was as the bar of the chamber of a flock of birds which were the glances of the world.² (She was) adorned with a waist which seemed full of sorrow through failure to see her moon-like face that was hidden by the burden of her swelling breasts ; which appeared to be filled with weariness from the oppression ³ of the urns of her bosom and the circlets of her heavy ⁴ hips ; which had apparently conceived a deep resentment for her massy buttocks ⁵ ; [56] which seemed filled with exhaustion from the restraining hand ⁶ of the Creator who had compressed it exceedingly ; and which had become extremely slender, as if on account of its anxious thought : ‘ Sup- pose mine own breasts should fall on me like projections from a height ’ ? (She was) beautified by breasts with golden jewels filled with gems of passion ⁷ ; with nipples for seals ; apparently nailed with iron under the guise of nipples through fear of falling because of their vast circumference ; [57] accumulations of loveliness, as it were, remaining after the consecration of all her members ; the lotuses, so to say, of the pool of the heart ; possessed of the beauty of a pillow for the cheek ⁸ of Love ; the fruit of the tendril of the line of down ; caskets full of the dust of the lure that

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¹ Tel. ed., ‘ which had Love’s golden inscription with a row of letters that proclaimed his victory over the wide triple world ’; similarly the Srirangam text. ² She attracted and kept captive, like so many birds, the glances of every one. Tel. ed., ‘ as the golden bar of the chamber of the abode of her thighs for birds which were the glances of the whole world ’; Srirangam text, ‘ as the golden bar of the chamber of the abode of birds which were the glances of the whole world.’ ³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘ the confined oppression on both sides from.’ ⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘ very heavy.’ ⁵ Because her waist shrank away from them. ⁶ Srirangam text, ‘ as if with pain produced by the seizure of the hand.’ ⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘ golden caskets filled with gems of passion.’ ⁸ Tel. ed., ‘ a box of the unguent of Love ’; Srirangam text, ‘ a pillow for the disport of Love.’