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

62 VĀSAVADATTĀ ⟨beautiful throat and with armlets⟩ as the army of monkeys was adorned by ⟨Sugrīva and Aṅgada⟩. She seemed to be made of planets ¹: of the ⟨Sun⟩, for she had a ⟨shining⟩ ornament ; of the ⟨Moon⟩, for she had a ⟨beautiful⟩ round face ² ; of ⟨Mars⟩, for she had a ⟨rosy⟩ bud-like ³ lower lip ; of ⟨Mercury⟩, for she had a ⟨lovely⟩ appearance ; of ⟨Jupiter⟩, for she had ⟨heavy⟩ round hips ; of ⟨Venus⟩, for she had ⟨wide-open⟩ lotus eyès ⁴ ; of ⟨Saturn⟩, for she had ⟨slow-moving⟩ steps ; of ⟨Rāhu⟩, for she had ⟨dark⟩ heavy hair.⁵ She was a picture, as it were, on the wall of life ⁶ ; [65] the place of assembly, so to say, of the loveliness of the triple world ; apparently the perfect elixir for the Great Ascetic ⁷ in his youth ⁸ ; seemingly the place of Passion's fancy ; the repository, so it would seem, of delight ; [66] the flag of conquest over the threefold earth,⁹ as it were, of the God of the Dolphin Banner ¹⁰ ; evidently the manifestation of intellect ¹¹ ; the conqueror, it would seem, of Passion ¹² ; a powder, so to say, to numb the senses ¹³ ; a power, one would think, to bewilder Love ; apparently the joyous abode of beauty ; the sole sanctuary, as it were, of good fortune ¹⁴ ; seem- ingly the place where loveliness had its origin ¹⁵ ; [67] wellnigh a perfect seduction of the mind ¹⁶ ; almost a blind ¹⁷ of the juggler ¹ A similar thought is expressed by Bhartṛhari (Böhtlingk, Indische Sprüche, 2 ed., No. 2169, St. Petersburg, 1870–1873). In like fashion a girl is described as made of flowers in Harṣacarita, p. 38, Bombay ed., 1892 (tr. Cowell and Thomas, p. 263, London, 1897). ² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘for she had a smile of ⟨white beauty⟩.’ ³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘bud-like.’ ⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text insert, transferring this further down, ‘of ⟨Venus⟩, for she had a ⟨white⟩ pearl necklace.’ ⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit. ⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘like a picture on the life-wall of the theatre of the triple world.’ ⁷ Śiva. ⁸ Tel. ed., ‘the perfect elixir of youth.’ ⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘over the threefold earth.’ ¹⁰ Kāma. ¹¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit. ¹² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘the battle-ground, as it were, of Love.’ ¹³ Tel. ed., ‘the confusion, so to say, of all the senses.’ ¹⁴ Tel. ed., ‘good fortune’s birth-hall, as it were, of friends’ disport.’ ¹⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘rendezvous.’ ¹⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘wellnigh a perfect spell for the winning of love’ (Srirangam text, ‘mind’). ¹⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘almost a mighty drug to bind the eyes.’