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

shows «butter»¹; [74] he is noisy with ‹self-praise› and «garru- lous of his wanderings in the world» even as an offering to the Yakṣas is noisy with ‹crows› and «bears evidence of wandering dogs»²; his visage is distorted from ‹entire lack of self-control› and his «generosity» is suppressed even as a must elephant ³ fixes his distorted visage on ‹his female› and suppresses his «ichor»; he is ‹not alarmed by fear of God› even as a bull is ‹wearied from union with the cow›. ‘He is ‹miserable through his disgrace of his family› and is devoted to «evil ways»⁴ even as a paramour is ‹distressed by an error in his name› and is devoted to the «way of the fair»; [75] he causes slowness in ‹softly modulated and excellent› speech even as the disease of indigestion ⁵ causes slowness in ‹body› (and) speech; he is devoted to the ‹breaking of agreements› and a friend of the «foes of his lord» even as a jackal is devoted to the ‹flesh of a corpse› and delights in the «night»; [76] ‹the sight of him causes distress to his kindred› even as a corpse is ‹deprived of the use of its eyes›; he destroys ‹good fortune› even as the axe cuts the ‹sandal-wood›; he ‹destroys his family› and cuts down «men gifted with patience» even as the spade ‹cleaves the earth› and cuts down the «creatures that share in the soil»⁶; [77] he engages in ‹low actions› even as a dog engaged in ‹venereal acts› makes good folk ashamed; he, for all his ‹charms of hair and face›, has no pleasure in his «lute, skilful though he is» like as a must elephant ‹delights in the forest›, yet has no pleasure in the «spreading greensward, even though he traverses it».⁷

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¹ Tel. ed., not expressing ‘of a good man,’ has ‘shows continually.’ ² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘he ‹wanders about the world› even as an offering to the Yakṣas has ‹flocks of crows›,’ etc. ³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘as an elephant.’ ⁴ If vāmādhvan be synonymous with vāmācāra, this may be an allusion to the infamous ‘left hand’ Tantra-worship (Hopkins, Religions of India, pp. 490-492, Boston, 1895). ⁵ See Jolly, Medicin, p. 77, Strassburg, 1901. ⁶ Trees, according to the commentator Śivarāma. ⁷ Tel. ed., ‘he has no pleasure in his ‹goodly youth›’ (yavasam + san = saṁvayasam); Srirangam text, ‘he rejoices not in ‹his companions of equal age› even as the elephant ‹continually› rejoices not, . . .’ (yavasam + sa = savayasam). F