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

A SANSKRIT ROMANCE 71 had been drunk up by the circling navels of beauties of Pulinda kings at their evening ablutions ¹; [96] whose banks resounded with the din of flamingoes noisy with passion ²; whose waters were curdled with drops of the streams of ichor exuded from the temple lobes of must elephants near its banks ³; with the gardens on its shores witnesses to the trituration of the tremulous sport of pairs of young deities delightfully ensconced on the sand formed by the abundant dust fallen from the forests of screw-pines that grew along its banks; [97] in whose waters dove the nymphs who dwelt in bowers within bits of rose-apple that had fallen near the forests ⁴ on its banks; whose environs ⁵ were lauded by pairs of divinities drawn by curiosity at the sound of the sweet, low notes of the many gallinules that nestled in the creepers of chair-bottom cane growing on its shores ⁶; [98] whose banks were strident with the screams ⁷ of multitudes of wild cocks whose nests thronged the bowers of reeds ⁸ that had sprung up near its shores; whose soft banks were trodden by the water nymphs ⁹; whose tremulous ¹⁰ waves were rippled by the breezes from the gardens; [99] whose demi-carp were watched by female herons ¹¹ which had entered the numerous bowers of reeds; whose reed-forests ¹² were terrible from supporting paddy birds eager for the shoals of small fish; the water near whose bank was coloured by the shoals of exceedingly quick rājilas fleeing from ¹ Tel. ed., ‘concealed in the circles of the deep navels of beauties of Pulinda kings bathing at eventide’; similarly the Srirangam text. ² This clause is omitted by Tel. ed. ³ Tel. ed., ‘abundance of drops . . . falling from the rounded frontal lobes of the huge must elephants standing near its banks’; Srirangam text, ‘must elephants standing near the river-banks.’ ⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘lotuses fallen in the cavities on its banks.’ ⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘delightsomeness.’ ⁶ Tel. ed., ‘sound of the abundant amorous sport of the gallinules that nestled in the forests of chair-bottom cane.’ ⁷ Srirangam text, ‘made by.’ ⁸ Tel. ed., ‘screams of wild cocks thronging the bowers of masses of reeds.’ ⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘whose very soft sands were trodden by water nymphs eager to enjoy the sunshine.’ ¹⁰ Tel. ed., ‘very tremulous.’ ¹¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘evil female herons.’ ¹² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘the tendrils of whose reed-forests.’