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ANTHOLOGY STANZAS ATTRIBUTED TO MAYURA
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ittham pasupatipeśalapāśakalīlāprayuktavakrokteḥ
harşavasataralatārakam ānanam avyād bhavānyā vaḥ
1¹
PĀRVATI': 'O Vijayā,³ the Three-eyed (Siva) is [too] skil-
ful; I cannot play with him.'
SIVA: 'I am skilful at winning, but I am not supplied
with three dice*; here are [but] a pair of dice in
[my] hand.'
2
PĀRVATI: 'Why do I bother with this dice-play?'
SIVA:
231
95
'Let Ganapati (Gaṇeśa)*
depart if he is not wanted by you.'
PĀRVATI: 'Who hates [i. e. wants to get rid of] Vinayaka'
(Gaṇeśa)?'
SIVA:
"The snake-world
[hates Vinayaka' (Garuda)]. Do you not
know that?'
3
PĀRVATI: [Now], what sort of play is this with Your
Highness minus funds [to stake]? Are you
not ashamed?'
SIVA: 'What [do you want] with the Vasus, [my
attendants]? Just see before [you] those gods
and demons making obeisance.'
4
PĀRVATI: 'I have no joy, if I don't get the moon.¹⁰ Why
are you thus devising [puns] ?'¹¹
SIVA: 'Nandin,¹2 let Rähu¹ be summoned, since it [so]
pleases Devi (Pārvati).'
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ittham pasupatipeśalapāśakalīlāprayuktavakrokteḥ
harşavasataralatārakam ānanam avyād bhavānyā vaḥ
1¹
PĀRVATI': 'O Vijayā,³ the Three-eyed (Siva) is [too] skil-
ful; I cannot play with him.'
SIVA: 'I am skilful at winning, but I am not supplied
with three dice*; here are [but] a pair of dice in
[my] hand.'
2
PĀRVATI: 'Why do I bother with this dice-play?'
SIVA:
231
95
'Let Ganapati (Gaṇeśa)*
depart if he is not wanted by you.'
PĀRVATI: 'Who hates [i. e. wants to get rid of] Vinayaka'
(Gaṇeśa)?'
SIVA:
"The snake-world
[hates Vinayaka' (Garuda)]. Do you not
know that?'
3
PĀRVATI: [Now], what sort of play is this with Your
Highness minus funds [to stake]? Are you
not ashamed?'
SIVA: 'What [do you want] with the Vasus, [my
attendants]? Just see before [you] those gods
and demons making obeisance.'
4
PĀRVATI: 'I have no joy, if I don't get the moon.¹⁰ Why
are you thus devising [puns] ?'¹¹
SIVA: 'Nandin,¹2 let Rähu¹ be summoned, since it [so]
pleases Devi (Pārvati).'