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52. The city was full of virtuous Brāhmans, and
armies of musicians ever strode its expansive grounds.
Thus, like the full-moon night, or the world of celestial
bards, serenity and music reigned unceasingly all round.
53. Bhujangas, or youths of fashion, made that
city their favourite haunt, even as bhujangas, or
serpents, make the crown of Śiva their chosen abode.
Good-hearted people in large numbers loved to wander
its precincts like gods in the regions of the Sumēru.
54. The city was the play-ground of all good
fortune. Prosperity in all its aspects delighted to live
in its saloons. The city looked like a garland of precious
stones on the shores of the sea of virtue.
55 The disc of the sun caught in the heights of
the city's palaces produced on the on-lookers the illu-
sion of a golden jar.
56. The damsels playing on the grounds of the top
floor of the city's mansions often laid their hands on
the rounded body of the moon, mistaking it for their
play-ball of pearls.
57. Hearing the sound of the drum accompanying
the music played in the city's palaces, the peacock began
to dance even in the absence of any appropriate occa-
sion (viz., the appearance of a thunder-cloud).
58. The clouds that hung about the sides of the
city's palaces with the colour of padmarāga gems reflect-
ed in them, always looked brown like evening clouds.
59. The clouds of smoke that rushed through the
crevices in the buildings of the city at the evening-time
armies of musicians ever strode its expansive grounds.
Thus, like the full-moon night, or the world of celestial
bards, serenity and music reigned unceasingly all round.
53. Bhujangas, or youths of fashion, made that
city their favourite haunt, even as bhujangas, or
serpents, make the crown of Śiva their chosen abode.
Good-hearted people in large numbers loved to wander
its precincts like gods in the regions of the Sumēru.
54. The city was the play-ground of all good
fortune. Prosperity in all its aspects delighted to live
in its saloons. The city looked like a garland of precious
stones on the shores of the sea of virtue.
55 The disc of the sun caught in the heights of
the city's palaces produced on the on-lookers the illu-
sion of a golden jar.
56. The damsels playing on the grounds of the top
floor of the city's mansions often laid their hands on
the rounded body of the moon, mistaking it for their
play-ball of pearls.
57. Hearing the sound of the drum accompanying
the music played in the city's palaces, the peacock began
to dance even in the absence of any appropriate occa-
sion (viz., the appearance of a thunder-cloud).
58. The clouds that hung about the sides of the
city's palaces with the colour of padmarāga gems reflect-
ed in them, always looked brown like evening clouds.
59. The clouds of smoke that rushed through the
crevices in the buildings of the city at the evening-time