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ing caught in the effulgence of approaching lamp-light
inside.
inside.
60. As the lustre of the gems with which the steps
were paved in the lakes always drove darkness away,
the cakravāka birds were not separated even at night-
fall.
fall.
61. The moon, as if ashamed by reason of the shin-
ing beauty marking the lotus-like faces of the lovely
women in the city, ever wore a mourning black on her
body known as kalanka.
body known as kalanka.
62. The god of love never thought of resorting to
his flower-arrows to effect his conquests in the face of
the lovely glances shot from the eyes of beautiful women
there to subdue the hearts of youth.
there to subdue the hearts of youth.
63. As if to take their lessons in graceful walking
the swans ever sought the company of women there,
attracted by the sweet jingling of their foot-ornaments.
64. The blooming breasts of the maidens of the
city were beautifully set off by their slender waists even
as thick clouds in the void above.
65. There was no hardness there in the city ex-
cept in the breasts of eautiful damsels, nor crooked-
ness except in their curly locks, nor thinness except in
their waists.
their waists.
66. Pampā was the branch city of Vijaya. Many
a Kubēra (lords of wealth) were there so much so that
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