Madhurāvijayam of Gaṅgādevī /108

grazing, she, in her mental flights, was on the tops of
the Malaya mountain inhabited by (ferocious) lions.
 
7. She heard of Viṣṇu's miraculous exploits
underneath the earth and wanted to imitate Him ....
(slōka imperfect).
 
8. She laughed at Śiva's valour in reducing
Tripura aided by all such paraphernalia as the Earth
for the chariot, Brahma for the charioteer, Seṣa for the
bowstring, the mountain for the bow and Hari for the
 
9. ADHURAVIJAYAM
 
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grazings time advanced, she, in her mental flights, was on the tops of
the Malathe limbs of her bodya mountain inhabited by (ferocious) lions.
 
7. She heard of Vișnu's miraculous exploits
underneath the earth and wanted to imitate Him ....
(sloka imperfect).
 
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8. She laughed at Śiva's valour in reducing
Tripura aided by all such paraphernalia as the Earth
for the chariot, Brahma for the charioteer, Seșa for the
bowstring, the mountain for the bow and Hari for the
 
9. As time advanced, the limbs of her body began
began
to put on flesh; her face regained its sweet and lazy

eye-looks; her belly began to show its folds distinctly;

and this change in his beloved filled the king with
delight.
 

delight.
 
10. The auspicious line of hair that was on her

abdomen looked like a black serpent on guard in order
to protect the infant within.
 

to protect the infant within.
 
11. Her breasts, with black nipples, surpassed in

their attractiveness the çakravāka couple with a bit of

blue utpala flower in their beaks.
 

 
12. The lord of earth regarded her being in an

interesting condition, as if she were a rain-cloud full of

water within, a pearl oyster with pearl inside and night-
time foreshadowing the rise of the moon.
 

time foreshadowing the rise of the moon.
 
13. The king who was as prosperous as Indra and

who was ever bent on the amelioration of his subjects,

celebrated the ceremony of pumsavana as ordered by