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MADHURAVit as a present in advance to get themselves caught and
kept by him--a favour for which they always longed.
 
7.
IJAYAM
 
it as a present in ad
n the excessivance to get themselves caught and
ely beautiful palm of his hands
there was the auspicious fish-mar
kept by him-a favour for which they always longed.
 
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7. In the excessively beautiful palm of his hands
there was the auspicious fish-mark
. Why should such

a mark appear there unless it be that Kāma had sur-

rendered his fish-banner by way of accepting his defeat

by the beauty of the prince's feet?
 

 
8. The loins of the beautiful prince, hard as stone

with their golden band, resembled the base of the

anjana hill encircled by a fresh streak of red coloured
mineral.
 

mineral.
 
9. His waist, shapely and slender, which greatly

enhanced the beauty of his person, suggested the idea

of the lions having yielded their monopoly, as a sort of

hush-money in his favour, as they were extremely
afraid of his strength.
 

afraid of his strength.
 
10. His panel-like chest shone just so broad as to

be able to hold in its expanse the breasts of beautiful

women, breasts which can well compare with the frontal

globes on an elephant's head.
 

 
11. His beam-like hands with strong reddish

fingers at their end hung up to his knees. They were

attractive and immensely powerful. Springing as they

did from his thickset shoulders, they were always a
sight for people to see.
 

sight for people to see.
 
12. If the black spot in the moon could be

removed from its place in the centre and drawn as a

line at the edge of her orb, then it might be likened to

his face, with the beard just making its appearance.