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MADHURAVIJAYAM
deposits in them exuded the most agreeable odour. The
numberless kadamba trees there were in full blossom.
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35. The king was also attracted by his beautiful
ladies whose curling locks were decorated with the
evening-blossoming malati flowers. Their clothes were
scented with agaru fumes, and they were sweet-
smelling like musk.
36. The king's love passion was very much excit-
ed by gem-set pavilions, by fragrant breezes wafting
the smell of kutaja and ketaka flowers and by the
musical notes of intoxicated peacocks.
37. The advent of the cloudy season enacted the
role of a 'romance' confidant to the king in the night
time, as it made even the newly married shy girls
embrace him at every sound of thunder-murmurings.
38. Then came the autumn, the jester that made
lotus-clusters laugh, the thief that stole Indra's bow
(rain bow), and the treasury officer that set his seal
on the mouths of peacocks.
39. The season resembled a lion in dispersing the
elephant-like clouds. His face was the sun. The kaśas
were his manes and the blossoming China roses, his
red eyes.
40. It was no empty saying that the sun and the
moon are the eyes of Vișnu. Now that He has woken
up from sleep, these two also opened in their proper
splendour.
41. By reason of the rise of the brilliant Agastya-
star, the waters were cleared of their muddy condition,
MADHURAVIJAYAM
deposits in them exuded the most agreeable odour. The
numberless kadamba trees there were in full blossom.
42
35. The king was also attracted by his beautiful
ladies whose curling locks were decorated with the
evening-blossoming malati flowers. Their clothes were
scented with agaru fumes, and they were sweet-
smelling like musk.
36. The king's love passion was very much excit-
ed by gem-set pavilions, by fragrant breezes wafting
the smell of kutaja and ketaka flowers and by the
musical notes of intoxicated peacocks.
37. The advent of the cloudy season enacted the
role of a 'romance' confidant to the king in the night
time, as it made even the newly married shy girls
embrace him at every sound of thunder-murmurings.
38. Then came the autumn, the jester that made
lotus-clusters laugh, the thief that stole Indra's bow
(rain bow), and the treasury officer that set his seal
on the mouths of peacocks.
39. The season resembled a lion in dispersing the
elephant-like clouds. His face was the sun. The kaśas
were his manes and the blossoming China roses, his
red eyes.
40. It was no empty saying that the sun and the
moon are the eyes of Vișnu. Now that He has woken
up from sleep, these two also opened in their proper
splendour.
41. By reason of the rise of the brilliant Agastya-
star, the waters were cleared of their muddy condition,