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MADHURAVIJAYAM
bite and embraced her lover even when her companions
were looking on.
59. Another lady, afraid of being struck with
splashes of water, abruptly turned, her braid of hair
falling in front. The king cast longing glances on it,
as if it were Cupid's slab with his sword placed on it.
60. The sheet of water first touched the feet, then
the thighs, then the cloth, then the waist and then the
breasts of beautiful ladies as they slowly descended it.
61. A lady blinded the king by splashing water,
as if in sport, against his eyes when the other ladies
turned to look at the nail marks on the person of her
rival.
62. Sporting in the waters made the ladies look as
if they had just had their sexual satisfaction. Their lips
were colour-free, their eyes devoid of collyrium and their
foreheads without their decorating mark. And such a
sight pleased the king immensely.
63. From the breasts of Kuntala ladies sandal
paste was washed away; and the cover of lotus-dust
which took its place effectively concealed all nail marks
on them.
64. The current of water floated away the wreaths
that had dropped from the śrutis (ears) of ladies.
Which man,
however ignorant, (also cold) make friend-
ship of one who had fallen from the path of śruti
(Vedic injunction)?
65. Though their royal lover asked them to stop,
his ladies had no mind to do so, as they were very much
MADHURAVIJAYAM
bite and embraced her lover even when her companions
were looking on.
59. Another lady, afraid of being struck with
splashes of water, abruptly turned, her braid of hair
falling in front. The king cast longing glances on it,
as if it were Cupid's slab with his sword placed on it.
60. The sheet of water first touched the feet, then
the thighs, then the cloth, then the waist and then the
breasts of beautiful ladies as they slowly descended it.
61. A lady blinded the king by splashing water,
as if in sport, against his eyes when the other ladies
turned to look at the nail marks on the person of her
rival.
62. Sporting in the waters made the ladies look as
if they had just had their sexual satisfaction. Their lips
were colour-free, their eyes devoid of collyrium and their
foreheads without their decorating mark. And such a
sight pleased the king immensely.
63. From the breasts of Kuntala ladies sandal
paste was washed away; and the cover of lotus-dust
which took its place effectively concealed all nail marks
on them.
64. The current of water floated away the wreaths
that had dropped from the śrutis (ears) of ladies.
Which man,
however ignorant, (also cold) make friend-
ship of one who had fallen from the path of śruti
(Vedic injunction)?
65. Though their royal lover asked them to stop,
his ladies had no mind to do so, as they were very much