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Canto: VII
Slökās 1 to 50: Day and Night described. Ganga Devi's
description of Night to her husband.
1. Then the sun, as if afraid of the offence he had
given to the queens by making lotuses imitate the
beauty of their faces, sunk into the caverns of the
western mountains.
2. From there he submerged into the waters of
the Western Ocean as if to replenish his heat from the
submarine fire there-heat which had been spent in the
day in making lotuses blossom.
3. The ladies of Varuna's harem fancied the
globe of the sun to be the golden ear-ring which the
Goddess of Day had dropped down in her haste to
depart.
4. The cheeks of Varuna's ladies reddened with
the rays of the setting sun; and this change of colour
came to them (cheeks) even when no intoxicating wine
had been drunk.
5. The sun, getting drunk with the honey in the
lotuses, abandoned ambara (meaning 'sky' and 'appa-
rel') and in that state touched the western region
revered as Varuna's queen. Who is there that is
immune to the injurious influence of drinking?
6. The sun at one stage seemed to be afflicted
with the heat of separation from the eastern quarter;
but now he was seen enjoying himself in company with
the opposite quarter, his heat gone, on reaching her.
The minds of lovers are certainly inscrutable!
pertania
Slökās 1 to 50: Day and Night described. Ganga Devi's
description of Night to her husband.
1. Then the sun, as if afraid of the offence he had
given to the queens by making lotuses imitate the
beauty of their faces, sunk into the caverns of the
western mountains.
2. From there he submerged into the waters of
the Western Ocean as if to replenish his heat from the
submarine fire there-heat which had been spent in the
day in making lotuses blossom.
3. The ladies of Varuna's harem fancied the
globe of the sun to be the golden ear-ring which the
Goddess of Day had dropped down in her haste to
depart.
4. The cheeks of Varuna's ladies reddened with
the rays of the setting sun; and this change of colour
came to them (cheeks) even when no intoxicating wine
had been drunk.
5. The sun, getting drunk with the honey in the
lotuses, abandoned ambara (meaning 'sky' and 'appa-
rel') and in that state touched the western region
revered as Varuna's queen. Who is there that is
immune to the injurious influence of drinking?
6. The sun at one stage seemed to be afflicted
with the heat of separation from the eastern quarter;
but now he was seen enjoying himself in company with
the opposite quarter, his heat gone, on reaching her.
The minds of lovers are certainly inscrutable!
pertania