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MADHURAVIJAYAM
by coming into contact with the dust raised by the hoofs
of the sun's horses as they trod on the red layers of the
western mountains.
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21. Red clouds travelled in the evening sky, and
their colour was imitative of the hue of the red dye
adorning the face of the Damsel, Night, who was about
to set foot on the horizon.
22. The reddish hues of twilight, as of tender
leaves, began to show themselves in the western horizon
like coral reefs revealed by the western ocean in the
agitation caused by the rapid fall of the sun into its
depth.
23 to 25. Then darkness began to set in, now
obscuring trees, now the sky, now the regions; and it
gave rise to various fancies such as: that they were
tender leaves of tamāla with which the regions deco-
rated their ears; or that they were musk-paste draw-
ings on the face of the lady called Night; or that they
were smokes rising from the quenching of the sun's
heated surface; or that they were black bees disguised
as darkness filling the regions after leaving the closing
lotuses, or the black waters of the Jumna rising up, tall
as trees, when disturbed by Sri Kṛṣṇa.
26. People's eyes suddenly lost their power (of
seeing). It seemed as if the burning lamp of the sun
was put out, and from the lamp-pot of sky, lamp-black
was being scattered all round.
27. The stars began to show themselves in the
dark sky, and people fancied that God Siva was letting
go his elephant-skin clothing dotted with drops of blood
(after his dance was over).
by coming into contact with the dust raised by the hoofs
of the sun's horses as they trod on the red layers of the
western mountains.
55
21. Red clouds travelled in the evening sky, and
their colour was imitative of the hue of the red dye
adorning the face of the Damsel, Night, who was about
to set foot on the horizon.
22. The reddish hues of twilight, as of tender
leaves, began to show themselves in the western horizon
like coral reefs revealed by the western ocean in the
agitation caused by the rapid fall of the sun into its
depth.
23 to 25. Then darkness began to set in, now
obscuring trees, now the sky, now the regions; and it
gave rise to various fancies such as: that they were
tender leaves of tamāla with which the regions deco-
rated their ears; or that they were musk-paste draw-
ings on the face of the lady called Night; or that they
were smokes rising from the quenching of the sun's
heated surface; or that they were black bees disguised
as darkness filling the regions after leaving the closing
lotuses, or the black waters of the Jumna rising up, tall
as trees, when disturbed by Sri Kṛṣṇa.
26. People's eyes suddenly lost their power (of
seeing). It seemed as if the burning lamp of the sun
was put out, and from the lamp-pot of sky, lamp-black
was being scattered all round.
27. The stars began to show themselves in the
dark sky, and people fancied that God Siva was letting
go his elephant-skin clothing dotted with drops of blood
(after his dance was over).