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Some see thy form as red like the sun or as
redder than gleam of vermilion or lac dye; similarly
others see it as green-like fragments of leaves pounded
by a bright and thick sapphire stone, while others
again see thy universal form diversified by a difference
of condition as like crystal or like gold or whiter
than milk churned from the milk ocean.
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The sole realiser of all knowable truths demon-
strated to him by the lamp of omniscience or the all-
knowing offspring of such a one, realises face to face
the tale of thy excellences, whereas the lament which
one like me pours forth with opened mouth like the
cry of a crow-that lament is for the purpose of
solacing a mind afflicted with the pain brought on
by the fever of sharp misery.
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What I intend to tell thee, that is well known to
thee beforehand; the excessive labour to relate it is
merely for the purpose of satisfying my foolish mind;
but by pouring forth one's sorrow in words as though
it were a poison before an affectionate friend, though
he be already aware of it, a miserable man obtains
ease by unloading his heart.
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O thou who art the lunar digit, shining on the sea
of the joy of bliss, deign thou to cast a glorious glance
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Some see thy form as red like the sun or as
redder than gleam of vermilion or lac dye; similarly
others see it as green-like fragments of leaves pounded
by a bright and thick sapphire stone, while others
again see thy universal form diversified by a difference
of condition as like crystal or like gold or whiter
than milk churned from the milk ocean.
34
The sole realiser of all knowable truths demon-
strated to him by the lamp of omniscience or the all-
knowing offspring of such a one, realises face to face
the tale of thy excellences, whereas the lament which
one like me pours forth with opened mouth like the
cry of a crow-that lament is for the purpose of
solacing a mind afflicted with the pain brought on
by the fever of sharp misery.
35
What I intend to tell thee, that is well known to
thee beforehand; the excessive labour to relate it is
merely for the purpose of satisfying my foolish mind;
but by pouring forth one's sorrow in words as though
it were a poison before an affectionate friend, though
he be already aware of it, a miserable man obtains
ease by unloading his heart.
36
O thou who art the lunar digit, shining on the sea
of the joy of bliss, deign thou to cast a glorious glance