50. Chapter 50

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । तमथासौ तथा बुद्धिफलपल्लवशालिनम् । आनन्दमन्थरमनाः षुष्परूपाचलोपमम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | tamathāsau tathā buddhiphalapallavaśālinam | ānandamantharamanāḥ ṣuṣparūpācalopamam || 1 ||

Vasishtha continued:—Dasura remained in this flowery arbour, as if he dwelt on a hill of flowers; and he felt in his mind the delight, which the flowery spring and its fruitage could infuse in the heart.

कदम्बं रोदसीस्तम्भमारुरोह वनस्थितम् । एकार्णवगतं शौरिर्वटवृक्षमिवोन्नतम् ॥ २ ॥

kadambaṃ rodasīstambhamāruroha vanasthitam | ekārṇavagataṃ śaurirvaṭavṛkṣamivonnatam || 2 ||

He mounted and sat over the high and airy top of the tree, and looked on all sides like the god Vishnu surveying the worlds.

तत्रासौ व्योमलग्नायाः शाखायाः प्रान्तपल्लवे । विवेश विगताशङ्कमेकाग्रं तप आस्थितः ॥ ३ ॥

tatrāsau vyomalagnāyāḥ śākhāyāḥ prāntapallave | viveśa vigatāśaṅkamekāgraṃ tapa āsthitaḥ || 3 ||

There sitting on a branch which reached to the sky, he was employed in his devotion, devoid of fear and desire.

अथोपविश्य मृदुनि नवपल्लवविष्टरे । क्षणमालोकितास्तेन दिशः कौतुकचञ्चलम् ॥ ४ ॥

athopaviśya mṛduni navapallavaviṣṭare | kṣaṇamālokitāstena diśaḥ kautukacañcalam || 4 ||

From this his leafy and easy couch of repose, he cast his curious eyes to view the wonders of nature on all sides.

सरिदेकावलीरम्याः शैलेन्द्रस्तनकुड्मलाः । निर्मलाकाशकबरा लोलनीलाम्बुदालकाः ॥ ५ ॥

saridekāvalīramyāḥ śailendrastanakuḍmalāḥ | nirmalākāśakabarā lolanīlāmbudālakāḥ || 5 ||

He beheld a river at a distance glittering as a necklace of gold, and the summits of distant hills rising as nipples on the breast of the earth. The fair face of the sky appeared as the face of a fairy, covered under the blue veil of a cloud.

नीलपल्लववसनाः पुष्पपूरावतंसिकाः । गृहीतसागरापूर्णकलशाः पुरुभूषणाः ॥ ६ ॥

nīlapallavavasanāḥ puṣpapūrāvataṃsikāḥ | gṛhītasāgarāpūrṇakalaśāḥ purubhūṣaṇāḥ || 6 ||

The verdant leaves of trees were as the green garb of this fairy, and the clusters of flowers were as garlands on her head; the distant lakes appearing as water-pots, were decorated by their aquatic plants and flowers.

धृतप्रफुल्लपद्मिन्यः सुगन्धिमुखमारुताः । नीलघुंघुमकाकल्यो निर्झरारावनूपुराः ॥ ७ ॥

dhṛtapraphullapadminyaḥ sugandhimukhamārutāḥ | nīlaghuṃghumakākalyo nirjharārāvanūpurāḥ || 7 ||

The fragrance of the blooming lotuses, seemed as the sweet breathing of the fairy; and the gurgling of the waterfalls, sounded as the trinkets fastened to her feet.

द्युमूर्धानो महीपादा वनालीरोमराजयः । जङ्गलोरुनितम्बिन्यश्चन्द्रार्ककृतकुण्डलाः ॥ ८ ॥

dyumūrdhāno mahīpādā vanālīromarājayaḥ | jaṅgalorunitambinyaścandrārkakṛtakuṇḍalāḥ || 8 ||

The trees touching the skies; were as the hairs on her body, the thick forests resembled her thighs, and the orbs of the sun and moon, were as earrings pendant on her ears.

शालिसंसारकेदाराश्चन्दनस्थालिकान्विताः । शिखरोरसिजालग्नहिमशुभ्राम्बुदांशुकाः ॥ ९ ॥

śālisaṃsārakedārāścandanasthālikānvitāḥ | śikharorasijālagnahimaśubhrāmbudāṃśukāḥ || 9 ||

The fields of corn seemed as pots of her sandal paste, and the rising hills were as her breasts, covered by the cloudy mantle on their tops.

महार्णवपयःपूरनवमण्डनदर्पणाः । ऋक्षौघघर्मपुलका भुवनान्तःपुरान्तराः ॥ १० ॥

mahārṇavapayaḥpūranavamaṇḍanadarpaṇāḥ | ṛkṣaughagharmapulakā bhuvanāntaḥpurāntarāḥ || 10 ||

The seas with their lucent waters were as her mirrors, to reflect the rays of her jewels of the starry frame.

आर्तवस्तनधारिण्यो लग्नसूर्यांशुकुङ्कुमाः । विचित्रकुसुमोपेताश्चन्द्रांशुसितचन्दनाः ॥ ११ ॥

ārtavastanadhāriṇyo lagnasūryāṃśukuṅkumāḥ | vicitrakusumopetāścandrāṃśusitacandanāḥ || 11 ||

The season fruits and flowers were as embroideries on her bodice, and the rays of the sun and moon were as powders over her body, or as the pasted sandal on her person.

गगनगतलतादलोपविष्टः प्रसृतवनावनिवारिवाहवेषाः । त्रिभुवनवनिता ददर्श हृष्टः कुसुमनिरन्तरमण्डिता दशाशाः ॥ १२ ॥

gaganagatalatādalopaviṣṭaḥ prasṛtavanāvanivārivāhaveṣāḥ | tribhuvanavanitā dadarśa hṛṣṭaḥ kusumanirantaramaṇḍitā daśāśāḥ || 12 ||

The clouds covering the landscape were as her garment, and the trees and plants on the borders, were as the fringes or the skirts of her raiment. In this manner he beheld all the ten sides of heaven as full with the form of a fairy queen.