146 The Nineteenth Booh of the Gestes of Prithiraj. No. 3, 



A sole ruler wielding Siva's bow, 

 Holding the earth in his sway. 

 Ten sons and daughters all told (5) 

 Chariots of beautiful colours very many, 

 Storehouses, countless millions of wealth 

 Had he, Padam Sen, the virtuous prince. 



4. Padam Sen, the virtuous prince, 

 In his house was a wellborn dame, 

 From her breast a daughter sprung 

 Beauteous as a digit of the moon. 



5. Fair as a digit of the moon, 



Fairer than the whole sixteen digits ; 



In her childish guise she rivalled the moon 



"When he has drank the amrit juice. 



Like a lotus expanding through love of the moon-dew (6) 



She had stolen from the deer the glance of its eyes. 



She had [the beauty of] the diamond, the parrot and the limb. 



A pearl from head to foot, glittering like a serpent. 



Her gait [was like] a prince, an elephant, a lion, or a swan (7) 



She was endowed with a collection of all sorts of charms ; 



Padmavati was the highest type of woman (Tf^fl) 



Like an object of love created by Love himself. 



6. Like an object of love formed by Love, 

 Formed in the perfection of beauty, 

 Fascinating beasts, birds, and serpents, 

 Gods, men, and saints likewise. 



7. She had all the auspicious marks [on her body] 

 Well she knew the sixty-four arts, (^f^TT) 



She knew the fourteen sciences, (^ITT) 



She was like the spring among the six seasons. 



8. Playing about with her companions 

 In the gardens of the palace 



Her eyes lit upon a parrot, 

 Then her mind was joyful. 



9. Her mind was very joyful, 



Expanding like a lotus in the rays of the sun 

 Her red lips thirstily opening, 



