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9. Her mind was very joyful 



Expanding like a lotus in the rays of the sun 



Her red lips thirstily opening, 



Likening the beauty of the parrot to the bimb-ixmt. 



She strove [to eaten it] with eager eyes, 



It resisted fluttering and straggling ; 



Avoiding its beak, she seized it, 



Then she took it in her own hand. 



Rejoicing with joy, pleasure in her mind, 



Having taken it inside the palace 



In a beautiful cage, inlaid with jewels 



She was taking and placing it. 



10. In it she was taking and placing it, 

 Went to play, forgetting everything, 

 Her mind slipped away from the parrot 

 Roaming and plucking flowers. 



11. The parrot seeing the beauty of the princess, 

 This form from head to foot, 



This finished work of the Maker 

 This peerless model of a woman . 



Poem (cR-farr). 



12. Wavy tresses fair to see, 



Rivalling the dawn, with a voice like the ko'il 



Fragrant as the blowing lotus, 



Swan-like her gait, slow-paced. 



White-robed, her body shines, 



Her nails are drops of Swati (pearls) ; 



The bee hums round her, forgetting his nature 



In the flavour and fragrance of the god of love. 



The parrot looked with his eyes, and was pleased. 



(Said) " This beauteously moulded form 



" My Lord Prithiraj shall obtain 



" Forestalling Hara, the joy of Uma." 



