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4. (Her thighs are like) a golden plantain, over them he placed a 
slim lion’s (waist), and over that a mount Meru.'* * * § 
5. Over mount Meru he made two lotuses to bloom, and, though 
without a stalk, they overflow with loveliness. 
6. Her diamond necklace is like the stream of the Ganga ; and thus 
those lotuses are not dried up. 
7. Her lips are red like the Biniba fruit, and her teeth like pome¬ 
granate seeds. The sun and moonf rise near them. 
8. Rahu;J; dwelleth afar, and doth not approach to devour them. 
9. She hath eyes like a deer (sdranga), and the voice of the koil 
(sdranga ), (and her brows are like) a bow (sarcinga). 
10. And over the bow appear ten bees§ (, sdranga ) who playfully sip 
the honey (of her brow). 
11. Bidyapati saith, hear, pretty one, there is no other in this world 
so beautiful as she. 
12. I say this in the presence of king Sib Sib, Rup Narayan, and 
Lakhima, his queen. 
(15.) 
1. 0 friend, I saw a wise, and clever, and blooming damsel on the way. 
2. 0 friend, the Creator made her like unto a golden creeper, and 
brought her here. 
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3. 0 friend, her gait was stately as that of an elephant, and she ap¬ 
peared like a princess. 
4. He who will obtain one such as her for his bride, will have obtain¬ 
ed all the four blessings, (viz., wealth, virtue, desire, and salvation). 
5. 0 friend, she wore a blue dress, and loosened the braids of her 
hair. 
G. Over the loosened hair, 0 friend, a bee sat with open wings im¬ 
bibing nectar. 
7. 0 friend, her waist is like that of a lion, and her eye like the 
lotus. 
8. Bidyapati sang this, 0 friend, truly she hath gained every grace. 
* Alluding to tlie stomach which has three wrinkles, and is therefore supposed to 
he rugged like a mountain. 
t Her two eyes. 
X The short hair of the forehead, personified as the demon of eclipse. 
§ The short hair of the forehead. 
