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4 & 5. “ The moon faced damsel hath adorned herself with the 
sixteen* * * § (graces) and other (charms), and seeketli for thy fullest love. O 
Madhab, thy beloved is of this nature. 
6 & 7. This song is extremely complicated! in its meaning, and 
hence it is an object of study for the learned, and hard as a stone for the 
ignorant. Bidyapati saith, they are wise who can understand it correctly. 
(18.) 
The same. 
1. “ 0 Madhab, I saw a fair damsel on the way. 
2. “ The spot of vermilion on her forehead was surrounded by a ring 
of silver stars, and her locks of hair were graceful as the chamara\ and 
incomparable. 
3. “ Her face shone like the son§ of ocean, and her teeth were like a 
line of pomegranate seeds. 
4. “ Her breasts were like two bel fruits born upon a golden creeper, 
which God had created of varied hue. 
5. “ The sweet lady walked gracefully as the animal|| on which the 
enemvir of the son of the goat rideth. 
6. “ The pretty one adorned herself with the sixteen** graces, and 
went to her husband’s house.” 
(7 & 8.) Krishn’s gait (with excitement became devious) as that of 
the daughter!f of the enemyof the son§§ of the king|| || of the stars, and 
he bull-like searched for and gazed upon the damsel. The poet Bidyapati 
sang this. 
* i. e. two, or half the number of Brahma’s four faces, being added to the numbers 
of the quarters of the earth and the vedas. 
f Seevocab. s. v. 
X Borassus flabelliformis. 
§ The moon. || The lion. If The goddess Durga, to whom he-goats 
are sacrificed. 
** There are seven oceans and nine planets. 
ft The River Jarnuna. which means both a swan, and the sun. §§ A pearl. 
I||| The moon. 
