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3. She had hardly entered the room before her necklace was broken, 
and her ornaments and clothing became disordered. 
4. The collyrium of her eyes was washed away by her tears, and she 
wondered as the vermilion over her brow was rubbed off. 
5. Bidyapati saith, I sang this. She gained pleasure through 
enduring pain. 
(27.) 
1. The damsel went for the first time to her love, and there was great 
shame and fear in her heart. 
2. The damsel stood motionless; like a golden statue she uttereth no 
sound with her mouth. 
3. The husband caught hold of her two hands, and made her sit by 
his side. The damsel was displeased, and bore a melancholy face. 
4. The bee uncovered her lotus face, and looked, but she covered it 
again ; and then he took the lotus-faced one into his lap. 
5. Bidyapati saith, sweet one, pay attention ; for the monarch un- 
derstandeth the delights of love. 
(28.) 
1. “ 0 friend, take me not (to the bridal chamber). I am a child, 
and my husband is full of passion.” 
2. “ She encouraged me with consoling words, and took me with her, 
and made me sit on my husband’s bed. 
3. “ All my friends left the house one by one, and my husband 
fastened the door tightly. 
4. “ Then my glad husband became as it were aroused from sleep, 
and I caught hold of my clothes fearing that my life would be put to an 
end. 
5. <c I continued saying ‘ no,’ ‘ no,’ and tears flowed from my eyes ; 
but the bee commenced to struggle with the young lotus.” 
6. As the water on the lotus-leaf is trembling, so is the body of the 
damsel. 
7. Bidyapati saith, hear, 0 great poet. If thou light fire, thou must 
put it to its use. 
(29.) 
1. “ 0 Madhab, the pretty one is like a siris # flower. 
2. “ The clever bee tempted by (her sweetness) seizeth his opportu¬ 
nity ; and diving into, drinketh the new honey. i 
3. “ The damsel is in her first youth, and the first meeting with (her 
husband) taketh place in the first watch of the night. 
* Acacia sirisa. 
