104 MA.ITHTL CHRESTOMATHT. [Extl’a No. 
5. Take ten* from sixty and then cut off the cypher, and that is 
tliat winch laugheth at me. 
6. I cannot bear the disappointment caused by my husband, and so 
I will add a cypher to twof and take it. 
7. That]; which foliovveth from writing nine cyphers preceded by nine, 
is like the life of my heart. 
8. I cannot with pleasure look on my lotus face. Who doth not 
know the reason. 
9 & 10. Bidyapati saith, hear, O good woman; if thou split a 
lotus stalk, it will give a lesson to others, and thereby give up its life. 
(For within the stalk is a slender filament which no one can separate into 
two parts, and which therefore is a model for true love.) Who can object 
to learn such a lesson P 
(Gl.) 
1. “ Sandal-wood is now an intolerable arrow to me, and my orna¬ 
ments a burden. 
2. “ Hari, the upholder of the mountain in Golcul doth not appear 
to me even in my dreams. 
8 & 4. “ Murari standeth alone beneath the Kadcimb§ tree, and 
seeketh for the path (to me). Separated from Hari, my heart burneth, 
and my garments lose their brightness. 
5 & 6. Speed thee, speed thee, O Udhab. G-o thou to Mathura. The 
moon-faced damsel can no longer live, and who will be blamed for her 
murder ? 
7 & 8. Bidyapati saith, hear me attentively, 0 good woman, to¬ 
day Hari will come to Gokul. Haste, and look for him on the path. 
(65.) 
1. The fearful cloud thundereth aloud in the sky, O friend. When will 
my husband come to me ? 
2. Love hath arisen, 0 friend, now my life hath no chance of safety. 
8. What can I do ; my youth hath become the cause of my death. 
4. Bidyapati saith, 0 friend, have confidence in thy husband. 
( 66 .) 
1. “ It was on the seventh day of the month of BaisaJch that my 
love made a promise to me and went away. 
2. “ He touched my two breasts which are the incarnation of Siva, 
and smilingly promised me, and I believed him. 
* 60 — 10 = 50; 5 = “ an assembly of five persons,” i. e, people in general. 
t 20 = which also means “poison.” 
] 9000000 = “ a young lotus.” 
§ Nanda oricntalis. 
