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BID YAP ATI. 
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3. “ The term of the pledge hath passed, and hope hath flowed away 
from my life.” 
4. Under the pangs of that separation the damsel will surely die. 
Hence how can the (burning hearts) of Baisdhh harm her. 
5 & 6. Counting the moments I passed the days, counting the days 
the months, and counting the months the years. Now there is no hope of 
my life. 
7. The mango trees were in flower. In the forest of my heart, the 
cuckoo was singing gently. 
8. At such a tender age my husband went to a distant land, and 
drank the nectar of the flower. 
9. Me even kumkum # and sandal-wood burn, and yet there are people 
who call the moon cool. 
10. My husband far from me (forgetteth me), and hath many loves. 
Truly in distress I learn those who are true and those who are false to me. 
11 & 12. Bidyapati saith, hear fair damsel, adore the feet of Hari. 
Thy love is unwillingly in a foreign country, and therefore do not abuse him. 
(67.) 
Bcidlid enigmatically threatens to he unfaithful to Krishn. 
1. I will write the nineteenth! letter with the twenty-seventh. Then 
again I will put down with them the twenty-fifth. 
2. That which my love, at the time of leaving me, entrusted to me, 
alas, hath fled ; and I do not see it. 
3. It is very unbecoming that another man should enter the house. 
But the man has come ; and in search of it. 
4. 0 Madhab, do not blame me for it. How long shall I retain a 
hope of keeping it. 
5. Bidyapati saith, count the letters. They who are wise can tell 
the purport of “ it.” 
( 68 .) 
1. Madhab dwelleth in Madhupur. 0 friend, we also will go to him. 
2. He loveth Kubja, and hath given up his love (for us) also. 
3. H ow long may we look for his advent, 0 friend P He hath gone 
to the banks of the Jamuna. 
4. Let him take up his abode there, but let him once come here, and 
shew his face. 
5. Bidyapati saith, 0 friend, the beaut}' and form of the man are 
incomparable. 
* See note to No. 76. 
f 19th letter ^ 27th ^ 25tli “ virtue” is the answer to the riddle. 
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