1 iS maitiIil chrestoaiatiiy. [Extra No: 
3. Her lovely face shone, and still more her two eyes. They were as 
it were a pair of beauteous bees, resting upon a lotus. 
5. From below her navel there came a serpent line of hair as if desir¬ 
ing to devour her bird-like* eyes. But when it saw her nose (standing 
watch over her face) like Garur the enemy of serpents, it stopped like a 
lovely picture at the foot of the mountain of her bosom. 
7. New anklets tinkled on her feet, and sweet they were to hear. It 
was as it were an intoxicated soul-abiding bee, humming o’er a lotus leaf. 
9. Harkh Nath, the worshipper of the feet of the mother of the world 
sang this, and King Lakshmisvar Sih understandeth its nature. 
(3.) 
One coivherdess relates to another the beauty of Rddhd. 
1. The fair damsel went to her bridal-chamber, attired in a dark blue 
garment. She appeared brilliant like a golden creeper, desired by many 
clustering bees. 
3. A spot of chalk, and another of vermilion shone over her forehead, 
like the sun and moon risen at once upon a lotus leaf. 
5. Who can tell the charming brilliance of her teeth or the fresh lotus 
of her lower lip. ’Twas like a meeting of innumerable white Icandf flowers, 
beneath a blossom of the red bandhuJc.% 
7. Her two feet were painted, and o’er them shone a charming pair 
of thighs ; which resembled the trunks of two elephants extended eager 
for two fresh lotus shoots. 
9. Harkh Nath, the worshipper of the feet of the mother of the world 
sang this, and King Lakshmisvar Sih understandeth its nature. 
(4..) 
The messenger describes the charms of Rddhd. 
(She shone.) ( Refrain .) 
1. With love filling her heart, the sweet bride went along with her 
friends. 
2. Slowly, slowly she progressed, as if wearied with the weight of her 
bosom. 
3. Her eyes half-closed, she hardly saw clearly, like a chalcor § full of 
intoxication. 
4. Gently she spake and laughed, as it were the moon raining nectar. 
5. When I remember those delights, my whole body thrilleth. 
G. The poet Harkh Nath telleth, and the King of Mithila knoweth its 
essence. 
* The Ehcmjan , Motacilla alba, is a bird to which eyes are frequently compared. 
f Jasminum grandiflorum. 
X Pentapetes phocnicea. 
§ The Greek Partridge, Perdix rnfa , 
