The Veṇīsaṁhāra of Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa
Translated by A. B. Gajendragadkar
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ACT I
May this cavitvful of flowers, the juice in which is stiri’ed (lulita) by bees Las they hover about it], though warded otF, the buds in which are fully (sam)_ blown and which consequently appears as though inlaid with {churita) the rays of the moon on the inside, bring to us, as it is scattered about at the feet of Hari, [such] success [in our performance] as would prove delightful to the eyes of this assembly. 1
And also,
May the unbaffled conciliation [of his beloved] on the part of the enemy of Kaihsa [that is. Lord Kpsna] who followed Radhika, as she, becoming angry in the course of their sports on the sands of the Kalindi and renouncing [all] interest in the Rasa dance, was walking away, bedimmed with tears, who, as he planted his steps of the imprints of her feet felt his hair standing on end [through excess of joy], and was [at last] looked at by his beloved with a pleased countenance, lead you on to prosperity. 2
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- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 6 places
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
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