diverse mineral substances, various trees adorned with many sorts of
fruits and flowers, filled with the fragrance of flowers and resorted to
by various creatures and birds of diverse species, various places
abounding in herbs and Rishis of accomplished piety, numberless
Vidyadharas, Kimpurushas, Vānaras, Rakshasas, lions, tigers, boars,
buffaloes, Sarabhas, Shalas, Srimaras, Mahasatwas, elephants and Yakshas
as they walked over that best of mountains (70-75).
"Thereupon from distance Drumila, the king of Daityas, saw your mother,
as if the daughter of a god, culling flowers from the trees and sporting
with her companions (76). Beholding from a distance that goddess of a
beautiful hip encircled by her companions the king of Soubha, filled
with surprise, said to his charioteer (77).
"’Who is this beautiful, high-minded and accomplished damsel having the
eyes of a roe who is ranging at the outskirt of the forest? (78). Is she
Madana’s Rati, Indra’s Sachi or Tilottamā? Or is she Aila’s daughter
Urvashi, the jem of a woman who came out riving the thighs of Nārāyana
(79)? When converting the mount Mandāra into a churning rod the gods and
Asuras, unitedly, churned the ocean of milk for ambrosia the goddess
Sree, the root of the world, arose therefrom and adorned the lap of
Nārāyana. Is she the beautiful Sree (80–81)? Who is she, who, walking in
the midst of that bevy of ladies, is lighting up the forest with her
beauty like into a lightning, attached to dark clouds, shining up all
the quarters (82). I am beside myself at seeing this highly beautiful
damsel of defect-less limbs and moon-like countenance and all my senses
have become agitated (83). My mind is highly worked up with lust. The
holder of the flowery bow²⁶² is wounding greatly my body with flowery
shafts (84). Like a ruthless wight he is cutting my heart and consuming
it with five arrows and my lust is increasing like fire sprinkled with
clarified butter. What work shall I undertake to-day to pacify this fire
of lust (85)? On undertaking what will this beautiful damsel worship
me?’
"Thinking thus for a long time Dānava Drumila could not attain to
patience and again said to his charioteer:—’Wait here for a moment, O
sinless one. I shall myself go and see whose wife she is (86–87).
Therefore wait here till my return.’ Hearing his words the charioteer
said ’So be it (88).’
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