Chapter 8: Vasumativikramam (Vasumati-vikrama)

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disclosed his love with Vasumati to his queen who became
angry with him once again. The king is flabbergasted and
does not know how to please his queen.
Meanwhile, the hero takes his seat in the Candrima
mandapa. His sufferings caused by pangs of love increase
further and he complaints to Vatandhaya that all the beauti-
ful objects he sees around him instead of improving his
woeful lot worsens it many times. He says that the rays of
the moon is burning him hot. He appeals to the moon as
follows:
अयि भगवन् [ayi bhagavan] !
कुमुद्रपरमबन्धो [kumudraparamabandho ] ! देव नीहारभानो
कथमित्र हषदामण्यार्द्रता दानशौण्डैः [deva nīhārabhāno
kathamitra haṣadāmaṇyārdratā dānaśauṇḍaiḥ ] !
विकिरसि मयि दीने घोरकाकोलपूर
कलितदशदिशाली पत्रलेखैर्मयूखैः
[vikirasi mayi dīne ghorakākolapūra
kalitadaśadiśālī patralekhairmayūkhaiḥ
] "Oh moon, possessor of cool, and soft rays, you are greatly
attached towards the blue lotuses and you melt even moon
stones. How is it that you direct rays (which appear as
sandal paste applied on the ten directions) full of poison
against me who is already weak."
Finding that his friend is undergoing severelly
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pangs of love, Vatandhaya prepares him a bed of lotus leaves.
Though the king lies down on it, his agony is in no way
decreased. Vatandhaya applies on his body various cooling
54 Ibid., Act. III, V.32, p.99.