Century 2 · gāthā 1
Sourceधरिओ धरिओ विअलइ उवएसो पिअसहीहि दिज्जंतो । मअरद्धअवाणपहारजज्जरे तीअ हिअअम्मि
dhario dhario vialai uvaeso piasahīhi dijjaṃto | maaraddhaavāṇapahārajajjare tīa hiaammi
English translation
Advice (on anger) offered by her dear (female) companions, although repeatedly held in her mind which is shattered by the strokes of arrow of Makaradhvaja (the Love-God), melts away (i.e. disappears).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 2
Sourceतडसंठिअणीडेक्कंतपीलुआरक्खणेक्कदिण्णमणा । अगणिअविणिवाअभआ पूरेण समं वहइ काई
taḍasaṃṭhiaṇīḍekkaṃtapīluārakkhaṇekkadiṇṇamaṇā | agaṇiaviṇivāabhaā pūreṇa samaṃ vahai kāī
English translation
The female crow is borne along with the current with her fear of death disregarded, as it applies her mind only to the protection of her little ones lying inside the nest situated on the bank.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 3
Sourceवहुपुप्फभरोणामिअभूमीगअसाह सुणसु विण्णत्तिं । गोलाअडविअडकुडंग महुअ सणिअं गलिज्जासु
vahupupphabharoṇāmiabhūmīgaasāha suṇasu viṇṇattiṃ | golāaḍaviaḍakuḍaṃga mahua saṇiaṃ galijjāsu
English translation
O Madhuka tree, situated in the beautiful (or hideous) bower on the Godavari bank, with your branches touching the ground because of their being laden with the burden of many flowers! hear my announncement— “you will gradually shed off (your flowers)”.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 4
Sourceणिप्पच्छिमाइ असई दुक्खालोआइ महुअपुप्फाइं । चीए वंधुस्स व अट्ठिआइ रुअरी समुच्चिणइ
ṇippacchimāi asaī dukkhāloāi mahuapupphāiṃ | cīe vaṃdhussa va aṭṭhiāi ruarī samucciṇai
English translation
The profligate woman, while shedding tears, collects the last Madhuka flowers, so painful to look at, as if they were the (last) bones of a friend (left) on the funeral pyre.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 5
Sourceओ हिअअ मडहसरिआजलरअहीरंतदीहदारु व्व । ठाणे ठाणे च्चिअ लग्गमाण केणा ऽवि डज्झिहिसि
o hiaa maḍahasariājalaraahīraṃtadīhadāru vva | ṭhāṇe ṭhāṇe ccia laggamāṇa keṇā 'vi ḍajjhihisi
English translation
O heart ! you will be burnt by some person after having come in contact with several persons, like 9 large log of wood borne aloft by the (forceful) current of a shallow stream (which also comes in contact with several places).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 6
Sourceजो तीअ अहरराओ रत्तिं उव्वासिओ पिअअमेण । सो च्चिअ दीसइ गोसे सवत्तिणअणेसु संकंतो
jo tīa ahararāo rattiṃ uvvāsio piaameṇa | so ccia dīsai gose savattiṇaaṇesu saṃkaṃto
English translation
The red colour of her lips, which was wiped off by (the kiss of) her lover on the (previous) night, is seen reflected next morning in the eyes of her co-wives.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 7
Sourceगोलाअडट्ठिअं पेच्छिऊण गहवइसुअं हलिअसोण्हा । आढत्ता उत्तरिउं दुक्खुत्ताराइ पअवीए
golāaḍaṭṭhiaṃ pecchiūṇa gahavaisuaṃ haliasoṇhā | āḍhattā uttariuṃ dukkhuttārāi paavīe
English translation
The daughter-in-law of the ploughman on seeing the son of the head of the household (i.e. her husband) standing on the bank of the Godavari began to descend (to the waters) by a path difficult to traverse.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 8
Sourceचलणोआसणिसण्णस्स तस्स भरिमो अणालवंतस्स । पाअंगुट्ठावेढिअकेसदढाअड्ढणसुहेल्लिं
calaṇoāsaṇisaṇṇassa tassa bharimo aṇālavaṃtassa | pāaṃguṭṭhāveḍhiakesadaḍhāaḍḍhaṇasuhelliṃ
English translation
I remember the pleasure of harshly dragging his hairs entangled around my large toe, when he sat without speaking with me in the vicinity of my feet.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 9
Sourceफालेइ अच्छभल्लं व उअह कुग्गामदेउलद्दारे । हेमंतआलपहिओ विज्झाअंतं पलालग्गिं
phālei acchabhallaṃ va uaha kuggāmadeuladdāre | hemaṃtaālapahio vijjhāaṃtaṃ palālaggiṃ
English translation
Look (here) ! the traveller of the Hemanta (winter) Season is splitting the husk-fire about to be extinguished near the gate of the temple of the bad village, as if it (the fire) resembled a bear. A.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 10
Sourceकमलाअरा ण मलिआ हंसा उड्डाविआ ण अ पिउच्छा । केण वि गामतडाए अब्भं उत्ताणिअं छूढं
kamalāarā ṇa maliā haṃsā uḍḍāviā ṇa a piucchā | keṇa vi gāmataḍāe abbhaṃ uttāṇiaṃ chūḍhaṃ
English translation
O paternal aunt ! by some one the sky has been thrown supine in the village lake, but the lotus-beds are not crushed, nor have the swans flown away.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 11
Sourceकेण मणे भग्गमणोरहेण संलाविअं पवासो त्ति । सविसाइ व अलसाअंति जेण वहुआइ अंगाइं
keṇa maṇe bhaggamaṇoraheṇa saṃlāviaṃ pavāso tti | savisāi va alasāaṃti jeṇa vahuāi aṃgāiṃ
English translation
I think that by some one, with his desires frustrated, a journey abroad was talked about; and for this reason the limbs of the daughter-in-law (of the house) languish as if they are affected by poison.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 12
Sourceअज्ज वि वालो दामोअरो त्ति इअ जंपिए जसोआए । कण्हमुहपेसिअच्छं णिहुअं हसिअं वअवहूहिं
ajja vi vālo dāmoaro tti ia jaṃpie jasoāe | kaṇhamuhapesiacchaṃ ṇihuaṃ hasiaṃ vaavahūhiṃ
English translation
‘Even to this day Dimodara seems (to me) a child’—when this was spoken by Yaśodā, the women of the Vraja (cowherds’ village) smiled covertly casting their look towards Krsna’s face.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 13
Sourceते विरला सप्पुरिसा जाण सिणेहो अहिण्णमुहराओ । अणुदिअह वड्ढमाणो रिणं व पुत्तेसु संकमइ
te viralā sappurisā jāṇa siṇeho ahiṇṇamuharāo | aṇudiaha vaḍḍhamāṇo riṇaṃ va puttesu saṃkamai
English translation
Rare are those good men whose affection, in which their facial beauty remains unchanged and which increases day to day, passes on, like a (paternal) debt, to their sons.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 14
Sourceणच्चणसलाहणणिहेण पासपरिसंठिआ णिउणगोवी । सरिगोविआण चुंवइ कवोलपडिमागअं कण्हं
ṇaccaṇasalāhaṇaṇiheṇa pāsaparisaṃṭhiā ṇiuṇagovī | sarigoviāṇa cuṃvai kavolapaḍimāgaaṃ kaṇhaṃ
English translation
The clever cowherdess, standing nearby, kisses the image of Krsna reflected on the cheeks of her fellow-cowherdesses, under the guise of praising their dances.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 15
Sourceसव्वत्थ दिसामुहपसरिएहि अण्णोण्णकडअलग्गेहिं । छल्लिं व मुअइ विंझो मेहेहि विसंघडंतेहिं
savvattha disāmuhapasariehi aṇṇoṇṇakaḍaalaggehiṃ | challiṃ va muai viṃjho mehehi visaṃghaḍaṃtehiṃ
English translation
The Vindhya mountain sheds, as it were, its skin in the shape of clouds which were (at first) attached to its slopes, but which, being separated (therefrom), scattered on all directions.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 16
Sourceआलोअंति पुलिंदा पव्वअसिहरट्ठिआ धणुणिसण्णा । हत्थिउलेहि व विंझं पूरिज्जंतं णवब्भेहिं
āloaṃti puliṃdā pavvaasiharaṭṭhiā dhaṇuṇisaṇṇā | hatthiulehi va viṃjhaṃ pūrijjaṃtaṃ ṇavabbhehiṃ
English translation
The Pulindas living on the summit of the mountain, seated with their bows (ready for action), behold the Vindhya mountain filled up with fresh clouds resembling herds of elephants.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 17
Sourceवणदवमसिमइलंगो रेहइ विंझो घणेहि धवलेहिं । खीरोअमंथणुच्छलिअदुद्धसित्तो व्व महुमहणो
vaṇadavamasimailaṃgo rehai viṃjho ghaṇehi dhavalehiṃ | khīroamaṃthaṇucchaliaduddhasitto vva mahumahaṇo
English translation
The Vindhya mountain, with its body blackened by the soot of the forest-fire, appears splendid on account of white (autumnal) clouds, like Madhumathana (Vishnu) sprinkled by the milk waving up during the churn of the Milky Ocean.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 18
Sourceवंदीअ णिहअवंधवविमणाइ वि पक्कलो त्ति चोरजुवा । अणुराएण पुलइओ गुणेसु को मच्छरं वहइ
vaṃdīa ṇihaavaṃdhavavimaṇāi vi pakkalo tti corajuvā | aṇurāeṇa pulaio guṇesu ko maccharaṃ vahai
English translation
Even a youthful robber, being regarded as a brave man, is looked at with (some) attraction by a captive lady, although she feels distressed by the murder of her relatives. Who bears enmity towards virtues?
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 19
Sourceअज्ज कइमो वि दिअहो वाहवहू रूवजोव्वणुम्मत्ता । सोहग्गं धणुरुंपच्छलेण रच्छासु विक्किरइ
ajja kaimo vi diaho vāhavahū rūvajovvaṇummattā | sohaggaṃ dhaṇuruṃpacchaleṇa racchāsu vikkirai
English translation
For many a day past, the wife of the hunter, intoxicated by her beauty and youth has been spreading abroad into the high ways her good fortune (of loveliness) in the guise of (throwing) the rind peeled of from the bow.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 20
Sourceउक्खिप्पइ मंडलिमारुएण गेहंगणाहि वाहीए । सोहग्गधअवडाअ व्व उवह धणुरुंपरिंछोली
ukkhippai maṃḍalimārueṇa gehaṃgaṇāhi vāhīe | sohaggadhaavaḍāa vva uvaha dhaṇuruṃpariṃcholī
English translation
Look ! the mass of rinds pared from the bow, which forms, as it were, the ensign of her good fortune, is scattered away by the whirl-wind from the house-yard (of the hunter).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 21
Sourceगअगंडत्थलणिहसणमअमइलीकअकरंजसाहाहिं । एंतीअ कुलघराओ णाअं वाहीअ पइमरणं
gaagaṃḍatthalaṇihasaṇamaamailīkaakaraṃjasāhāhiṃ | eṃtīa kulagharāo ṇāaṃ vāhīa paimaraṇaṃ
English translation
On returning from her father’s house the hunter's wife ascertained the death of her husband on finding the branches of the Karafija-tree stained by the ichor of elephants (issued) on account of the rubbing of their broad temples.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 22
Sourceणववहुपेम्मतनुइओ पणअं पढमघरिणीअ रक्खंतो । अलिहिअदुप्परिअल्लं पि णेइ रण्णं धणुं वाहो
ṇavavahupemmatanuio paṇaaṃ paḍhamaghariṇīa rakkhaṃto | alihiaduppariallaṃ pi ṇei raṇṇaṃ dhaṇuṃ vāho
English translation
The hunter emaciated on account of his love for the new wife carries to the forest his bow, so hard to carry, though it was made thin (by peeling), in keeping with the request of his first wife.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 23
Sourceहासाविओ जणो सामलीअ पढमं पसूअमाणाए । वल्लहवाएण अलं मम त्ति वहुसो भणंतीए
hāsāvio jaṇo sāmalīa paḍhamaṃ pasūamāṇāe | vallahavāeṇa alaṃ mama tti vahuso bhaṇaṃtīe
English translation
The youthful woman giving birth to her first issue made people laugh when she repeatedly uttered the words—'I have nothing to do with what my beloved may say’. a.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 24
Sourceकइअवरहिअं पेम्मं ण त्थि च्चिअ मामि माणुसे लोए । अह होइ कस्स विरहो विरहे होंतम्मि को जिअइ
kaiavarahiaṃ pemmaṃ ṇa tthi ccia māmi māṇuse loe | aha hoi kassa viraho virahe hoṃtammi ko jiai
English translation
O maternal aunt ! it seems that in human world there does not exist guileless love. Had jt (really) existed, could there be anybody's separation ? ‘And if there could be any separation (at all) could anybody live ?
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 25
Sourceअच्छेरं व णिहिं मिव सग्गे रज्जं व अमअपाणं व । आसि म्ह तं मुहुत्तं विणिअंसणदंसणं तिस्सा
accheraṃ va ṇihiṃ miva sagge rajjaṃ va amaapāṇaṃ va | āsi mha taṃ muhuttaṃ viṇiaṃsaṇadaṃsaṇaṃ tissā
English translation
Our sight of that woman in her undressed condition was, as it were, a marvel, a find of a treasure-trove, a kingdom in heaven or a drink of nectar (to us).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 26
Sourceसा तुज्झ वल्लहा तं सि मज्झ वेसो सि तीअ तुज्झ अहं । वालअ फुडं भणामो पेम्मं किर वहुविआरं ति
sā tujjha vallahā taṃ si majjha veso si tīa tujjha ahaṃ | vālaa phuḍaṃ bhaṇāmo pemmaṃ kira vahuviāraṃ ti
English translation
She is your beloved, (but) you are mine; you are an object of hatred to her, and I am hated by you ? 0 boy ! I plainly state this—‘Love is said to have many transformations’.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 27
Sourceअहअं लज्जालुइणी तस्स अ उम्मच्छराइ पेम्माइं । सहिआअणो वि णिउणो अलाहि किं पाअराएण
ahaaṃ lajjāluiṇī tassa a ummaccharāi pemmāiṃ | sahiāaṇo vi ṇiuṇo alāhi kiṃ pāarāeṇa
English translation
I am myself bashful, his love is also of a vehement type, and my (female) companions all clever (in discovery of love), so there is no need of dyeing my feet (with red lac-dye).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 28
Sourceमहुमासमारुआहअमहुअरझंकारणिब्भरे रण्णे । गाइ विरहख्हरावद्धपहिअमणमोहणं गोवी
mahumāsamāruāhaamahuarajhaṃkāraṇibbhare raṇṇe | gāi virahakhharāvaddhapahiamaṇamohaṇaṃ govī
English translation
The cowherdess is singing in a manner which captivates the mind of travellers because there are words on love in separation (in the song), in the forest which is full of the humming of bees struck by the breeze of the vernal month.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 29
Sourceतह माणो माणधणाइ तीअ एमेअ दूरम् अणुवद्धो । जह से अणुणीअ पिओ एक्कग्गाम च्चिअ पउत्थो
taha māṇo māṇadhaṇāi tīa emea dūram aṇuvaddho | jaha se aṇuṇīa pio ekkaggāma ccia pauttho
English translation
The rage of that woman whose only wealth is her love-anger has reached such a height that her lover, though residing in the same village after offering solicitation to her, is living, as it were, abroad.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 30
Sourceसालोअ च्चिअ सूरे घरिणी घरसामिअस्स घेत्तूण । णेच्छंतस्स वि पाए धुअइ हसंती हसंतस्स
sāloa ccia sūre ghariṇī gharasāmiassa ghettūṇa | ṇecchaṃtassa vi pāe dhuai hasaṃtī hasaṃtassa
English translation
The house-wife by holding the feet of the smiling house-holder washes (them) with a smile, against his will, when the sun is still giving light (ie. before Sun-set).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 31
Sourceवाहरउ मं सहीओ तिस्सा गोत्तेण किं थ भणिएण । थिरपेम्मा होउ जहिं तहिं पि मा किं पि णं भणह
vāharau maṃ sahīo tissā gotteṇa kiṃ tha bhaṇieṇa | thirapemmā hou jahiṃ tahiṃ pi mā kiṃ pi ṇaṃ bhaṇaha
English translation
O friends ! what is the harm if he calls me (out of mistake) by her (i.e. another woman’s) name ? Let him (however) be steady in love with any person (he likes). Do not please tell him anything.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 32
Sourceरूअं अच्छीसु ठिअं फरिसो अंगेसु जंपिअं कण्णे । हिअअं हिअए णिहिअं विओइअं किं थ देव्वेण
rūaṃ acchīsu ṭhiaṃ phariso aṃgesu jaṃpiaṃ kaṇṇe | hiaaṃ hiae ṇihiaṃ vioiaṃ kiṃ tha devveṇa
English translation
Has fate in this matter been able to separate his beauty situated in my eyes, his touch in my limbs, his talk in my ears and his heart treasured in my heart ?
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 33
Sourceसअणे चिंतामइअं काऊण पिअं णिमीलिअच्छीए । अप्पाणो उवऊढो पसिढिलवलआहि वाहाहिं
saaṇe ciṃtāmaiaṃ kāūṇa piaṃ ṇimīliacchīe | appāṇo uvaūḍho pasiḍhilavalaāhi vāhāhiṃ
English translation
Having brought on the bed her beloved through her (imaginative) mind, she, with her eyes closed, embraced her own self by means of her two hands in which the bangles looked slackened.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 34
Sourceपरिभूएण वि दिअहं घरघरभमिरेण अण्णकज्जम्मि । चिरजीविएण इमिणा खविअ म्हो डड्ढकाएण
paribhūeṇa vi diahaṃ gharagharabhamireṇa aṇṇakajjammi | cirajīvieṇa imiṇā khavia mho ḍaḍḍhakāeṇa
English translation
I have been (most) troubled by this my long-lived wretched body whichpassed during the day from house to house (being engaged) in other works, but with a defeat (like a long-lived wretched crow in search for food).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 35
Sourceवसइ जहिं चेअ खलो पोसिज्जंतो सिणेहदाणेहिं । तं चेअ आलअं दीवओ व्व अइरेण मइलेइ
vasai jahiṃ cea khalo posijjaṃto siṇehadāṇehiṃ | taṃ cea ālaaṃ dīvao vva aireṇa mailei
English translation
The very house where lives a wicked man, being maintained by the offers of affection (of the family) is soon sullied by him, just (as a place) is done by a lamp nourished by oil.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 36
Sourceहोंती वि णिप्फल च्चिअ धणरिद्धी होइ किविणपुरिसस्स । गिम्हाअवसंतत्तस्स णिअअछाहि व्व पहिअस्स
hoṃtī vi ṇipphala ccia dhaṇariddhī hoi kiviṇapurisassa | gimhāavasaṃtattassa ṇiaachāhi vva pahiassa
English translation
Like the own shadow of a traveller scorched by the summer sunshine, the wealth of a miserly person, being abundant, remains useless,.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 37
Sourceफुरिए वामच्छि तए जइ एहिइ सो पिओ ज्ज ता सुइरं । सम्मीलिअ दाहिणअं तुइ अविअण्हं पुलोइस्सं
phurie vāmacchi tae jai ehii so pio jja tā suiraṃ | sammīlia dāhiṇaaṃ tui aviaṇhaṃ puloissaṃ
English translation
O (my) left eye ! if, on account of your throbbing, my beloved will reach (home) today, I shall look at him long through you only, by closing (my) right eye.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 38
Sourceसुणहपउरम्मि गामे हिंडंती तुह कएण सा वाला । पासअसारि व्व घरंघरेण कइआ वि खज्जिहइ
suṇahapaurammi gāme hiṃḍaṃtī tuha kaeṇa sā vālā | pāsaasāri vva gharaṃghareṇa kaiā vi khajjihai
English translation
That girl, while wandering in search for you from one house to another in the village infested by dogs, may some day be eaten up (by a dog) like a Sarl bird ensnared (or, like a chess-die).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 39
Sourceअण्णण्णं कुसुमरसं जं किर सो महइ महुअरो पाउं । तं णीरसाण दोसो कुसुमाणं णेअ भमरस्स
aṇṇaṇṇaṃ kusumarasaṃ jaṃ kira so mahai mahuaro pāuṃ | taṃ ṇīrasāṇa doso kusumāṇaṃ ṇea bhamarassa
English translation
That the bee delights in drinking honey of all other flowers is due to the fault of juice-less flowers, and never to that of the bee.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 40
Sourceरच्छापइण्णणअणुप्पला तुमं सा पडिच्छए एंतं । दारणिहिएहि दोहि वि मंगलकलसेहि व थणेहिं
racchāpaiṇṇaṇaaṇuppalā tumaṃ sā paḍicchae eṃtaṃ | dāraṇihiehi dohi vi maṃgalakalasehi va thaṇehiṃ
English translation
She, with her lotus-like eyes directed towards the high-way, is awaiting your arrival by placing her two breasts on the door like two auspicious jars.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 41
Sourceता रुण्णं जा रुव्वइ ता झीणं जाव झिज्जए अंगं । ता णीससिअ वराईअ जाव सासा पहुप्पंति
tā ruṇṇaṃ jā ruvvai tā jhīṇaṃ jāva jhijjae aṃgaṃ | tā ṇīsasia varāīa jāva sāsā pahuppaṃti
English translation
That pitiable woman wept so long as it was possible (for her) to weep, her body became emaciated as much as it could become so, and she sighed deep sighs as long as breaths could prevail.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 42
Sourceसमसोक्खदुक्खपरिवड्ढिआण कालेण रूढपेम्माण । मिहुणाण मरइ जं तं खु जिअइ इअरं मुअं होइ
samasokkhadukkhaparivaḍḍhiāṇa kāleṇa rūḍhapemmāṇa | mihuṇāṇa marai jaṃ taṃ khu jiai iaraṃ muaṃ hoi
English translation
One (member) of a couple who has grown up equally in happiness and misery and has developed in time (deep) love (for each other) may be said to live when (he or she) dies, and the remaining one (who continues to live) may be regarded as dead. =.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 43
Sourceहरिहिइ पिअस्स णवचूअपल्लवो पढममंजरिसणाहो । मा रुअसु पुत्ति पत्थाणकलसमुहसंठिओ गमणं
harihii piassa ṇavacūapallavo paḍhamamaṃjarisaṇāho | mā ruasu putti patthāṇakalasamuhasaṃṭhio gamaṇaṃ
English translation
O girl ! do not weep, it is the fresh mango-leaves, furnished with the first blossoms, placed on the tops of the (auspicious) pitchers at the time of his departure, which will impede his going (abroad).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 44
Sourceजो कह वि मह सहीहिं छिद्दं लहिऊण पेसिओ हिअए । सो माणो चोरिअकामुओ व्व दिट्ठे पिए णट्ठो
jo kaha vi maha sahīhiṃ chiddaṃ lahiūṇa pesio hiae | so māṇo coriakāmuo vva diṭṭhe pie ṇaṭṭho
English translation
The jealous anger which was somehow caused to rise in my heart by my (female) companions who got a loop-hole (of a love quarrel) has disappeared, like 9 secret lover, at the sight of my beloved.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 45
Sourceसहिआहि भण्णमाणा थणए लग्गं कुसुंभउप्फं ति । मुद्धवहुआ हसिज्जइ पप्फोडंती णहवआइं
sahiāhi bhaṇṇamāṇā thaṇae laggaṃ kusuṃbhaupphaṃ ti | muddhavahuā hasijjai papphoḍaṃtī ṇahavaāiṃ
English translation
Having been questioned by her (female) friends as to whether any Saffron-flower has stuck to her breast, the foolish lady was laughed at (by them) when she tried (in vain) to wipe away the nail-marks (of her lover).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 46
Sourceउम्मूलेंति व हिअअं इमाइ रे तुह विरज्जमाणस्स । अवहीरणवसविस्ãठुलवलंतणअणद्धदिट्ठाइं
ummūleṃti va hiaaṃ imāi re tuha virajjamāṇassa | avahīraṇavasavisãṭhulavalaṃtaṇaaṇaddhadiṭṭhāiṃ
English translation
O you ! when you are disaffected (towards me), your glances from the comer of your eyes cast aimlessly due to your disdain or dislike (of myself), uproot, as it were, my heart.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 47
Sourceण मुअंति दीहसासे ण रुअंति चिरं ण होंति किसिआओ । धण्णाउ ताउ जाणं वहुवल्लह वल्लहो ण तुमं
ṇa muaṃti dīhasāse ṇa ruaṃti ciraṃ ṇa hoṃti kisiāo | dhaṇṇāu tāu jāṇaṃ vahuvallaha vallaho ṇa tumaṃ
English translation
O one loving many a woman ! those women are (really) fortunate of whom you are not a beloved, as neither do they heave long sighs, nor weep long, nor become emaciated.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 48
Sourceणिद्दालसपरिघुम्मिरतंसवलंतद्धतारआलोआ । कामस्स वि दुव्विसहा दिट्ठिणिवाआ ससिमुहीए
ṇiddālasaparighummirataṃsavalaṃtaddhatāraāloā | kāmassa vi duvvisahā diṭṭhiṇivāā sasimuhīe
English translation
The glances of that woman with moon-like face are unbearable even to Kama (the Love-God) himself, as their lustre coming out of her half-closed pupils is obliquely cast in a rolling manner because of their dullness in drowsiness.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 49
Sourceजीविअसेसाइ मए गमिआ कह कह वि पेम्मदुद्दोली । एण्हुं विरमसु रे डड्ढ हिअअ मा रज्जसु कहिं पि
jīviasesāi mae gamiā kaha kaha vi pemmaduddolī | eṇhuṃ viramasu re ḍaḍḍha hiaa mā rajjasu kahiṃ pi
English translation
O wretched heart ! with my life only subsisting, I have somehow borne the poignant ties of love. Now you stop or desist (from it). Do not feel attached to anybody.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 50
Sourceअज्जाइ णवणहक्खअणिरिक्खणे गरुअजोव्वणुत्तुंगं । पडिमागअणिअणअणुप्पलच्चिअं होइ थणवट्ठं
ajjāi ṇavaṇahakkhaaṇirikkhaṇe garuajovvaṇuttuṃgaṃ | paḍimāgaaṇiaṇaaṇuppalacciaṃ hoi thaṇavaṭṭhaṃ
English translation
The surface of the noble lady's breasts, heavy and high in youth, is being worshipped by her own lotus-like eyes reflected thereon, at the time of her looking at the fresh nail-marks (on them).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 51
Sourceतं णमह जस्स वच्छे लच्छिमुहं कोत्थुहम्मि संकंतं । दीसइ मअपरिहीणं ससिविंवं सूरविंव व्व
taṃ ṇamaha jassa vacche lacchimuhaṃ kotthuhammi saṃkaṃtaṃ | dīsai maaparihīṇaṃ sasiviṃvaṃ sūraviṃva vva
English translation
SI. Salute that (Nārāyaņa) on whose chest the face of Lakshmi, being reflected on the Kaustubha gem, is seen like the disc of the moon without its dark mark (literally the deer-mark) reflected on the sun's disc.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 52
Sourceमा कुण पडिवक्खसुहं अणुणेसु पिअं पसाअलोहिल्लं । अइगहिअगरुअमाणेण पुत्ति रासि व्व झिज्जिहिसि
mā kuṇa paḍivakkhasuhaṃ aṇuṇesu piaṃ pasāalohillaṃ | aigahiagaruamāṇeṇa putti rāsi vva jhijjihisi
English translation
O girl ! do not cause the delight of your enemies. Pacify your beloved, so cager to obtain your favour. Do not, like a heap (of grains) weighed with heavy weights, fall deficient on account of your excessively resorting to strong anger.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 53
Sourceविरहकरवत्तदूसह फालिज्जंतम्मि तीअ हिअअम्मि । अंसू कज्जलमइलं पमाणसुत्तं व पडिहाइ
virahakaravattadūsaha phālijjaṃtammi tīa hiaammi | aṃsū kajjalamailaṃ pamāṇasuttaṃ va paḍihāi
English translation
Her tears, black with collyrium, serve, at it were, the purpose of the mark of measuring thread on her heart about to be rent asunder by the saw of unbearable separation.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 54
Sourceदुण्णिक्खेवअम् एअं पुत्तअ मा साहसं करिज्जासु । एत्थ णिहित्ताइ मणे हिअआइ पुणो ण लब्भंति
duṇṇikkhevaam eaṃ puttaa mā sāhasaṃ karijjāsu | ettha ṇihittāi maṇe hiaāi puṇo ṇa labbhaṃti
English translation
O boy ! this (deposit of your heart) will be a wrong deposit, so do not do this rash act. I think hearts deposited with this (woman) cannot be got back again.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 55
Sourceणिव्वुत्तरआ वि वहू सुरअविरामट्ठिइं अआणंती । अविरअहिअआ अण्णं पि किं पि अत्थि त्ति चिंतेइ
ṇivvuttaraā vi vahū suraavirāmaṭṭhiiṃ aāṇaṃtī | aviraahiaā aṇṇaṃ pi kiṃ pi atthi tti ciṃtei
English translation
This young lady having enjoyed a (full) dalliance, but not being conversant with the method of cessation of dalliance thinks that there yet remains something further to happen because her mind did not want interruption.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 56
Sourceणंदंतु सुरअसुहरसतण्हावहराइ सअललोअस्स । वहुकइअवमग्गविणिम्मिआइ वेसाण पेम्माइं
ṇaṃdaṃtu suraasuharasataṇhāvaharāi saalaloassa | vahukaiavamaggaviṇimmiāi vesāṇa pemmāiṃ
English translation
May the love of harlots be delightful to all people, the love which is built up by many a crooked way, but which can (yet) remove the thirst for the relish of pleasant dalliance.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 57
Sourceअप्पत्तमण्णुदुक्खो किं मं किसिअ त्ति पुच्छसि हसंतो । पावसि जा चलचित्तं पिअं जणं ता तुह कहिस्सं
appattamaṇṇudukkho kiṃ maṃ kisia tti pucchasi hasaṃto | pāvasi jā calacittaṃ piaṃ jaṇaṃ tā tuha kahissaṃ
English translation
Having not experienced disappointing misery, you smilingly ask— ‘why have you become emaciated’? Then (only) shall I answer your query when, if ever, you get a beloved person whose mind is unsteady.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 58
Sourceअवहत्थिऊण सहिजंपिआइ जाणं कएण रमिओ सि । एआइ ताइ सोक्खाइ संसओ जेहि जीअस्स
avahatthiūṇa sahijaṃpiāi jāṇaṃ kaeṇa ramio si | eāi tāi sokkhāi saṃsao jehi jīassa
English translation
These (indeed) are the pleasures for which you, having discarded the instructions of my (female) companions, have dallied (with me); but my life is in danger on account of these (pleasures).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 59
Sourceईसालुओ पई से रत्तिं महुअं ण देइ उच्चेउं । उच्चेइ अप्पण च्चिअ माए अइउज्जुअसहाओ
īsāluo paī se rattiṃ mahuaṃ ṇa dei ucceuṃ | uccei appaṇa ccia māe aiujjuasahāo
English translation
Her jealous husband does not permit her to pluck Madhuka flowers at night. But, O mother! that highly simple-natured man himself only plucks (the flowers at night).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 60
Sourceअच्छोडिअवत्थद्धंतपत्थिए मंथरं तुमं वच्च । चिंतेसि थणहराआसिअस्स मज्झस्स वि ण भंगं
acchoḍiavatthaddhaṃtapatthie maṃtharaṃ tumaṃ vacca | ciṃtesi thaṇaharāāsiassa majjhassa vi ṇa bhaṃgaṃ
English translation
O you (lady) going away by holding the skirts of your cloth ! walk slowly. Why do you not think of the (possible) break of your waist, so weary with the weight of your breasts ?
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 61
Sourceउद्धच्छो पिअइ जलं जह जह विरलंगुली चिरं पहिओ । पावालिआ वि तह तह धारं तणुअं पि तणुएइ
uddhaccho piai jalaṃ jaha jaha viralaṃgulī ciraṃ pahio | pāvāliā vi taha taha dhāraṃ taṇuaṃ pi taṇuei
English translation
As the traveller, with his eyes uplifted and with the fingers (of his palm) forming chinks, drinks the water by delaying (tactics), so also the keeperess of the water-supplying place attenuates the (already) thinner flow of water (into his hands).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 62
Sourceभिच्छअरो पेच्छइ णाहिमंडलं सा वि तस्स मुहअंदं । तं चट्टुअं करंकं दोण्ह वि काआ विलुंपंति
bhicchaaro pecchai ṇāhimaṃḍalaṃ sā vi tassa muhaaṃdaṃ | taṃ caṭṭuaṃ karaṃkaṃ doṇha vi kāā viluṃpaṃti
English translation
The beggar is casting his glance at the cavity of the navel (of the woman) and she (i.e. the latter) is looking at his moonlike face. (Meanwhile) crows carry away (the contents) of the (begging) bowl and the (distributing) vessel of both (the taker and the giver respectively).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 63
Sourceजेण विणा ण जिविज्जइ अणुणिज्जइ सो कआवराहो वि । पत्ते वि णअरडाहे भण कस्स ण वल्लहो अग्गी
jeṇa viṇā ṇa jivijjai aṇuṇijjai so kaāvarāho vi | patte vi ṇaaraḍāhe bhaṇa kassa ṇa vallaho aggī
English translation
The person, without whom one cannot live, must be conciliated although he has done a wrong act. Tell (me)—“To whom is fire not dear, although there (sometimes) breaks out a fire in a town ?".
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 64
Sourceवंकं को पुलइज्जउ कस्स कहिज्जउ सुहं व दुक्खं व । केण समं व हसिज्जउ पामरपउरे हअग्गामे
vaṃkaṃ ko pulaijjau kassa kahijjau suhaṃ va dukkhaṃ va | keṇa samaṃ va hasijjau pāmarapaure haaggāme
English translation
Who is to be looked at obliquely (by me) ? Who is to be told about my happiness and misery ? With whom shall I jest in this wretched village full of low people ?
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 65
Sourceफलहीवाहणपुण्णाहमंगलं लंगले कुणंतीए । असईअ मणोरहगब्भिणीअ हत्था थरहरंति
phalahīvāhaṇapuṇṇāhamaṃgalaṃ laṃgale kuṇaṃtīe | asaīa maṇorahagabbhiṇīa hatthā tharaharaṃti
English translation
The hands of the unchaste woman, with her inward desires haunting her, tremble (paralytically), while she puts the auspicious (marks) on the plough on the holy day (of commencement) of ploughing the cotton field,.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 66
Sourceपहिउल्लूरणसंकाउलाहि असईहि वहलतिमिरस्स । आइप्पणेण णिहुअं वडस्स सित्ताइ पत्ताइं
pahiullūraṇasaṃkāulāhi asaīhi vahalatimirassa | āippaṇeṇa ṇihuaṃ vaḍassa sittāi pattāiṃ
English translation
By the unchaste women the leaves of the banyan tree causing dense darkness, are secretly painted with whitening liquid, as they are afraid lest the travellers should cut them away (for removal of darkness).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 67
Sourceभंजंतस्स वि तुह सग्गगामिणो णइकरंजसाहाओ । पाआ अज्ज वि धम्मिअ तुह कह धरणिं चिअ छिवंति
bhaṃjaṃtassa vi tuha saggagāmiṇo ṇaikaraṃjasāhāo | pāā ajja vi dhammia tuha kaha dharaṇiṃ cia chivaṃti
English translation
O virtuous man ! You intend to go up to heaven by breaking the branches of the Karañja plant (for making tooth-sticks therewith), on the river-bank. But why do your feet even to-day remain in touch with the carth (without rising heavenwards) ?
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 68
Sourceअच्छउ दाव मणहरं पिआइ मुहदंसणं अइमहग्घं । तग्गामछेत्तसीमा वि झत्ति दिट्ठा सुहावेइ
acchau dāva maṇaharaṃ piāi muhadaṃsaṇaṃ aimahagghaṃ | taggāmachettasīmā vi jhatti diṭṭhā suhāvei
English translation
Let alone now the sight of the beautiful and highly precious face of my beloved (lady) ! Even the border of the field of her village when seen (by me) all on a sudden produces delight (in me).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 69
Sourceणिक्कम्माहि वि छेत्ताहि पामरो णेअ वच्चए वसहिं । मुअपिअजाआसुण्णइअगेहदुक्खं परिहरंतो
ṇikkammāhi vi chettāhi pāmaro ṇea vaccae vasahiṃ | muapiajāāsuṇṇaiagehadukkhaṃ pariharaṃto
English translation
With a view to shun the sorrow (of residence) in his house made 50 desolate by the death of his beloved wife, the poor (husbandman) does not go to his dwelling house from the field, where there is no work to be done (by him).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 70
Sourceझंझावाउत्तिणघरविवरपलोट्टंतसलिलधाराहिं । कुड्डलिहिओहिदिअहं रक्खइ अज्जा करअलेहिं
jhaṃjhāvāuttiṇagharavivarapaloṭṭaṃtasaliladhārāhiṃ | kuḍḍalihiohidiahaṃ rakkhai ajjā karaalehiṃ
English translation
The noble lady is preserving by her palms the mark of the (promised) last date (of his return) written on the floor, from the streams of water falling through the interstices of the thatch from which the straws are being wafted away by the stormy gale.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 71
Sourceगोलाणईअ कच्छे चक्खंतो राइआइ पत्ताइं । उप्फडइ मक्कडो खोक्खेइ अ पोट्टं च पिट्टेइ
golāṇaīa kacche cakkhaṃto rāiāi pattāiṃ | upphaḍai makkaḍo khokkhei a poṭṭaṃ ca piṭṭei
English translation
On the bank of the Godavari river the monkey, after chewing the leaves of the mustard plant, is leaping, producing the Khokkha sound and striking the belly.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 72
Sourceगहवइणा मुअसेइहडुंडुमदामं चिरं वहेऊण । वग्गसआइं णेऊण णवरि अज्जाहरे वद्धं
gahavaiṇā muaseihaḍuṃḍumadāmaṃ ciraṃ vaheūṇa | vaggasaāiṃ ṇeūṇa ṇavari ajjāhare vaddhaṃ
English translation
The householder, after having long preserved the garland of large bells of the dead buffalo and later having brought many a herd (of buffaloes) has at last fastened it in the temple of Arya (Chandika).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 73
Sourceसिहिपेहुणावअंसा वहुआ वाहस्स गव्विरी भमइ । गअमोत्तिअरइअपसाहणाण मज्झे सवत्तीण
sihipehuṇāvaaṃsā vahuā vāhassa gavvirī bhamai | gaamottiaraiapasāhaṇāṇa majjhe savattīṇa
English translation
Among her co-wives whose decorations were all made of elephantpearls, the wife of the hunter walked proudly although she was decorated with peacock-feathers (only).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 74
Sourceवंकच्छिपेच्छिरीणं वंकुल्लविरीण वंकभमिरीणं । वंकहसिरीण पुत्तअ पुण्णेहि जणो पिओ होइ
vaṃkacchipecchirīṇaṃ vaṃkullavirīṇa vaṃkabhamirīṇaṃ | vaṃkahasirīṇa puttaa puṇṇehi jaṇo pio hoi
English translation
O boy ! it is on account of virtuous deeds alone that a person may become dear to women who are in the habit of casting oblique glances (on others), of talking evasively (with them), of walking in a circuitous gait, and of smiling smiles in a crooked way.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 75
Sourceभम धम्मिअ वीसद्धो सो सुणहो अज्ज मारिओ तेण । गोलाअडविअडकुडुंगवासिणा दरिअसीहेण
bhama dhammia vīsaddho so suṇaho ajja mārio teṇa | golāaḍaviaḍakuḍuṃgavāsiṇā dariasīheṇa
English translation
O holy man ! walk free from anxiety (elsewhere). That dog has been killed this day by that haughty lion dwelling in the frightful bower on the bank of the Godavari.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 76
Sourceवाएरिएण भरिअं अच्छिं कण्णरइउप्पलरएण । फुक्कंतो अविअण्हं चुंवंतो को सि देव्वाणं
vāerieṇa bhariaṃ acchiṃ kaṇṇaraiuppalaraeṇa | phukkaṃto aviaṇhaṃ cuṃvaṃto ko si devvāṇaṃ
English translation
Which god amongst the gods are you who are kissing without satiety the eye (of the lady) filled up with the pollens, driven by the wind, of the lotus used as her ear-ornament, while blowing them off (by your breath) ?
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 77
Sourceसहि दुम्मेंति कलंवाइं जह मं तह ण सेसकुसुमाइं । णूणं इमेसु दिअहेसु वहइ गुलिआधणुं कामो
sahi dummeṃti kalaṃvāiṃ jaha maṃ taha ṇa sesakusumāiṃ | ṇūṇaṃ imesu diahesu vahai guliādhaṇuṃ kāmo
English translation
O friend ! other flowers do not pain me so much as do the Kadamba flowers. Certainly Kama (the god of Love) carries during these days (of the rainy season) a ball-throwing bow.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 78
Sourceणा ऽहं दूई ण तुमं पिओ त्ति को अम्ह एत्थ वावारो । सा मरइ तुज्झ अअसो एअं धम्मक्खरं भणिमो
ṇā 'haṃ dūī ṇa tumaṃ pio tti ko amha ettha vāvāro | sā marai tujjha aaso eaṃ dhammakkharaṃ bhaṇimo
English translation
I am (myself) not a messenger and you are (also) not her beloved. What action can we take in the matter ? Infamy will accrue to you if she dies. For this reason I am speaking (to you) these words of righteousness.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 79
Sourceतीअ मुहाहि तुह मुहं तुज्झ मुहाओ अ मज्झ चलणम्मि । हत्थाहत्थीअ गओ अइदुक्करकारओ तिलओ
tīa muhāhi tuha muhaṃ tujjha muhāo a majjha calaṇammi | hatthāhatthīa gao aidukkarakārao tilao
English translation
The tilaka-mark (of unguent on her forehead) such a great mischiefmaker as it is, has, in a spirit of rivalry, passed from her face to yours (during embrace) and from your face to my feet (at your prostation before them).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 80
Sourceसामाइ सामलिज्जइ अद्धच्छिपलोइरीअ मुहसोहा । जंवूदलकअकण्णावअंसभमिरे हलिअउत्ते
sāmāi sāmalijjai addhacchipaloirīa muhasohā | jaṃvūdalakaakaṇṇāvaaṃsabhamire haliautte
English translation
When the son of the rustic man wore for his ear-ornament a leaf of a Jambo tree, the lustre of the youthful girl, who is in the habit of casting halfglances, faded away (literally became darkened).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 81
Sourceदूइ तुमं चिअ कुसला कक्खडमउआइ जाणसे वोत्तुं । कंडूइपंडरं जह ण होइ तह तं करेज्जासु
dūi tumaṃ cia kusalā kakkhaḍamauāi jāṇase vottuṃ | kaṃḍūipaṃḍaraṃ jaha ṇa hoi taha taṃ karejjāsu
English translation
O conf.dante ! you only are (very) skilful, and you know how to speak (both) harsh and mild words. You will act so as there arises no paleness (in him) on account of (his) scratching.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 82
Sourceमहिलासहस्सभरिए तुह हिअए सुहअ सा अमाअंती । दिअहं अणण्णकम्मा अंगं तणुअं पि तणुएइ
mahilāsahassabharie tuha hiae suhaa sā amāaṃtī | diahaṃ aṇaṇṇakammā aṃgaṃ taṇuaṃ pi taṇuei
English translation
O fortunate one ! having had no place (for herself) in your heart full of other thousand women, she is making her (own) thin body thinner by leaving aside other works.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 83
Sourceखणमेत्तं पि ण फिट्टइ अणुदिअह विइण्णगरुअसंतावा । पच्छण्णपावसंक व्व सामली मज्झ हिअआओ
khaṇamettaṃ pi ṇa phiṭṭai aṇudiaha viiṇṇagaruasaṃtāvā | pacchaṇṇapāvasaṃka vva sāmalī majjha hiaāo
English translation
The young lady, like the fear of a secret sin, does not disappear from my heart for a moment although she gives (me) enormous agony daily.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 84
Sourceअण्णुअ णा ऽहं कुविआ उवऊहसु किं मुहा पसाएसि । तुह मण्णुसमुप्पाएण मज्झ माणेण वि ण कज्जं
aṇṇua ṇā 'haṃ kuviā uvaūhasu kiṃ muhā pasāesi | tuha maṇṇusamuppāeṇa majjha māṇeṇa vi ṇa kajjaṃ
English translation
O foolish man ! I am not incensed. Embrace (me) why do you uselessly R maarag propitiate (me)? There is also no need on my part (to show) displeasure causing your anger.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 85
Sourceदीहुण्हपउरणीसासपअविओ वाहसलिलपरिसित्तो । साहेइ सामसवलं व तीअ अहरो तुह विओए
dīhuṇhapauraṇīsāsapaavio vāhasalilaparisitto | sāhei sāmasavalaṃ va tīa aharo tuha vioe
English translation
On account of your separation (from her), her lower lip being heated by frequent, long and hot breaths, and being drenched by her tears is performing, as it were, the Syama-Sabala vow (a vow which enjoins one to enter first into fire and then into water).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 86
Sourceसरए महद्दहाणं अंतोसिसिराइ वाहिरुण्हाइं । जाआइ कुविअसज्जणहिअअसरिच्छाइ सलिलाइं
sarae mahaddahāṇaṃ aṃtosisirāi vāhiruṇhāiṃ | jāāi kuviasajjaṇahiaasaricchāi salilāiṃ
English translation
In autumn the waters of large lakes become cold internally though hot externally, like the hearts of good men when enraged.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 87
Sourceआअस्स किं णु काहं किं वोच्छं कह णु होहिइ इमं ति । पढमुग्गअसाहसआरिआइ हिअअं थरहरेइ
āassa kiṃ ṇu kāhaṃ kiṃ vocchaṃ kaha ṇu hohii imaṃ ti | paḍhamuggaasāhasaāriāi hiaaṃ tharaharei
English translation
The heart of the woman who takes to rashness arising (in her mind) for the first time trembles (quickly) with the thought of what to do when he arrives, of what to speak (to him) and of how (the meeting will take place).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 88
Sourceणेउरकोडिविलग्गं चिउरं दइअस्स पाअपडिअस्स । हिअअं पउत्थमाणं उम्मोअंति च्चिअ कहेइ
ṇeurakoḍivilaggaṃ ciuraṃ daiassa pāapaḍiassa | hiaaṃ pautthamāṇaṃ ummoaṃti ccia kahei
English translation
She indicates that her mind is free from (jealous) anger while she disentangles the locks of hair of her beloved fallen at her feet, which have clung to the points of her anklets,.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 89
Sourceतुज्झ ऽंगराअसेसेण सामली तह खरेण सोमारा । सा किर गोलातूहे ण्हाआ जंवूकसाएण
tujjha 'ṃgarāaseseṇa sāmalī taha khareṇa somārā | sā kira golātūhe ṇhāā jaṃvūkasāeṇa
English translation
That beautiful lady, it is reported, bathed on the bank of the Godavari with the help of the strong extract of the Jambo (rose-apple) tree, which formed a residue of your bodily unguent.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 90
Sourceअज्जं चेअ पउत्थो अज्जं चिअ सुण्णआइ जाआइं । रच्छामुहदेउलचच्चराइ अम्हं च हिअआइं
ajjaṃ cea pauttho ajjaṃ cia suṇṇaāi jāāiṃ | racchāmuhadeulacaccarāi amhaṃ ca hiaāiṃ
English translation
He has gone abroad only today, and desolate today have become our hearts as well as the entrances to the high-ways, the temples and court-yards (of houses).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 91
Sourceचिरिडिं पि अआणंता लोआ लोएहि गोरवब्भहिआ । सोणारतुल व्व णिरक्खरा वि खंधेहि वुब्भंति
ciriḍiṃ pi aāṇaṃtā loā loehi goravabbhahiā | soṇāratula vva ṇirakkharā vi khaṃdhehi vubbhaṃti
English translation
Like the balances of goldsmiths (which are niraksharas i.e, which do not weigh more than one aksha equal to I6 mashas), some men who are illiterate (niraksharas) having no knowledge of the alphabets, are carried on the shoulders of people because they are treated as great in importance.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 92
Sourceआअंवंतकवोलं खलिअक्खरजंपिरिं फुरंतोट्ठिं । मा छिवसु त्ति सरोसं समोसरंतिं पिअं भरिमो
āaṃvaṃtakavolaṃ khaliakkharajaṃpiriṃ phuraṃtoṭṭhiṃ | mā chivasu tti sarosaṃ samosaraṃtiṃ piaṃ bharimo
English translation
I remember my beloved receding angrily with the words ‘do not touch me,’ having her cheeks reddened, her lips trembling and speaking with faltering words.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 93
Sourceगोलाविसमोआरच्छलेण अप्पा उरम्मि से मुक्को । अणुअंपाणिद्दोसं तेण वि सा गाढम् उवऊःा
golāvisamoāracchaleṇa appā urammi se mukko | aṇuaṃpāṇiddosaṃ teṇa vi sā gāḍham uvaūḥā
English translation
Under the pretext that the landing-place to the Godavari is uneven, = she let her own body fall on his chest, and she was also given a close embrace by him, thinking it to be innocuous because of his compassion (towards her).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 94
Sourceसा तइ सहत्थदिण्णं अज्ज वि रे सुहअ गंधरहिअं पि । उव्वसिअणअरघरदेवअ व्व ओमालिअं वहइ
sā tai sahatthadiṇṇaṃ ajja vi re suhaa gaṃdharahiaṃ pi | uvvasiaṇaaragharadevaa vva omāliaṃ vahai
English translation
O fortunate one ! she, like the abandoned (presiding) goddess of the ity, is even today carrying (in her person) the (now) scentless (stale) garland which you presented to her by your own hands.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 95
Sourceकेलीअ वि रूसेउं ण तीरए तम्मि चुक्कविणअम्मि । जाइअएहि वि माए इमेहि अवसेहि अंगेहिं
kelīa vi rūseuṃ ṇa tīrae tammi cukkaviṇaammi | jāiaehi vi māe imehi avasehi aṃgehiṃ
English translation
O mother ! even though he swerves from the path of decorum, it will not be possible for these my powerless limbs, like so many objects borrowed (from others), to get enraged (towards him), even in a sportive manner.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 96
Sourceउप्फुल्लिआइ खेलउ मा णं वारेहि होउ परिखामा । मा जहणभारगरुई पुरिसाअंती किलिम्मिहइ
upphulliāi khelau mā ṇaṃ vārehi hou parikhāmā | mā jahaṇabhāragaruī purisāaṃtī kilimmihai
English translation
Do not restrain her from playing the uiphullika play (a kind of exercise in which a lying person moves up and down babies placed on his or her feet). Let her be reduced in bulk, or be excessively, borne so that she being heavy on account of the weight of her hips, may not feel tired while acting the (male) man in dalliance.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 97
Sourceपउरजुआणो गामो महुमासो जोव्वणं पई ठेरो । जुण्णसुरा साहीणा असई मा होउ किं मरउ
paurajuāṇo gāmo mahumāso jovvaṇaṃ paī ṭhero | juṇṇasurā sāhīṇā asaī mā hou kiṃ marau
English translation
The village is full of young men; the month belongs to the spring season; (she possesses) youth; her husband is old; and there is old ale (too). (Under these circumstances) will she die, if, being independent, she does not become unchaste ? a.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 98
Sourceवहुसो वि कहिज्जंतं तुह वअणं मज्झ हत्थसंदिट्ठं । ण सुअं ति जंपमाणा पुणरुत्तसअं कुणइ अज्जा
vahuso vi kahijjaṃtaṃ tuha vaaṇaṃ majjha hatthasaṃdiṭṭhaṃ | ṇa suaṃ ti jaṃpamāṇā puṇaruttasaaṃ kuṇai ajjā
English translation
That noble lady makes hundreds of repetitions, while remarking that she could not hear (properly), although I have many times told her your message despatched through my hands.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 99
Sourceपाअडिअणेहसब्भावणिब्भरं तीअ जह तुमं दिट्ठो । संवरणवावडाए अण्णो वि जणो तह च्चेअ
pāaḍiaṇehasabbhāvaṇibbharaṃ tīa jaha tumaṃ diṭṭho | saṃvaraṇavāvaḍāe aṇṇo vi jaṇo taha ccea
English translation
As you are beheld by her 50 intensely with a display of her affection and good feeling, so also another man is similarly beheld by her engaging herself in concealing (her love).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 · gāthā 100
Sourceगेण्हह पुलोअह इमं पहसिअवअणा पइस्स अप्पेइ । जाआ सुअपढमुब्भिण्णदंतजुअलंकिअं वोरं
geṇhaha puloaha imaṃ pahasiavaaṇā paissa appei | jāā suapaḍhamubbhiṇṇadaṃtajualaṃkiaṃ voraṃ
English translation
The wife, with her face smiling, offers to her husband, by saying ‘take this and observe,’ the plum marked by the pair of teeth of her son budding for the first time.
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized.
Century 2 closing colophon
Sourceरसिभ्र-जण-हिम्रभ्न-दइए कइ-वच्छल-पमुह-सुकइ-णिम्मइए | सत्त-सभ्रम्मि समत्तं वीभ्रं गाहा-सपं एग्रं
rasibhra-jaṇa-himrabhna-daie kai-vacchala-pamuha-sukai-ṇimmaie | satta-sabhrammi samattaṃ vībhraṃ gāhā-sapaṃ egraṃ
English translation
Here ends the second century of gāthās from amongst the seven centuries (of them), composed by good poets headed by Kavivatsala, which are so dear to the heart of men of taste (or sentiment).
Basak 1971 seven-century order; Devanagari collated against the structured expanded Hāla control; historic English transcription lightly normalized. Century-closing source colophon; retained outside the 700-root count.