Rasarnavasudhakara 2.18

English (machine translation) 2.18

Language: English

2.18

From the failure to accomplish an undertaken task, as in:
"A rising flood of tears veils my eyes again and again;
paralysis overtakes my limbs, sluggish through brooding on her;
and this hand, suddenly sweating, its fingers trembling in constant tremor,
falters utterly in the work of drawing. What shall I do?"

2.18.p1

(Mālatīmādhava 1.38)

2.18.p2

Here, despair is expressed by the reflection on an expedient to see her, which is indicated by the opening words "What shall I do?" resulting from Mādhava's failure to complete the portrait he had begun.

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Rasārṇavasudhākara — Siṃhabhūpāla, Sanskrit