A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s13.74

v3.c35.s13.74

With the description of the crimson red setting sun and of the rising moon—the sunset indicates the bloody battle and the fall of Harṣa's enemies, the white moon the brilliant fame of Harṣa—ends the chapter VIII, and for us the whole work. It is not probable that this is the actual end of the work or that the poet left the work incomplete. Rather we are to assume that the end is lost to us.