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भामिनीविलासे
समुत्पत्तिः स्वच्छे सरसि हरिहस्ते निवसर्न
निवासः पद्मायाः सुरहृदयहारी परिमल: ।
शुणैरेतैरन्यैरपि च ललितस्याम्बुज तव
द्विजोत्तंसे हंसे यदि रतिरतीवोच्नतिरियम् ॥ ३९ ॥
साकं ग्रावगणै्लुठन्ति मणयस्तीरेऽर्कविम्बोपमा
नीरे नीरचरै समं स भगवात्रिद्राति नारायणः ।
एवं वीक्ष्य तवाविवेकमपि च प्रौ्ि परासुन्नतेः
किं निन्दान्यथवा स्तवानि कथय क्षीरार्णध त्वामहम४
किं खलु रतैरेतैः किं पुनरभ्रायितेन वपुषा ते ।
सलिलमापि यश्र तावकमर्णव वदनं प्रयाति तृषितानाम् ॥ ४१ ॥
39 Thy birth (took place) in the elear lake; thy
residence (is ) in the hand of Hari; (thou art) the
a bode of Laxmī; and thy fragrance ca ptivates the
hearts of gods. Lovely as thou art, O lotus, with
these and other ( similar ) qualities, it will be the con-
summation of thy glory if thou shouldst cherish affection
for the best among birds, the swan.
40 On thy shore, pearls (brilliant) like the disc
of the sun lie scattered about side by side with heaps of
pebbles. That ( well-known ) divine Nàrāyána sleeps
in thy water' side by side with acquatic animals.
Seeing this lack of discrimination on thy part, and, the
height of thy glory as well, shall I, pray, censure
thee, O Milky Ocean, or praise thee ?
41 What's the use of these pearls or of thy body
.behaving like a cloud (i. e. dark and glossy) O ocean,
when thy water cannot be used by thirsty mouths ( lit.
does not enter the mouths of the thirsty )?