Text 33] Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura 783

TEXT 32
Fel SMe FAA sa wr 7 |
ra saaamanaa = Pag 11321)

aho riipam aho dhairyam
aho asya navam vayah

madhye kamayamananam
akameva visarpati

aho—oh; riipam—what beauty; aho—oh; dhairyam—what self-control;
aho—oh; asyah—her;navam—budding; vayah—youth; madhye—in the midst;
kamayamananam-—of those passionately longing for;akama—free from pas-
sion; iva—like; visarpati—walking with us.

TRANSLATION

The demons praised her: Oh, what a beauty! What rare self-control!
What a budding youth! In the midst of us all, who are passionately longing
for her, she is moving about like one absolutely free from passion.

TEXT 33
faared TEM at areat TATHTAA |
atrarnarey Fare TA TES SATA: (331)

vitarkayanto bahudha tam
sandhyam pramadakrtim

abhisambhavya visrambhat
paryaprcechan kumedhasah

vitarkayantah—indulging in speculations; bahudha—various kinds; tam—
her; sandhyam—the evening twilight; pramada—a young woman; akrtim
—in the form of; abhisambhavya—treating with great respect; visrambhat—
fondly ; paryaprechan— questioned; kumedhasah —wicked-minded.

TRANSLATION

Indulging in various speculations about the evening twilight, which
appeared to them endowed with the form of a young woman, the wicked-
minded asuras treated her with respect and fondly spoke to her as follows.
