Text 33] Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura 783
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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.
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fraated Ten a aca Taga |
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REA HS FATA TSA SATA: (1331)
vitarkayanto bahudha tam
sandhyam pramadakrtim
abhisambhavya visrambhat
paryaprcchan 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.
