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Rh finger.) In this temple some goddess plays the lute in propitiation of a deity.

Come, friend, let us too see the temple of the god.

You say well. The gods should be revered. (Going up quickly, stopping.) But perhaps we are not worthy to look. Let us then enter this tamála shrub, and wait for an opportunity.

[They do so.

O adored Gaurí, resplendent as with white pollen from the filaments of full-blown lotuses, may my desire be accomplished by thy favour!

O friend, a capital song! and first-rate music! Distinctness is attained, even though she plays with her bare fingers; good time is kept, clearly defined in due