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Its connotation, from its connexion with Krishna’s sports and amours, is closer than that of our ‘companion.’ Kach replies to Debjint with the feminine, sakAi.

33,2. Asadha, the first month of the Rains, emid-June to mid-July. I have given a spelling which more or less corresponds to its Bengali pronunciation. ‘The Rains is the season which Kalidasa (in his Cloud- Messenger) and the Vaisnava poets have associated with the thought of lovers languishing in separation from cach other. It is a time when the mind broods, since outdoor work is impossible, and the weather induces a gentle melancholy. Kach brooded over the heaven he had forsaken,

38. 1. Literally, ‘Pure, smiling Face ’—a_ full recognition of Debjint’s loveliness, while he asks contemptuously if she thinks he really worked for the stke of winning that.

39,1. Samvarana way a king of the Solar Dynasty; ‘Vapati was the daughter of the Sun. Her name means ‘She who is won by penance,’ ‘Vhe Solar Dynasty were sons of the Sun-god, who often descended to earth and formed alliances. Samvarana passed a thousand years of penance to win Tapatt

43.1. ‘Palms’ is not a tag to rime with “alms.” ‘The porter’s palms would be together expectantly,

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