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Rh loins, happy man, this child is sprung?' The punishment of the king for his disloyalty is severe:

prajāgarāt khilībhūtas tasyāḥ svapne samāgamaḥ

bāṣpas tu na dadāty enaṁ draṣṭuṁ citragatām api.

'My sleeplessness forbids the sight of her even in a dream; my tears deny me her pictured form.' On reunion the picture is very different:

çāpād asi pratihatā smṛtirodharūkṣe: bhartary apetatamasi prabhutā tavaiva

chāyā na mūrchati malopahataprasāde: çuddhe tu darpanatale sulabhāvakāçā.

'Thou wert rejected by thy husband, cruel through the curse that robbed him of memory; now thy dominion is complete over him whose darkness is dispelled; on the tarnished mirror no image forms; let it be cleaned and it easily appears.'

There is pathos in Purūravas's reproach to Urvaçi:

tvayi nibaddharateḥ priyavādinah: praṇayabhan̄gaparān̄mukhacetasaḥ

kam aparādhalavam mama paçyasi: tyajasi mānini dāsajanaṁ yataḥ?

'My delight was ever in thee, my words ever of love; what suspicion of fault dost thou see in me that, O angry one, thou dost abandon thy slave?' The metrical effect is here, as usual, extremely well planned. His vain efforts to attain his beloved are depicted forcibly:

samarthaye yat prathamam priyām prati: kṣaṇena tan me parivartate 'nyathā

ato vinidre sahasā vilocane: karomi na sparçavibhāvitapriyaḥ.

'Whatever I deem to be my beloved in a moment assumes another aspect. I will force my eyes to be sleepless, since I have failed to touch her whom I adore.' There are no limits to the strength of his love:

idaṁ tvayā rathakṣobhād an̄genān̄gaṁ nipīḍitam

ekaṁ kṛti çarīre 'smiñ çeṣam an̄gam bhuvo bharaḥ.