Note 18 — KĀDAMBARĪ.

(11) While he, having subdued the earth, was guardian of the world, the only mixing of colour18 was in painting; the only pulling of hair in caresses; the only strict fetters in the laws of poetry; the only care was concerning moral law; the only deception was in dreams; the only golden rods19 were in umbrellas. Banners alone trembled; songs alone showed variations20; elephants alone were rampant;21 bows alone had severed cords;22 lattice windows alone had ensnaring network; lovers’ disputes alone caused sending of messengers; dice and chessmen alone left empty squares; and his subjects had no deserted homes. Under him, too, there was only fear of the next world, only twisting in the curls of the zenana women, only loquacity in anklets, only taking the hand23 in marriage, only shedding of tears from the smoke of ceaseless sacrificial fires; the only sound of the lash was for horses, while the only twang of the bow was Love’s.