Shama’a January 1923

The walls of the room were hung with the young artist's finished pictures and round the bottom of the walls stood works in various stages of incompleteness which gave one a look into the methods of the artist. [...] q.itTff1114 14q-fTTW ITRFSVi EfluiR IiTrOWAVNTft:R4i [On seeing the son of Pandu (Arjuna) with his full-moon face the ornment of the dynasty of the lord of night (moon) the object of the infatuation of all youthful maidens riding on his milk-white horse Urvasi the beautiful gem set on to the jewelled head-ornament that adorns the heavenly damsels being influenced by cupid lost control ov [...] TT;TtT'UTIftW9.ii;q1-UxKRiTTT9 [Being really unnerved by the flowery arrows of cupid on account of (Arjuna) the worthy object on which is lavished the cream of the sweet loveliness of the daughter of King Drupada who is himself the quintessence of the heavenly tree that yields every wish (Urvasi) the bashful maiden spoke thus in slow and measured tones]. [...] He is a born dramatist and his Attakkathhas exhibit many of the charateristics of the Sanskrit dramas particularly in the matter of the portraiture and development of human character feelings and passions. [...] of the mind of (Damayanthi) the daughter of Bhima the loveliest gem among all the slim sweevoiced youthful maidens the royal bird (swan) tried to find out everything about the inclinations of the shy and modest daughter of Vidarbha and spoke thus].