A Literal Translation of Bana’s Kadambari (Purvabhaga Complete)

(2) Victorious is the dust of.iva's feet which prevents the cycle of births and deaths which was borne on his crown (or head) by the demon Barra which lay on the multitude of crest-jewels of Ravana and which rests on the ends of the hair (on the heads) of the chiefs of (both) gods and demons. [...] (18) The dense smoke of his sacrifices althongh itself black made his glory (shine) the brighter; it was (like) the curly locks of hair on the foreheads of the quarters and (like) the Tantiiia leaf adorning the ear of the lady in the shape of the three Vedas (19) A son named Bans was born to him who had whitened the seven worlds with the rays of his (own) glory and whose -trickling perspirati [...] And in his case there was fear (but only) about the next world ; reverses4 (only) in the hair of the ladies of his harem ; loquacity' (only) in anklets ; KaragrahaTta6 (only) in weddings ; shedding of tears (only) on account of the smoke of the fires (kindled) in his constant sacrifices''; strokes of the lash (only) in the case of horses' ; and the twang of the bow (only) on the part of Cupid. [...] the daughter of Kalinda) flowing in numerous streams as it was lifted up by the end of the plough of Balarama when under the influence of wine ; (in the mind of the beholder) they created an impression of their being the lotuplants growing in the Heavenly Ganges dropped down after being uprooted by the Celestial Elephant (Airitvata); they made the sky look as if it were enveloped with the s(gr [...] Once when the Moon reddened with the flush of the early dawn was descending to the shore of the Western Ocean from the sandy bank of the Heavenly Ganges as though he were an old (white) swan with wings reddened with the honey from the lotus-plant in the form of the sky ;—when all the quarters were (i e. the horizon was) becoming wider and wider being whitish-pale like the hair of a full-grow