íùâõÈ ÍÕá¨õÐ å¨÷ªÆëª íêéäçª 1141
çùõÐ í÷¨áèõÐ çèæÐæ¨áêÐ êèùª

íùõÐ ö  È

rumour arising

ÍÕá¨õÐ

my life

å¨÷ªÆëª

is sustained

íêéä

that fact

çùõÐ

people

í÷¨áèõÐ

do not realise

çèæÐæ¨áêÐêèùª

by divine grace (I alone know)

People do not realise that the rumours they spread sustain my life in the midst of the pangs of separation (1141).

ëùõäªä æúªúèóª íÕéë í÷¨áèÊ  1142
íùâõëæÐÆ ¼åÐêê¨ôª ´õÐ

ëùõÐ

flower

íäªä	rivalling with

æúªúèóª

one with eyes like

íÕéë	excellence

í÷¨áèÊ

without knowing

íùõÐ	slanderous rumour

öëæÐÆ

to me

¼åÐêÊ

gave (her)

¬ôª ´õÐ

this place (the people)

 

Without realising the virtues of this maiden with eyes like flowers, the village has, by its slanderous rumour,gifted her to me (1142).

ã÷èíîêè Ãõ÷¨åÐê âæóéô íêéäçª 1143
âç÷èíÊ âç÷ª÷äªä å©õÐêÐÊ

 

ã÷èíîêè

will it not be appropriate ( to think)

ÃõÐ í÷¨åÐê

of the village

âæóéô

gossip

íêéä	that (love of this maiden)

âç÷èíÊ

even though I have not gained

âç÷ª×

as though gained

íäªä å©õÐêÐÊ

having that nature

 

The gossip of the village is beneficial to me, because it makes me feel I have attained her, even though I have not (1143).  

æôªéôáèùª æôªô¨Ê æèëëª íÊô¨äªî÷ùª 1144
êôªâôäªÄëª êäªéë ¬ÈåÐÊ

æôªéôáèùª

through village gossip

æôªô¨Ê

grew

æèëëª

my love

íÊô¨äªî÷ùª

without that (gossip)

êôª öäªÄëª

will shrink, as it were

êäªéë

its real nature

¬ÈåÐÊ

having lost

The village gossip enhances the ardour of my love, which might otherwise have waned (1144).  

æó¨êÐâêè×ëª æóªÓúªìùª îôìªì÷ª÷èùª æèëëª 1145
âôó¨çªçÌåÐ îêè×ëª ¬ä¨Ê

 

æó¨êÐâêè×ëª

a repeated consumption of liquor

æóª ãúªìùª

intake of alcohol

îôìªÌ

craving

í÷ª×

like

Íùª

O!

æèëëª

passion

âôó¨çªçÌ몠 îêè×ëª

whenever it is revealed through gossip

¬ä¨Ê	increases in sweetness

Just as the craving increases as one consumes
liquor, so too does my passion for her grow
with the gossip (1145).

æúªìÊ ëäªÄëª øÕåèóª íùõÐëäªÄëª 1146
ꨧªæéóçª çè몵âæèúª ì÷ª×

 

æúªìÊ

meeting with my love

ëäªÄëª

only

øÕåèóª

a single day

íùõÐ	the gossip

ëäªÄëª

arising therefrom, however spread all over

ꨧªæéó

like the moon

çè몵

snake (the legendary `Rahu' )

âæèúª  ì÷ª×

like gobbling up (eclipse)

Even after a single meeting with my love on one day, the news of it spread like the planet (Rahu) eclipsing the moon (1146).

 
ÃõôõÐ âæóéô öÕôèæ íäªéäâòèùª 1147
å©õèæ å©Ó몬åÐ îåè᪠ 

ÃõôõÐ

of the people

âæóéô

public rumour

öÕôèæ

like manure

íäªéäâòèùª

mother's reproach

å©õèæ

watered

å©Óëª

grows

¬åÐ îåèáª

this plant of love (this disease)

My love for him grows like a plant manured and
watered respectively by public rumour and mother's reproach (1147).

âåáªáèùª öõ¨ÅÊçªîçëª öäª÷÷ª÷èùª âæóéôáèùª 1148
æèëëª ÅÊçªîçëª öäùª

âåáªáèùª

with ghee

öõ¨	flaming fire

ÅÊçªîçëª

will put out

öäª×

thus

í÷ª×

is like

Íùª

O!

âæóéôáèùª

through rumour

æèëëª

my love

ÅÊçªîçëª

will be extinguished

öäùª	that state

Trying to discourage my love through rumour is
like trying to put out a fire with ghee (1148).

íùõÐåèú øùªôîêè í¢ªòùªØ몵 öäª÷èõР 1149
çùõÐåèú å©êÐêæÐ æéì

 

íùõÐ

gossip

åèú	should (I) be afraid

øùªôîêè

is it right

í¢ªòùª

fear

Ø몵	no need for

öäª÷èõÐ

said he

çùõÐåèú

due to public derision

å©êÐêæР æéì

if he would desert

When he who asked me not to fear, himself abandons me
because of public derision, why should I fear such public disapproval (1149).

êèëªîôúªïäª åùªÆôõÐ æèêùõÐ áèëªîôúªÌëª 1150
âæóéô öÌæÐÆ몬ôª ´õÐ

êèëª	he (my lover)

îôúªïäª

if desires

åùªÆôõÐ

give

æèêùõÐ

my lover

áèëª

I

îôúªÌëª

what desire

âæóéô

gossip

öÌæÐÆëª

raise

¬ôª ´õÐ

this village

 
Village gossip is welcome, as it serves the purpose of the lovers by bringing them together (1150).