SAUNDARANANDA 4.10: In Love with Love

bhaav'-aanuraktau giri-nirjhara-sthau
tau kiMnarii-kiMpuruShaav iv' obhau
cikriiDatush c' aabhivirejatush ca
ruupa-shriy" aanyonyam iv' aakShipantau

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4.10
Like kimnara boy meeting kimnara girl

By a cascading mountain torrent, in love with love,

The two of them flirted and shone

As if vying to outdo one another in alluring radiance.


EH Johnston:
They sported and shone together as if challenging each other with the glory of their beauty, like a Kimpurusa and a Kinnari standing by a mountain torrent in loving devotion.

Linda Covill:
They were resplendent in their play like a kinnari and a kimpurusha standing in a mountain waterfall intent on love, as though wishing to outdo each other in beauty and splendor.

VOCABULARY:
bhaav'-aanuraktau (nom. dual.): attached in love
bhaava: m. ( √ bhuu) becoming , being; love , affection , attachment
anurakta: mfn. fond of , attached , pleased, beloved
giri-nirjhara-sthau (nom. dual.): standing by/in a mountain waterfall
giri: m. mountain, hill, rock
nirjhara: m. a waterfall , cataract , mountain torrent , cascade
stha: mfn. (only ifc.) standing , staying , abiding , being situated in , existing or being in or on or among

tau (nom. dual.): they
kiMnarii-kiMpuruShau (nom. dual.) a female and a male kimnara
kiMnarii: f. a female kiMnara
kiMpuruSha = kiMnara: m. " what sort of man? "; a mythical being with a human figure and the head of a horse ; in later times reckoned among the gandharvas or celestial choristers , and celebrated as musicians.
iva: like
ubhau (nom. dual.): both

cikriiDatuH = 3rd pers. dual perfect kriiD: to play , sport , amuse one's self , frolic , gambol , dally
ca: and
abhivirejatuH = 3rd pers. dual perfect abhi-vi- √ raaj: to shine , be radiant
ca: and

ruupa-shriyaa (inst.): with beauty and splendour
ruupa: n. handsome form , loveliness , grace , beauty , splendour
shrii: f. light , lustre , radiance , splendour , glory , beauty , grace , loveliness
anyonyam: ind. mutually
iva: as if
aakShipantau = nom. dual pres. part aa- √ kShip: to strike with a bolt ; to convulse , cause to tremble; to insult , deride ; to excel so as to put to shame