SAUNDARANANDA 4.11: Mutual Reciprocity with One Another

anyonya-saMraaga-vivardhanena
tad dvandvam anyonyam ariiramac ca
klam'-aantare 'nyonya-vinodanena
saliilam anyonyam amiimadac ca

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4.11
By building one another's passion,

The pair gave one another sexual satisfaction;

And by playfully teasing one another
during languid intervals,

They gladdened one another again.

COMMENT:
Details of how the pair might have brought one another's sexual passion to a climax are left to the imagination, but an example of playful teasing of one another during a languid interval is about to be recounted in detail in a series of verses from 4.13 to 4.23.

NB. EJH notes, with regard to the 3rd line of the original Sanskrit text:

"The restoration of c is a desperate affair and the text adopted a mere stopgap. It ought to be a single compound corresponding to a and ending with balaaharena or vinodanena."


EH Johnston:
The pair brought ecstasy to each other with the increase of their mutual passion and in the intervals of exhaustion they sportively intoxicated each other by way of mutual refreshment.

Linda Covill:
The couple gave each other pleasure by exciting passion in each other, while in languid moments they teasingly inebriated each other by way of mutual entertainment.

VOCABULARY:
anyonya-saMraaga-vivardhanena
anyonya: mfn. one another, mutual
saMraaga: m. redness ; passion , vehemence ; attachment to (loc.)
vivardhana: mfn. augmenting , increasing , furthering , promoting ; n. growth , increase

tad (nom. sg. n.): that, the
dvandvam (nom. sg. n.): pair
anyonyam: ind. mutually
ariiramat = 3rd pers. sg. causative aorist ram: to cause to stay , stop , set at rest ; to gladden , delight , please , caress , enjoy carnally
ca: and

klam'-aantare (loc. sg.): during a languid interval
klama: m. fatigue , exhaustion , languor , weariness
antara: mfn. being in the interior , interior ; n. interval , intermediate space or time; n. period
anyonya-vinodanena: keeping one another amused
anyonya: mfn. one another, mutual
vinodana: n. diversion , play , amusement , pastime

saliilam: ind. playfully , with ease ; ind. sportively , coquettishly
anyonyam: ind. mutually
amiimadat = 3rd pers. sg. causative aorist mad: to gladden , delight , satisfy , exhilarate , intoxicate , inflame , inspire
ca: and