The sight of the holy ascetic Visravas pierced even the secrets
of the Rani's bower, where, in the inmost chamber of marble,
carved until it appeared like lace of the foam of the sea, she
was seated upon cushions of blue Bokhariot silk, like the lotus
whose name she bore floating upon the blue depths of the lake.
She had just risen from the shallow bath of marble at her feet.
Most beautiful was this Queen, a haughty beauty such as should be
a Rajput lady; for the name "Rajput" signifies Son of a King, and
this lady was assuredly the daughter of Kings and of no lesser
persons. And since that beauty is long since ashes (all things
being transitory), it is permitted to describe the mellowed ivory
of her body, the smooth curves of her hips, and the defiance of
her glimmering bosom, half veiled by the long silken tresses of
sandal- scented hair which a maiden on either side, bowing toward
her, knotted upon her head. But even he who with his eyes has
seen it can scarce tell the beauty of her face - the slender
arched nose, the great eyes like lakes of darkness in the reeds
of her curled lashes, the mouth of roses, the glance, deer-like
but proud, that courted and repelled admiration.
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