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1. 0:00–0:06Kottumbari, by Bhanapata. Based on Sanskrit to Maitali translation by Gajendra Thakur.
2. 0:07–0:14Copyright Gajendra Thakur, Editor, Videha Maitali e-Journal, www.videha.co.in
3. 0:16–0:19Kottumbari, by Bhanapata. First Part
4. 0:20–0:26Hail to the birthless, the cause of creation, continuance, and destruction, triple informant
5. 0:26–0:32quality, who shows activity in the birth of things, goodness in their continuance, and
6. 0:32–0:34darkness in their destruction.
7. 0:34–0:39Glory to the dust of Triambicus' feet, caressed by the divem of the demon Bhana, even that
8. 0:39–0:44dust that kisses the circle of ravenous ten crest gems, that rests on the crests of
9. 0:44–0:49the lords of gods and demons, and that destroys our transitory life.
10. 0:49–0:54Glory to Vishnu, who, resolving to strike from afar, with but a moment's glance from
11. 0:54–0:59his wrath inflamed I stained the breast of his enemy, as if it had burst of itself in terror.
12. 1:00–1:05I salute the lotus feet of Batsu, honored by crown mockeries, the feet which have their
13. 1:05–1:09tawny toes rubbed on a footstool made by the united crowns of neighboring kings.
14. 1:10–1:14Who is there that fears not the wicked, pitiless and causeless enmity,
15. 1:14–1:18in whose mouth callomy hard to bear is always ready as the poison of a serpent?
16. 1:18–1:26The wicked, like fetters, echo harshly, wound deeply, and leave a scar, while the good,
17. 1:26–1:30like jeweled anklets, ever charm the mind with sweet sounds.
18. 1:30–1:36In a bad man gentle words sink no deeper than the throat, like nectar swallowed by Rahu.
19. 1:36–1:41The good man bears them constantly on his heart, as hurry his pure gem.
20. 1:41–1:45A story tender with the charm of gracious speech, creates in the heart joy full of
21. 1:45–1:51fresh interest, and it comes of itself, with native feeling, to its Lord's possession,
22. 1:51–1:53like a fresh bride.
23. 1:53–1:59Who is not carried captive by tales fashioned in freshness of speech, all alight with similes,
24. 1:59–2:04and the lamps of glowing words, pleasant tales interwoven with many a contrast of words,
25. 2:04–2:07as jasmine garlands with campak buds.
26. 2:07–2:13There was once a Brahmin, Kuvara by name, sprung from the race of Vatsyana, sun throughout
27. 2:13–2:18the world for his virtue, a leader of the good, his lotus feet were worshipped by many a gupta,
28. 2:18–2:25and he seemed a very portion of Brahma. On his mouth Sarasvati ever dwelt, for in it all evil
29. 2:25–2:31was still by the Veda, it had lips purified by sacrificial cake, and a palate bitter with Soma,
30. 2:31–2:36and it was pleasant with Smorty and Castro. In his house frightened boys, as they repeated
31. 2:36–2:42verses of the Yajur and Sama Veda, were chidden at every word by caged parrots and manas,
32. 2:42–2:48who were thoroughly versed in everything belonging to words. From him was born Arthapathy, a Lord
33. 2:48–2:54of the twice-born, as Hyraniagarbha from the world egg, the moon from the milky ocean, or Garuda from
34. 2:54–3:01Vinada. As he unfolded his spreading discourse day by day at dawn, new troops of pupils, intent on
35. 3:01–3:08listening, gave him a new glory, like fresh sandalshoots fixed on the ear. With countless
36. 3:08–3:13This sacrifice is adorned with gifts duly offered, having glowing Mahavara fires in their midst,
37. 3:13–3:18and raising the sacrificial posts as their hands, he won easily, as if with a troop of
38. 3:18–3:21elephants, the abode of the gods.
39. 3:21–3:27He in due course obtained a son, Satravanu, who amongst his other noble and glorious sons,
40. 3:27–3:33all versed in krudi and kastra, shown as crystal, like Kailasa among mountains.
41. 3:33–3:38The virtues of that noble man, reaching far and gleaming bright as a digit of the moon,
42. 3:38–3:43yet without its spot, pierced deep even into the hearts of his foes, like the budding claws
43. 3:43–3:46of Nrisima, Vishnu.
44. 3:46–3:51The dark smoke of many a sacrifice rose like curls on the brow of the goddesses of the
45. 3:51–3:56sky, or like shoots of tamala on the ear of the bride, the threefold Veda, and only
46. 3:56–3:59made his own glory shine more bright.
47. 3:59–4:04From him was born a son, Bhana, when the drops that rose from the fatigue of the Soma sacrifice
48. 4:04–4:09were wiped from his brow by the folded lotus hands of Sarasvati and when the seven worlds
49. 4:09–4:13had been illuminated by the rays of his glory.
50. 4:13–4:18By that Brahman, albeit with a mind keeping even in his unspoken words its original dullness
51. 4:18–4:22blinded by the darkness of its own utter folly and simple from having never gained
52. 4:22–4:29the charm of ready wit, this tale, surpassing the other two, was fashioned, even Kadambari.
53. 4:29–4:33There was once upon a time a king named Kadraka.
54. 4:33–4:38Like a second Indra, he had his commands honored by the bent heads of all kings, he was Lord
55. 4:38–4:39of the earth.
56. 4:39–4:44Gurdon by the four oceans, he had an army of neighboring chiefs bowed down in loyalty
57. 4:44–4:50to his majesty, he had the signs of a universal emperor, like Vishnu, his lotus hand bore the
58. 4:50–4:56sign of the conch and the khoit, like Siva, he had overcome love, like Kartikey, he was
59. 4:56–4:59unconquerable in might. Like Brahma, he had the circle of
60. 5:00–5:30विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्रे विप्र
61. 5:30–5:36virtue, a spring of the ambrosial sweetness of poetry, a mountain of sunrise to all his friends,
62. 5:36–5:43and a direful comet to all his foes. He was, moreover, a founder of literary societies,
63. 5:43–5:48a refuge for men of taste, a rejecter of haughty bowholders, a leader among the bold,
64. 5:48–5:54a chief among the wise. He was a cause of gladness to the humble, as Venetia was to Venata.
65. 5:54–6:01He rooted up with the point of his bow the boundary mountains of his foes as Pritharaja did the noble mountains.
66. 6:01–6:07He mocked Krishna, also, for while the latter made his boast of his man-lion form,
67. 6:07–6:10he himself smote down the hearts of his foes by his very name,
68. 6:10–6:13and while Krishna wearied the universe with his three steps,
69. 6:13–6:16he subdued the whole world by one heroic effort.
70. 6:16–6:20Glory long dwelt on the watered edge of his sword,
71. 6:20–6:24as if to wash off the stain of contact with a thousand-based chieftains,
72. 6:24–6:30which had clung to her too long. By the indwelling of Dharma in his mind, Yama in his wrath,
73. 6:30–6:36Kiva in his kindness, Agni in his splendor, birth in his arm, Lakshmi in his glance,
74. 6:36–6:41Sarasvati in his eloquence, the moon in his face, the wind in his might,
75. 6:41–6:46Brihasbhati in his knowledge, love in his beauty, the sun in his glory, he resembled
76. 6:46–6:51Holy Narayana, whose nature manifests every form, and who is the very essence of Deity.
77. 6:51–6:57Royal Glory came to him once for all, like a woman coming to meet her lover, on the nights
78. 6:57–7:02of battle stormy with the showers of Ikor from the Elephant's temples, and stood by
79. 7:02–7:06him in the midst of the darkness of thousands of coats of mail, loosened from the doors
80. 7:06–7:09of the breasts of warriors.
81. 7:09–7:13She seemed to be drawn irresistibly by his sword, which was uneven in its edge, by
82. 7:13–7:18reason of the drops of water forced out by the pressure of his strong hand, and
83. 7:18–7:21which was decked with large pearls clinging to it when he clothed the frontal bones of
84. 7:21–7:23wild elephants.
85. 7:23–7:28The flame of his majesty burnt day and night, as if it were a fire within his foes' fair
86. 7:28–7:33wives, albeit reft of their lords, as if he would destroy the husbands now only enshrined
87. 7:33–7:35in their hearts.
88. 7:35–7:40While he, having subdued the earth, was guardian of the world, the only mixing of color
89. 7:40–7:45was in painting, the only pulling of hair and caresses, the only strict fetters
90. 7:45–7:51in the laws of poetry, the only care was concerning moral law, the only deception was in dreams,
91. 7:51–7:58the only golden rods were in umbrellas. Banners alone trembled, songs alone showed variations,
92. 7:58–8:03elephants alone were rampant, bows alone had severed cords, lattice windows alone had
93. 8:03–8:09ensnaring network, lovers disputes alone caused sending of messengers, dice and chessmen
94. 8:09–8:14alone left empty squares, and his subjects had no deserted homes.
95. 8:14–8:19After him, too, there was only fear of the next world, only twisting in the curls of
96. 8:19–8:24the Zen and a women, only locacity in anklets, only taking the hand in marriage, only shedding
97. 8:24–8:30of tears from the smoke of ceaseless sacrificial fires, the only sound of the lash was for
98. 8:30–8:34horses, while the only twang of the bow was loves.
99. 8:34–8:39When the thousand-grade sun, bursting open the young lotus buds, had not long risen,
100. 8:39–8:43though it had lost somewhat of the pinkness of dawn, a fortress approached the king
101. 8:43–8:47in his hall of audience, and humbly addressed him.
102. 8:47–8:52Her form was lovely, yet awe-inspiring, and with the scimitar, a weapon rarely worn by
103. 8:52–8:54women, hanging at her left.
104. 8:54–8:59Side, was like a sandal-tree-girt by a snake.
105. 8:59–9:03Her bosom glistened with rich sandall ointment like the heavenly Ganges when the frontal
106. 9:03–9:06bone of air of otter rises from its waters.
107. 9:06–9:11The chief spent before her seemed, by her reflection on their crests, to bear her
108. 9:11–9:15on their foreheads as a royal command in human form.
109. 9:15–9:20Like autumn, she was robed in a whiteness of hamsas, like the blade of Paracurama she
110. 9:20–9:25held the circle of kings in submission, like the forest land of the Vindyas, she bore her
111. 9:25–9:29wand, and she seemed the very guardian goddess of the realm.
112. 9:29–9:34Placing on the ground her lotus hand and knee, she thus spake, sire, there stands
113. 9:34–9:39at the gate a kandala maiden from the south, a royal glory of the race of that trakanku
114. 9:39–9:45who climbed the sky, but fell from it at the murmur of wrathful Indra. She bears a parrot
115. 9:45–9:51in a cage, and bids me thus hail your majesty, Sire, thou, like the ocean, art alone worthy
116. 9:51–9:57to receive the treasures of the whole earth. In the thought that this bird is a marvel,
117. 9:57–9:59the treasure of the whole earth. I bring it to lay it th-
118. 10:00–10:30यत अछिए आप दिशार तो भिछोडि। वाव, विश्वाव, विश्वाव, विश्वाव, विश्वाव, विश्वाव, विश्वाव, विश्वाव, विश्वाव, विश्वाव, विश्वाव, विश्वाव, विश्वाव, विश्वाव, विश्वाव, विश्वाव, व
119. 10:30–10:35like golden-peaked meru in the midst of the noble mountains crouching together in fear of Indrus Thunderbolt,
120. 10:35–10:40or in that the brightness of the jewels scattered on his dress almost concealed his form,
121. 10:40–10:46like a day of storm, whereon the eight-quarters of the globe were covered by Indrus Thousand Bows.
122. 10:46–10:51He was sitting on a couch studded with moon stones, beneath a small silken canopy,
123. 10:51–10:57white as the foam of the rivers of heaven, with its four jewel-encrusted pillars joined by golden chains,
124. 10:57–11:01and in wreath with a rope of large pearls.
125. 11:01–11:05Many cowries with golden handles waved around him, his left foot rested on a footstool of
126. 11:05–11:10crystal that was like the moon bent in humiliation before the flashing beauty of his countenance,
127. 11:10–11:14and was adorned by the brightness of his feet, which yet were tinged with blue from
128. 11:14–11:19the light rays of the sapphire pavement, as though darkened by the size of his conquered
129. 11:19–11:21foes.
130. 11:21–11:26His breast, crimson by the rubies which shone on his throne, recalled Krishna, red with
131. 11:26–11:31blood from the fresh slaughter of Matt Hikaitaba, his two silken garments, white as the foam
132. 11:31–11:36of ambrosia, with pairs of hams as painted in yellow on their hem, waved in the wind
133. 11:36–11:41raised by the cowries, the fragrant sandalonguin with which his chest was whitened, besprinkled
134. 11:41–11:47with saffron ointment, was like snowy kailasa with the early sunshine upon it, his face
135. 11:47–11:50was encircled by pearls like stars mistaking it.
136. 11:50–11:55For the moon, the sapphire bracelets that clasped his arms were as a thread of chains
137. 11:55–12:00to bind fickle fortune, or as snakes attracted by the smell of sandalwood, the lotus in his
138. 12:00–12:06ear hung down slightly, his nose was aquiline, his eyes were like lotuses in full blossom,
139. 12:06–12:11the hair grew in a circle between his brows, and was purified by the waters that inaugurated
140. 12:11–12:16his possession of universal rule, his forehead was like a piece of the eight-day moon made
141. 12:16–12:22into a block of pure gold, garlanded with sweet jasmine, like the western mountain in
142. 12:22–12:28dawn with the stars growing pale on its brow. He was like the God of love when struck by Sivah's
143. 12:28–12:34fire, for his body was tawny from the color of his ornaments. His handmaiden surrounded him,
144. 12:34–12:40as if they were the goddesses of the quarters of the globe come to worship him, the earth bore him,
145. 12:40–12:45as on her heart, through loyalty, in the reflection of his image in her clear mosaic pavement,
146. 12:45–12:49fortune seemed as alone, though by him she was given to all to enjoy.
147. 12:49–12:56He was without a second, though his followers were without number, he trusted only to his own sword,
148. 12:56–13:00though he had countless elephants and horses in his retinue, he filled the whole earth,
149. 13:00–13:06though he stood in a small space of ground, he rested only on his bow,
150. 13:06–13:10and yet was seated on his throne, he shone with the flame of majesty,
151. 13:10–13:14though all the fuel of his enemies was uprooted, he had large eyes,
152. 13:14–13:20and yet saw the smallest things. He was the home of all virtues, and yet was overreaching.
153. 13:20–13:25He was beloved of his wives, and yet was a despotic Lord. He was free from intoxication,
154. 13:25–13:31though he had an unfailing stream of bounty. He was fair in nature, yet in conduct to Krishna,
155. 13:31–13:38he laid no heavy hand on his subjects, and yet the whole world rested in his grasp.
156. 13:38–13:45such was this king. And she had a far beholding him, with a hand soft as the petal of a red lotus,
157. 13:45–13:50and surrounded by a tinkling bracelet, and clasping the bamboo with its end jagged,
158. 13:50–13:56struck once on the mosaic floor to arouse the king, and at the sound, in a moment the whole
159. 13:56–14:00assemblage of chiefs turned their eyes from the king to her, like a herd of wild elephants at the
160. 14:00–14:07falling of the coconut. Then the king, with the words, look yonder, to his sweet, gazed
161. 14:07–14:13steadily upon the candala maiden, as she was pointed out by the fortress. Before her went
162. 14:13–14:18a man whose hair was hoary with age, whose eyes were the color of the red lotus, whose
163. 14:18–14:24joints, despite the loss of youth, were firm from incessant labor, whose form, though that
164. 14:24–14:30of a mathinga, was not to be despised, and who wore the white raiment meat for a court.
165. 14:30–14:35her went a candala boy, with locks falling on either shoulder, bearing a cage, the bars
166. 14:35–14:41of which, though of gold, shone like emerald from the reflection of the parrot's plumage.
167. 14:41–14:45She herself seemed by the darkness of her hue to imitate Krishna when he guilefully
168. 14:45–14:51assumed a woman's attire to take away the amrita seized by the demons. She was, as
169. 14:51–14:56it were, a doll of sapphire walking alone, and over the blue garment, which reached
170. 14:56–15:00to her ankle, there fell a veil of red silk, like Eve.
171. 15:00–15:03नाटक विपाविपाविमर्शक रेक।
172. 15:30–15:35of rathful Siva, or like Yamuna, fleeing in fear of being drawn along by the plowshare
173. 15:35–15:40of wild Borama, or, from the rich lack that turned her lotus feet into budding shoots,
174. 15:40–15:45like Durga, with her feet crimsoned by the blood of the Azura Mahisha she had just trampled
175. 15:45–15:47upon.
176. 15:47–15:51Her nails were rosy from the pink glow of her fingers, the mosaic pavement seemed too
177. 15:51–15:56hard for her touch, and she came forward, placing her feet like tender twigs upon
178. 15:56–15:58the ground.
179. 15:58–16:03The rays of her anklets, rising in flame color, seemed to encircle her as with the arms of
180. 16:03–16:09Agni, as though, by his love for her beauty, he would purify the stain of her birth, and
181. 16:09–16:11so set the creator at naught.
182. 16:11–16:16Her girdle was like the stars wreathed on the brow of the elephant of love, and her
183. 16:16–16:20necklace was a rope of large bright pearls, like the stream of gongeded just tinged
184. 16:20–16:22by Yamano.
185. 16:22–16:28Like autumn, she opened her lotus eyes, like the rainy season, she had cloudy tresses,
186. 16:28–16:33Like the circle of the Malaya Hills, she was wreath with sandal, like the zodiac, she was
187. 16:33–16:38decked with starry gems, like CRI, she had the fairness of a lotus in her hand, like
188. 16:38–16:44a swoon, she entranced the heart, like a forest, she was endowed with living beauty, like the
189. 16:44–16:50child of a goddess, she was claimed by no tribe, like sleep, she charmed the eyes,
190. 16:50–16:55as a lotus pool in a wood is troubled by elephants, so was.
191. 16:55–17:00She dimmed by her Mithinda birth, like a spirit, she might not be touched, like a letter,
192. 17:00–17:06she gladdened the eyes alone, like the blossoms of spring, she lacked the jotty flower, her
193. 17:06–17:11slender waist, like the line of love's bow, could be spanned by the hands, with her curly
194. 17:11–17:15hair, she was like the Lakshmi of the Yiksha king in Alaka.
195. 17:15–17:21She had but reached the flower of her youth, and was beautiful exceedingly.
196. 17:21–17:26When the king was amazed, and the thought arose in his mind, ill-placed was the labor of the
197. 17:26–17:28Creator in producing this beauty.
198. 17:28–17:33For if she has been created as though in mockery of her kandala form, such that all the world's
199. 17:33–17:38wealth of loveliness is laughed to scorn by her own, why was she born in a race with
200. 17:38–17:40which none can mate?
201. 17:40–17:44Surely by thought alone did Prajapati create her, fearing the penalties of contact with
202. 17:44–17:49the Mithingar race, else whence this unsullied radiance, a grace that belongs not to limbs
203. 17:49–17:57sullied by touch. Moreover, though fair in form, by the baseness of her birth, whereby she,
204. 17:57–18:03like a Lakshmi of the lower world, is a perpetual reproach to the gods, she, lovely as she is,
205. 18:03–18:09causes fear in Brahma, the maker of so strange a union. While the king was thus thinking the
206. 18:09–18:14maiden, garlanded with flowers, that fell over her ears, bowed herself before him with
207. 18:14–18:19a confidence beyond her years. And when she had made her reverence and stepped onto
208. 18:19–18:25the mosaic floor, her attendant, taking the parrot, which had just entered the cage, advanced
209. 18:25–18:32a few steps, and, showing it to the king, said, Sire, this parrot, by name Vykampyana, knows
210. 18:32–18:37the meaning of all the castras, is expert in the practice of royal policy, skilled
211. 18:37–18:43in tales, history, and Puranas, and acquainted with songs and with musical intervals.
212. 18:43–18:49He recites, and himself composes graceful and incomparable modern romances, love stories,
213. 18:49–18:55plays, and poems, and the like, he is versed in witticisms, and is an unrivaled disciple
214. 18:55–18:58of the vena, flute, and drum.
215. 18:58–19:03He is skilled in displaying the different movements of dancing, dexterous in painting, very bold
216. 19:03–19:08in play, ready in resources to calm a maiden angered in a lover's quarrel, and familiar
217. 19:08–19:13with the characteristics of elephants, horses, men, and women.
218. 19:13–19:18He is the gem of the whole earth, and in the thought that treasures belong to thee,
219. 19:18–19:24pearls to the ocean, the daughter of my Lord has brought him hither to thy feet, O King.
220. 19:24–19:27Let him be accepted as thine.
221. 19:27–19:31Having thus said, he laid the cage before the king and retired.
222. 19:31–19:37And when he was gone, the king of birds, standing before the king, and raising his right foot,
223. 19:37–19:43having uttered the words, all hail, recited to the king, in a song perfect in the enunciation
224. 19:43–19:48of each syllable an accent, a verse to this effect, the bosoms of your foeman's queens
225. 19:48–19:54now mourn, keeping a fast of widowed solitude, bathed in salt tears, of pearl wreaths all
226. 19:54–19:59forlorn, scorched by their sad hearts too close neighborhood.
227. 19:59–19:59And the king, ha'
228. 20:00–20:04विचार-विम्शक रेक। नाटक विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
229. 20:04–20:08विचार-विम्शक रेक। विचार-विम्शक रेक।
230. 20:08–20:12विचार-विम्शक रेक। विचार-विम्शक रेक।
231. 20:12–20:16विचार-विम्शक रेक। विचार-विम्शक रेक।
232. 20:16–20:21birds clear enunciation of consonants and the sweetness of his intonation.
233. 20:21–20:26This, in the first place, is a great marvel that he should raise a song in which the syllables
234. 20:26–20:31are clearly separated and there is a combination of correctness with clearness in the vowels
235. 20:31–20:32and anionassicas.
236. 20:32–20:39Then, again, we had something more than that, for in him, though a lower creation, are
237. 20:39–20:44found the accomplishments, as it were, of a man in a pleasurable art and the course
238. 20:44–20:50of his song is inspired by knowledge. For it was he who, with the cry, all hail, straightened
239. 20:50–20:56his right foot and sang this song concerning me, whereas, generally, birds and beasts are
240. 20:56–21:04only skilled in the science of fearing, eating, paring, and sleeping. This is most wonderful.
241. 21:04–21:09And when the king had said this, kumar palata, with a slight smile, replied, Where is the
242. 21:09–21:14For all kinds of birds, beginning with the parrot and the manna,
243. 21:14–21:20repeat a sound once heard, as thou, O king, knowest, so it is no wonder that exceeding skill is
244. 21:20–21:25produced either by the efforts of men, or in consequence a perfection gained in a former birth.
245. 21:25–21:31Moreover, they formerly possessed a voice like that of men, with clear utterance.
246. 21:31–21:36The indistinct speech of parrots, as well as the change in elephant's tongues,
247. 21:36–21:44or rose from a curse of Agni. Hardly had he thus spoken when there arose. The blast of the midday
248. 21:44–21:49conch, following the roar of the drum distinctly struck at the completion of the hour and announcing
249. 21:49–21:55that the sun had reached the zenith. And, hearing this, the king dismissed his band of chiefs,
250. 21:55–22:02as the hour for bathing was at hand, and arose from his hall of audience. Then, as he started,
251. 22:02–22:07the great chiefs thronged together as they rose, tearing their silk raiment with the
252. 22:07–22:10leaf work of their bracelets, as it fell from its place in the hurried movement.
253. 22:10–22:17Their necklaces were swinging with the shock. The quarters of space were made tawny by showers
254. 22:17–22:21of fragrant sandal powder and saffron scattered from their limbs in their restlessness. The
255. 22:21–22:26bees arose in swarms from their garlands of mulady flowers, all quivering. Their cheeks
256. 22:26–22:31were caressed by the lotuses in their ears, half hanging down. Their strings of pearls
257. 22:31–22:36were trembling on their bosom's backslash, each longed in his self-consciousness to pay
258. 22:36–22:39his respects to the king as he departed.
259. 22:39–22:43The hall of audience was a stir on all sides with the sound of the anklets of the kauri
260. 22:43–22:48bearers as they disappeared in all directions, bearing the kauris on their shoulders, their
261. 22:48–22:53gems tinkling at every step, broken by the cry of the khalahamsas, eager to drink the
262. 22:53–22:57lotus honey, with the pleasant music of the jeweled girdles and wreaths of the dancing
263. 22:57–23:01girls coming to pay their respects as they struck their breast and sides.
264. 23:01–23:06with the cries of the Callaheimpses of the Palace Lake, which, charmed by.
265. 23:06–23:11The sound of the anklets, whiten the broad steps of the hall of audience, with the voices
266. 23:11–23:16of the tame cranes, eager for the sound of the girdles, screaming more and more with
267. 23:16–23:20a prolonged outcry, like the scratching of bell-metal, with the heavy tramp on the floor
268. 23:20–23:25of the hall of audience struck by the feet of a hundred neighboring chiefs suddenly departing,
269. 23:25–23:30which seemed to shake the earth like a hurricane, with the cry of, Look.
270. 23:30–23:35from the wand-bearing ushers who were driving the people in.
271. 23:35–23:41Confusion before them, and shouting loudly, yet good-naturedly, behold, long and shrill,
272. 23:41–23:45resounding far by its echo in the bowers of the palace, with the ringing of the pavement
273. 23:45–23:49as it was scratched by the points of diadems with their projecting agrats, as the kings
274. 23:49–23:54swiftly bent till their trembling crest gems touched the ground, with the tinkling of
275. 23:54–23:58the earrings as they rang on the hard mosaic in their owner's obeisance.
276. 23:58–24:04With the space-pervading din of the bards reciting auspicious verses, and coming forward with
277. 24:04–24:09the pleasant continuous cry, long life and victory to our king, with the hum of the bees
278. 24:09–24:13as they rose up leaving the flowers, by reason of the turmoil of the hundreds of departing
279. 24:13–24:18feet, with the clash of the jeweled pillars on which the gems were set jangling from
280. 24:18–24:22being struck by the points of the bracelets as the chieftains fell hastily prostrate
281. 24:22–24:24in their confusion.
282. 24:24–24:29The king then dismissed the assembled chiefs, saying, rest a while, and after saying to
283. 24:29–24:34the Candala maiden, let Vykampayana be taken into the inner apartments, and giving the
284. 24:34–24:39order to his betel nut bearer, he went, accompanied by a few favorite princes, to his private
285. 24:39–24:40apartments.
286. 24:40–24:46There, laying aside his adornments, like the sun divested of his rays, or the sky
287. 24:46–24:52bare of moon and stars, he entered the hall of exercise, where all was duly prepared.
288. 24:52–24:57taking pleasant exercise therein with the princes of his own age, he then entered the
289. 24:57–24:59bathing place, which was covered with a white canopy.
290. 25:00–25:02विचार-विमर्शक बाषाक साहित्य, सराव्दिए विचार-विमर्शक
291. 25:02–25:04विचार-विमर्शक बाषाक साहित्य, समालोचना, कविता, कविता, कविता,
292. 25:04–25:06कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता,
293. 25:06–25:08कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता,
294. 25:08–25:13seat placed by it, and was adorned with pitchers placed on one side, full of most fragrant
295. 25:13–25:18waters, having their mouths darkened by bees attracted by the odor, as if they were covered
296. 25:18–25:22with blue cloths, from fear of the heat.
297. 25:22–25:26Then the handmaidens, some darkened by the reflection of their emerald jars, like embodied
298. 25:26–25:31lotuses with their leafy cups, some holding silver pitchers, like night with a stream
299. 25:31–25:36of light shed by the full moon, duly besprinkled the king.
300. 25:36–25:40Right way there arose a blair of the trumpet sounded for bathing, penetrating all the
301. 25:40–25:46hollows of the universe, accompanied by the din of song, lute, flute, drum, cymbal, and
302. 25:46–25:51taber, resounding shrilly in diverse tones, mingled with the uproar of a multitude of
303. 25:51–25:54bards, and cleaving the path of hearing.
304. 25:54–25:59Then, in due order, the king put upon him.
305. 25:59–26:04Two white garments, light as a shed snake's skin, and wearing a turban, with an edge
306. 26:04–26:09of fine silk, pure as a fleck of white cloud, like Himalaya with the stream of the heavenly
307. 26:09–26:14river falling upon it, he made his libation to the pitries with a handful of water, consecrated
308. 26:14–26:21by a hymn, and then, prostrating himself before the sun, proceeded to the temple.
309. 26:21–26:25When he had worshiped Siva, and made an offering to Agni, his limbs were anointed in the
310. 26:25–26:30perfuming room with sandalwood, sweetened with the fragrance of saffron, camphor,
311. 26:30–26:35Then Musk, the scent of which was followed by murmuring bees, he put on a chaplet of
312. 26:35–26:41scented melody flowers, changed his garb, and, with no adornment save his jeweled earrings,
313. 26:41–26:46he, together with the kings, for whom a fitting meal was prepared, broke his fast, with the
314. 26:46–26:50pleasure that arises from the enjoyment of vines of.
315. 26:50–26:51Sweet Savor
316. 26:51–26:57Then, having drunk of a fragrant drug, rinsed his mouth, and taken his beetle, he arose
317. 26:57–27:04from his dais, with its bright mosaic pavement. The fortress, who was close by, hastened to him,
318. 27:04–27:09and leaning on her arm, he went to the hall of audience, followed by the attendants worthy
319. 27:09–27:14to enter the inner apartments, whose palms were like boughs, very hard from their firm grasp of
320. 27:14–27:19their wands. The hall showed as though walled with crystal by reason of the white silk that
321. 27:19–27:25draped its ends, the jeweled floor was watered to coolness with sandal water, to which was
322. 27:25–27:30added very fragrant musk, the pure mosaic was ceaselessly strewn with masses of blossoms,
323. 27:30–27:36as the sky with its bevy of stars, many a golden pillar shone forth, purified with scented water,
324. 27:36–27:41and decked with countless images, as though with the household gods and their niches.
325. 27:41–27:47Allo spread its fragrance richly, the whole was dominated by an alcove, which held a couch
326. 27:47–27:53white as a cloud after storm, with a flower scented covering, a pillow of fine linen at the head,
327. 27:53–27:59casters encrusted with gems and a jeweled footstool by its side, like the peak of Himalaya to behold.
328. 28:00–28:06Reclining on this couch, while a maiden, seated on the ground, having placed in her bosom the daggers
329. 28:06–28:11she was wont to bear, gently rubbed his feet with a palm soft as the leaves of fresh lotuses,
330. 28:11–28:17the king rested for a short time, and held converse on many a theme with the kings, ministers,
331. 28:17–28:23and friends whose presence was meek for that hour. He then bade the fortress, who was at hand,
332. 28:23–28:28to fetch Vykampayana from the women's apartments, for he had become curious to learn his story.
333. 28:29–28:33And she, bending hand and knee to the ground, with the words,
334. 28:33–28:37Thy will shall be done, taking the command on her head, fulfilled his bidding.
335. 28:38–28:43Soon Vykampayana approached the king, having his cage borne by the fortress,
336. 28:43–28:49under the escort of a herald, leaning on a gold staff, slightly bent, white-robed,
337. 28:49–28:55wearing a topknot silvered with age, slow in gait, and tremulous in speech, like an aged flamingo
338. 28:55–29:01in his love for the race of birds, who, placing his palm on the ground, thus delivered his message,
339. 29:01–29:07sire, the queen send thee word that by thy command this vicampiana has been bathed in fed,
340. 29:07–29:14and is now brought by the fortress to thy feet. Thus speaking, he retired, and the king asked
341. 29:14–29:18by Campaina, hast thou in the interval eaten food sufficient and to thy taste?
342. 29:19–29:26Sire, replied he, what have I not eaten? I have drunk my fill of the juice of the jambo fruit,
343. 29:26–29:31aromatically sweet, pink and blue as a cuckoo's eye in the gladness of spring,
344. 29:31–29:34I have cracked the pomegranate seeds, bright as pearls wit with blood,
345. 29:34–29:38which lion's claws have torn from the frontal bones of elephants.
346. 29:39–29:44I have torn at my will old my robelins, green as lotus leaves, and sweet as grapes.
347. 29:44–29:50But what need of further words? For everything brought by the queens with their own hands
348. 29:50–29:57turns to ambrosia. And the king, rebuking his talk, said, Let all this cease for a while,
349. 29:57–29:59and do thou remove our curiosity.
350. 30:00–30:05Tell us from the very beginning the whole history of thy birth-backslash, in what country, and how
351. 30:05–30:12worked thou born, and by whom was thy name given? Who were thy father and mother? How came
352. 30:12–30:18thine attainment of the Vedas, and thine acquaintance? With the castras, and thy skill in the fine
353. 30:18–30:25arts. What caused thy remembrance of a former birth? Was it a special boon given thee? Or
354. 30:25–30:30For dost thou dwell in disguise, wearing the form only of a bird, and where dits thou formerly
355. 30:30–30:31dwell?
356. 30:31–30:37How old art thou, and how came this bondage of a cage, and the falling into the hands
357. 30:37–30:40of a candala maiden, and thy coming hither?
358. 30:40–30:45Thus respectfully questioned by the king, whose curiosity was kindled, by Campaena thought
359. 30:45–30:51a moment, and reverently replied, Sire, the tale is long, but if it is thy pleasure,
360. 30:51–30:53let it be heard.
361. 30:53–30:58There is a forest, by name Vinnea, that embraces the shores of the eastern and western ocean,
362. 30:58–31:02and decks the central region as though it were the earth's zone.
363. 31:02–31:06It is beauteous with trees watered with the icor of wild elephants, and bearing on their
364. 31:06–31:12crests masses of white blossom that rise to the sky and vie with the stars, in it
365. 31:12–31:17the pepper trees, bitten by ospreys in their spring gladness, spread their boughs, tamela
366. 31:17–31:22branches trampled by young elephants fill it with fragrance, shoots in hue like the wine-flushed
367. 31:22–31:27cheeks of Malabaris, as though rosy it would lack from the feet of wandering wood-nymphs,
368. 31:27–31:29overshadow it.
369. 31:29–31:34Bowers there are, too, wet with drippings from parapierced pomegranates, bowers in which
370. 31:34–31:39the ground is covered with torn fruit and leaves shaken down by restless monkeys from
371. 31:39–31:43the cacula trees, or sprinkled with pollen from ever-falling blossoms, or strewn with
372. 31:43–31:49couches of clove branches by travelers, or hemmed in by fine coconuts, katakis,
373. 31:49–31:54iras, and baculas, bower so fair that with their Erika trees
374. 31:54–31:57gird about with beetle vines, they make a fitting home for a woodland
375. 31:57–31:59Lakshmi.
376. 31:59–32:02Thickly growing elis make the wood dark and fragrant, as with the
377. 32:02–32:08icor of wild elephants, hundreds of lions, who meet their death from barbaric leaders
378. 32:08–32:12eager to seize the pearls of the elephant's frontal bones still clinging to their mouth
379. 32:12–32:17and claws, roam therein, it is fearful as the haunt of death, like the citadel
380. 32:17–32:22of Yama, and filled with the buffaloes dear to him, like an army ready for battle, it
381. 32:22–32:27has bees resting on its arrow trees, as the points on arrows, and the roar of the lion
382. 32:27–32:28is.
383. 32:28–32:34Clear as the lion cry of onset, it has rhinoceros tusks dreadful as the dagger of Durga, and
384. 32:34–32:39like her is adorned with red sandalwood, like the story of Carnisuda, it has its
385. 32:39–32:44vipula, acala and kaka in the wide mountains haunted by hairs that lie near it, as the
386. 32:44–32:49The twilight of the last eve of an aeon has the frantic dance of bluenectsiva, so has
387. 32:49–32:54it the dances of bluenect peacocks, and bursts into crimson, as the time of churning the
388. 32:54–33:00ocean had the glory of C.R.I. and the tree which grants all desires, and was surrounded
389. 33:00–33:07by sweet drafts of verena, so is it adorned by C.R.I. trees and verena two trees.
390. 33:07–33:12It is densely dark, as the rainy season with clouds, and decked with pools and countless
391. 33:12–33:17hundreds, like the moon, it is always the haunt of the bears, and is the home of the deer.
392. 33:18–33:23Like a king's palace, it is adorned by the tails of cowry deer, and protected by troops of fierce
393. 33:23–33:31elephants. Like Durga, it is strong of nature, and haunted by the lion. Like Sita, it has its
394. 33:31–33:38kuka, and is held by the wanderer of night. Like a maiden in love, it wears the scent of sandal
395. 33:38–33:44and musk, and is adorned with a thilacah of bright aloes, like a lady in her lover's absence,
396. 33:44–33:49it is fan'd with the wind of many a bow, and possessed of mad ana, like a child's neck,
397. 33:49–33:54it is bright with rows of tiger's claws, and adorn'd with a rhinoceros, like a hall
398. 33:54–33:59of revelry with its honeyed drafts, it has hundreds of beehives visible, and is strewn
399. 33:59–34:01with flowers.
400. 34:01–34:05In parts it has a circle of earth torn up by the tusks of large bores, like the
401. 34:05–34:10end of the world when the circle of the earth was lifted up by the tusks of Mahavaraha, here,
402. 34:10–34:15like the city of Ravana, it is filled with lofty kala inhabited by restless monkeys, here
403. 34:15–34:21it is, like the scene of a recent wedding, bright with fresh kukka grass, fuel, flowers,
404. 34:21–34:28acacia, and palaka, here, it seems to bristle in terror at the lion's roar, here, it is
405. 34:28–34:31vocal with kukku's wild for joy.
406. 34:31–34:36Here it is, as if in excitement, resonant with the sound of palms in the strong wind.
407. 34:36–34:40Here, it drops its palm leaves like a widow giving up her earrings.
408. 34:40–34:44Here, like a field of battle, it is filled with aero-ey reads.
409. 34:44–34:47Here, like Indra's body, it has a thousand netras.
410. 34:47–34:51Here, like Vishnu's form, it has the darkness of tamalas.
411. 34:51–34:56Here, like the banner of Arjuna's chariot, it is blazoned with monkeys.
412. 34:56–34:59Like the court of an earthly king, it is hard of access.
413. 35:00–35:03उ तब आम भूज, फिर, लिक दूव।
414. 35:03–35:04विचार-विमर्शक रेक। विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
415. 35:04–35:06विचार-विमर्शक रेक। विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
416. 35:06–35:09विचार-विमर्शक रेक। विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
417. 35:09–35:11विचार-विमर्शक रेक। विमर्शक रेक।
418. 35:11–35:16pursued by the hunter, here, like an ascetic, it has bark, bushes, and ragged strips and
419. 35:16–35:18grass.
420. 35:18–35:24Though adorned with sapto-parna, it yet possesses leaves innumerable, though honored by ascetics,
421. 35:24–35:30it is yet very savage, though in its season of blossom, it is yet most pure.
422. 35:30–35:35In that forest there is a hermitage, famed throughout the world backslash, a very birthplace
423. 35:35–35:36of dharma.
424. 35:36–35:41It is adorned with trees tended by Lopamudra as her own children, fed with water sprinkled
425. 35:41–35:46by her own hands, and trenched round by herself.
426. 35:46–35:50She was the wife of the great ascetic Agistya, he it was who at the prayer of Indra drank
427. 35:50–35:55up the waters of ocean, and who, when the Vinaya mountains, by a thousand wide peaks
428. 35:55–36:00stretching to the sky in rivalry of Meru, were striving to stop the course of the sun's
429. 36:00–36:04chariot, and were despising the prayers of all the gods, yet had his commands obeyed
430. 36:04–36:10by them, who digested the demon Vatapi by his inward fire, who had the dust of his feet
431. 36:10–36:16kissed by the tips of the gold ornaments on the crests of gods, and demons, who adorned
432. 36:16–36:20the brow of the southern region, and who manifested his majesty by casting Nahusha
433. 36:20–36:24down from heaven by the mere force of his murmur.
434. 36:24–36:29The hermitage is also hallowed by Lopamudra's sundered haciu, an ascetic, bearing his
435. 36:29–36:34staff of Palakka, wearing a sectarial mark made of purifying ashes, clothed in strips
436. 36:34–36:39of cuckoo grass, Gert with munga, holding a cup of green leaves in his roaming from
437. 36:39–36:45hut to hut to ascombs. From the large supply of fuel he brought, he was surnamed by his
438. 36:45–36:51father Fuelbearer. The place is also darkened in many a spot by green parrots and by plantain
439. 36:51–36:56groves, and is Gert by the river Godavari, which, like a dutiful wife, followed the
440. 36:56–37:03path of the ocean when drunk by Agistia. There, too, Rama, when he gave up his kingdom
441. 37:03–37:08to keep his father's promise, dwelt happily for some time at Pankavadi with Sita, following
442. 37:08–37:14the great ascetic Agistya, living in a pleasant hut made by Lakshmana, even Rama, the vexer
443. 37:14–37:16of the triumphs of ravenous glory.
444. 37:16–37:22There, even now, the trees, though the hermitage has long been empty, show, as it were, in
445. 37:22–37:27the lines of white doves softly nestling in the boughs, the hermit's pure lines of
446. 37:27–37:31sacrificial smoke clinging to them, and there a glow bursts forth on the shoots of
447. 37:31–37:37creepers, as if it had passed to them from Sita's hand as she offered flowers of ablation.
448. 37:37–37:41There the water of ocean drunken sent forth by the ascetic seems to have been wholly distributed
449. 37:41–37:45among the great lakes round the Hermitage, there.
450. 37:45–37:49The wood, with its fresh foliage, shines as if its roots have been watered with the
451. 37:49–37:54blood of countless hosts of demons struck down by Rama's many keen shafts, and as
452. 37:54–37:58if now its palakas were stained with their crimson hue, there, even yet, the old
453. 37:58–38:04deer nurtured by cedda, when they hear the deep roar of fresh clouds in the rainy season,
454. 38:04–38:08think on the twang of ramas about penetrating all the hollows of the universe, and refuse
455. 38:08–38:13their mouthfuls of fresh grass, while their eyes are dimmed by ceaseless.
456. 38:13–38:18Tears, as they see a deserted world, and their own horns crumbling from age, there,
457. 38:18–38:23too, the golden deer, as if it had been incited by the rest of the forest deer
458. 38:23–38:29slain in the ceaseless chase, deceived Sita, and led the son of Raghu Farashtrae, there,
459. 38:29–38:35too, in their grief for the bitter loss of Sita, Rama and Lakshmana seized by Kabanda,
460. 38:35–38:40like an eclipse of sun and moon heralding the death of Ravana, filled the universe with a mighty
461. 38:40–38:47dread, there, too, the arm of Yajnabahu. Struck off by Rama's arrow, caused fear in the saints
462. 38:47–38:52as it lay on the ground, lest it should be the serpent form of Nahusha, brought back by
463. 38:52–38:57by Agistia's curse, there, even now, foresters behold Cida painted inside the hut by her
464. 38:57–39:01husband to solace his bereavement, as if she were again rising from the ground in her
465. 39:01–39:04longing to see her husband's home.
466. 39:04–39:09Not far from that hermitage of Agistia, of which the ancient history is yet clearly
467. 39:09–39:13to be seen, is a lotus lake called Pampa.
468. 39:13–39:17It stands near that hermitage, as if it were a second ocean made by the creator in
469. 39:17–39:22rivalry with Agistia, at the prompting of Varna, wrathful at the drinking of ocean, it is like
470. 39:22–39:27the sky fallen on earth to bind together the fragments of the eight quarters when severed
471. 39:27–39:33in the day of doom. It is, indeed, a peerless home of waters, and its depth and extent none can
472. 39:33–39:40tell. There, even now, the wanderer may see pairs of Kakravakas, with their wings turned to blue
473. 39:40–39:45by the gleam of the blossoming lotuses, as if they were swallowed up by the impersonate
474. 39:45–39:51curse of Rama. On the left bank of that lake, and near a clump of palms broken by Rama's
475. 39:51–39:57arrows, was a large old Kalmali tree. It shows as though it were enclosed in a large trench,
476. 39:57–40:00because its roots are always encircled by an
477. 40:00–40:02अल्ट स्नेख, ब्लाग त्रूंक अछि।
478. 40:02–40:03अछि।
479. 40:03–40:04अछि।
480. 40:04–40:05अछि।
481. 40:05–40:06अछि।
482. 40:06–40:07अछि।
483. 40:07–40:08अछि।
484. 40:08–40:09अछि।
485. 40:09–40:10अछि।
486. 40:10–40:11अछि।
487. 40:11–40:12अछि।
488. 40:12–40:13अछि।
489. 40:13–40:14अछि।
490. 40:14–40:15अछि।
491. 40:15–40:16अछि।
492. 40:16–40:17अछि।
493. 40:17–40:18अछि।
494. 40:18–40:19अछि।
495. 40:19–40:20अछि।
496. 40:20–40:21अछि।
497. 40:21–40:22अछि।
498. 40:22–40:24Moon on his crest.
499. 40:24–40:28Through its weight of years, it clings for support even to the shoulder of the wind,
500. 40:28–40:32it is girt with creepers that cover its whole trunk, and stand out like the thick veins
501. 40:32–40:35of old age.
502. 40:35–40:39Thorns have gathered on its surface like the moles of old age, not even the thick clouds
503. 40:39–40:44by which its foliage is bedewed can behold its top, when, after drinking the waters
504. 40:44–40:49of ocean, they return from all sides to the sky, and pause for a moment, weary with
505. 40:49–40:53their load of water, like birds amongst its boughs.
506. 40:53–40:58From its great height, it seems to be on tiptoe to look at the glory of the Nindana wood, its
507. 40:58–41:03topmost branches are whitened by cotton, which men might mistake for foam dropped from the
508. 41:03–41:07corners of their mouths by the sun's steeds as, beset with weariness of their path through
509. 41:07–41:12the sky, they come near it in their coarse overhead, it has a root that will last for
510. 41:12–41:17an aeon, for, with the garland of drunken bees sticking to the icor which clings
511. 41:17–41:22to it where the cheeks of woodland elephants are rubbed. Against it, it seems to be held
512. 41:22–41:28motionless by iron chains, it seems alive with swarms of bees, flashing in and out of its
513. 41:28–41:34hollow trunk. It beholds the alighting of the wings of birds, as Duryodhana receives proofs
514. 41:34–41:39of Kukuni's partisanship, like Krishna, it is encircled by a woodland chaplet, like
515. 41:39–41:45a mass of fresh clouds its rising is seen in the sky. It is a temple whence woodland
516. 41:45–41:50goddesses can look out upon the whole world. It is the king of the Dandaka wood, the leader
517. 41:50–41:55of the lordly trees, the friend of the Vindya mountains, and it seems to embrace with the
518. 41:55–42:01arms of its boughs the whole Vindya forest. There, on the edge of the boughs, in the
519. 42:01–42:06center of the crevices, amongst the twigs, in the joints of the trunks, in the holes
520. 42:06–42:11of the rotten bark, flocks of parrots have taken their abode. From its spaciousness,
521. 42:11–42:16They have confidently built in it their thousand nests, from its steepness, they have come
522. 42:16–42:19to it fearlessly from every quarter.
523. 42:19–42:23Though its leaves are thin with age, this lord of the forest still looks green with dense
524. 42:23–42:27foliage, as they rest upon it day and night.
525. 42:27–42:32In it they spend the nights in their own nests, and daily, as they rise, they form
526. 42:32–42:36lines in the sky, they show in heaven like Yamuna with her wide stream scattered by the
527. 42:36–42:41tossing of Bala's plowshare in his passion, they suggest a lotus bed of the
528. 42:41–42:45heavenly Ganges flowing away, uprooted by the elephant of heaven, they show forth the
529. 42:45–42:50sky-streaked, as it were, with the brightness of the steeds of the sun's chariot. They wear
530. 42:50–42:55the semblance of a moving floor of emerald, they stretch out in the lake.
531. 42:55–43:00Of heaven-like long twines of Valesniria, they fan the faces of the quarters wearied
532. 43:00–43:04with the mass of the sun's keen rays, with their wings spread against the sky like
533. 43:04–43:09plantain leaves, they form a grassy path stretching through the heaven, and as they
534. 43:09–43:12They roam they grace the firmament with a rainbow.
535. 43:12–43:16After their meal they return to the young birds which stay in the nest, and give them,
536. 43:16–43:21from beaks pink as tiger's claws reddened with the blood of slain deer, the juice of
537. 43:21–43:26fruits and many a dainty morsel of rice clusters, for by their deep love to their children all
538. 43:26–43:30their other likings are subdued, then they spend the night in this same tree with their
539. 43:30–43:32young under their wings.
540. 43:32–43:37Now my father, who by reason of his great age barely dragged on his life, dwelt
541. 43:37–43:42with my mother in a certain old hollow, and to him I was, by the decree of fate, born
542. 43:42–43:44as his only son.
543. 43:44–43:47My mother, overcome by.
544. 43:47–43:52The pains of childbirth when I was born, went to another world, and, in spite of his grief
545. 43:52–43:57for the death of his loved wife, my father, from love to his child, checked the keen
546. 43:57–44:03onrush of his sorrow, and devoted himself in his loneliness wholly to my nurture.
547. 44:03–44:08From his great age, the wide wings he raised had lost their power of flight, and hung loose
548. 44:08–44:12from his shoulders, so that when he shook them he seemed to be trying to shake off the painful
549. 44:12–44:17old age that clung to his body, while his few remaining tail feathers were broken like
550. 44:17–44:22a tatter of cuckoo grass, and yet, though he was unable to wander far, he gathered up
551. 44:22–44:26bits of fruit torn down by parrots and fallen at the foot of the tree, and picked up
552. 44:26–44:30grains of rice from rice stalks that had fallen from.
553. 44:30–44:35Nests, with a beak the point of which was broken and the edge worn away and rubbed by breaking
554. 44:35–44:41rice clusters, and pink as the stalk of the cephalic of flour went still hard, and he daily
555. 44:41–44:44made his own meal on what I left.
556. 44:44–44:48But one day I heard a sound of the tumult of the chase.
557. 44:48–44:53The moon, reddened by the glow of dawn, was descending to the shore of the western ocean,
558. 44:53–44:57from the island of the heavenly Ganges, like an old hamsa with its wings reddened
559. 44:57–45:00by the honey of the heavenly lotus bed, the circle
560. 45:00–45:04विचार-विमर्शक बाषाक साहित्य, समालोचना, कविता, कविता, कविता,
561. 45:04–45:08कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता,
562. 45:08–45:13कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता,
563. 45:13–45:17कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता,
564. 45:17–45:23Pink as sticks of burning lac, the cluster of the seven sages was, as it were, descending
565. 45:23–45:28the bank of the Manasa Lake, and rested on the northern quarter to worship the dawn, the
566. 45:28–45:33western ocean was lifting a mass of pearls, scattered from open shells on its shore,
567. 45:33–45:38as though the stars, melted by the sun's rays, had fallen on it, whitening the surface
568. 45:38–45:40of its alluvial islands.
569. 45:40–45:45The wood was dropping due, its peacocks were awake, its lions were yawning, its
570. 45:45–45:50Its wild elephants were wakened by herds of she-elephants, and it, with its boughs raised
571. 45:50–45:55like reverential hands, sent up towards the sun, as he rested on the peak of the eastern
572. 45:55–46:00mountain, a mass of flowers, the filaments of which were heavy with the night-dos.
573. 46:00–46:05The lines of sacrificial smoke from the hermitages, gray as the hair of an ass, were gleaming
574. 46:05–46:10like banners of holiness, and rested like doves on the treetops whereon the wood-nymphs
575. 46:10–46:12dwelt.
576. 46:12–46:17The morning breeze was blowing, and roamed softly, for it was weary at the end of night.
577. 46:17–46:20It gladdened swarms of bees by the flowers' perfume.
578. 46:20–46:23It rained showers of honey-dew from the open lotuses.
579. 46:23–46:26It was eager to teach the dancing creepers with their waving boughs.
580. 46:26–46:30It carried drops of foam from the rumination of woodland buffaloes.
581. 46:30–46:33It removed the perspiration of the weary mountaineers.
582. 46:33–46:37It shook the lotuses, and bore with it the dew-drops.
583. 46:37–46:42The bees, who ought to be the drums on the elephant's frontal bones to recite auspicious
584. 46:42–46:46songs for the wakening of the day lotus groves, now send up their hum from the hearts of the
585. 46:46–46:50night lotuses, as their wings were clogged in the closing petals.
586. 46:50–46:55The deer of the wood had the markings on their breast, gray with resting on the salt ground,
587. 46:55–47:00and slowly opened eyes, the pupils of which were still squinting with the remains of sleep,
588. 47:00–47:05and were caught by the cool morning breeze as if their eyelashes were held together
589. 47:05–47:10by heated lack, foresters were hastening hither and dither, the din of the callahamsas on
590. 47:10–47:15the Pample Lake, sweet to the ear, was now beginning, the pleasant flapping of the wild
591. 47:15–47:22elephants ears breaking forth caused the peacocks to dance, in time the sun himself slowly arose,
592. 47:22–47:26and wandered among the treetops round the Pample Lake, and haunted the mountain peaks,
593. 47:26–47:31with rays of matter, like a mass of cowries bending downwards from the sun's elephant
594. 47:31–47:34as he plunges into the sky, though.
595. 47:34–47:39Light sprung from the sun banished the stars, falling on the wood like the monkey king who
596. 47:39–47:44had again lost Tara, the morning twilight became visible quickly, occupying the eighth
597. 47:44–47:49part of the day, and the sun's light became clear.
598. 47:49–47:53The troops of parrots had all started to the places they desired, that tree seemed empty
599. 47:53–47:58by reason of the great stillness, though it had all the young parrots resting quietly
600. 47:58–48:00in their nests.
601. 48:00–48:05My father was still in his own nest, and I, as from my youth my wings were hardly fledged
602. 48:05–48:10and had no strength, was close to him in the hollow, when I suddenly heard in that forest
603. 48:10–48:12the sound of the tumult of the chase.
604. 48:12–48:17It terrified every woodland creature, it was drawn out by a sound of birds wings flying
605. 48:17–48:22hastily up, it was mingled with cries from the frightened young elephants, it was increased
606. 48:22–48:27by the hum of drunken bees, disturbed on the shaken creepers, it was loud with the
607. 48:27–48:32the noise of wild boars roaming with raised snouts, it was swollen by the roar of lions
608. 48:32–48:37wakin' from their sleep in mountain caves, it seemed to shake the trees, and was great
609. 48:37–48:41as the noise of the torrents of Ganges, when brought down by.
610. 48:41–48:46Badgerotha, and the woodland nymphs listened to it in terror.
611. 48:46–48:50When I heard this strange sound I began to tremble in my childishness, the cavity
612. 48:50–48:55of my ear was almost broken, I shook for fear, and thinking that my father, who was
613. 48:55–49:01close by, could help me, I crept within his wings, loosened as they were by age.
614. 49:01–49:05Straightway I heard an outcry of, Hence comes the scent of the lotus beds the leaders of
615. 49:05–49:08the elephants have trampled.
616. 49:08–49:12Hence the perfume of rushes the boars have chewed.
617. 49:12–49:16Hence the keen fragrance of gum-alibbenum the young elephants have divided.
618. 49:16–49:20Hence the rustling of dry leaves shaken down.
619. 49:20–49:26Hence the dust of ant heaps that the horns of wild buffaloes have cleft like thunderbolts.
620. 49:26–49:28Hence came a herd of deer.
621. 49:28–49:31Hence a troop of wild elephants.
622. 49:31–49:34Hence a band of wild boars.
623. 49:34–49:37Hence a multitude of wild buffaloes.
624. 49:37–49:41Hence the shriek of a circle of peacocks.
625. 49:41–49:43Hence the murmur of partridges.
626. 49:43–49:46Hence the cry of ospreys.
627. 49:46–49:51the groan of elephants with their frontal bones torn by lion's claws.
628. 49:51–49:55This is a boar's path stained with fresh mud.
629. 49:55–49:59This a mass of foam from the rumination of deer, darkened by the juice of mouthfuls of
630. 49:59–50:00grass.
631. 50:00–50:30नाटक आप विचार-विमर्शक नाटक आप विचार-विमर्शक नाटक आप विचार-विमर्शक नाटक आप विचार-विमर्शक नाटक आप विचार-विमर्शक नाटक आप विचार-विमर्शक नाटक आप विचार-विमर्शक नाटक आप विचार-विमर्शक नाटक �
632. 50:30–50:35crimson with the blood of the newly born offspring of the does, that is the path, like a widow's
633. 50:35–50:40braid, darkened with the eye-core of the Lord of the herd wandering at his will.
634. 50:40–50:44Follow this row of yak straight before us.
635. 50:44–50:48Quickly occupy this part of the wood where the dung of the deer is dried.
636. 50:48–50:50Climb the treetop.
637. 50:50–50:53Look out in this direction.
638. 50:53–50:55Listen to this sound.
639. 50:55–50:57Take the bow.
640. 50:57–50:59Stand in your places.
641. 50:59–51:04slipped the hounds. The wood trembled at the tumult of the hosts of men intent on the chase
642. 51:04–51:10shouting to each other and concealed in the hollows of the trees. Then that wood was soon
643. 51:10–51:15shaken on all sides by the roar of lions struck by the cabaret's arrows, deepened by its
644. 51:15–51:19echo rebounding from the hollows of the mountains, and strong as the sound of a drum newly
645. 51:19–51:23oiled, by the roar from the throats of the elephants that led the herd, like the
646. 51:23–51:28growl of thunder, and mixed with the ceaseless lashing of their trunks, as they came
647. 51:28–51:33on alone, separated from the frightened herd, by the piteous cry of the deer, with their
648. 51:33–51:40tremulous, terrified eyes, when the hounds suddenly tore their limbs, by the yell of
649. 51:40–51:44she-elephants lengthening in grief for the death of their lord and leader, as they wandered
650. 51:44–51:49every way with ears raised, ever pausing to listen to the din, bereft of their slain
651. 51:49–51:53leaders and followed by their young, by the bellowing of Shirinosaurus's seeking without
652. 51:53–51:58stretched next their young, only born a few days before, and now lost in the panic, by
653. 51:58–52:04the outcry of birds flying from the treetops, and wandering in.
654. 52:04–52:09Confusion, by the tramp of herds of deer with all the haste of limbs made for speed,
655. 52:09–52:13seeming to make the earthquake as it was struck simultaneously by their hurrying feet,
656. 52:13–52:18by the twang of bows drawn to the ear, mingled, as they reigned their arrows, with the cry
657. 52:18–52:22from the throats of the loving she-osperies, by the clash of swords with their blades
658. 52:22–52:27whizzing against the wind and falling on the strong shoulders of buffaloes, and by the
659. 52:27–52:32baying of the hounds which, as it was suddenly sent forth, penetrated all the recesses of
660. 52:32–52:34the wood.
661. 52:34–52:39When soon afterwards the noise of the chase was stilled and the wood had become quiet,
662. 52:39–52:42like the ocean when its water was stilled by the ceasing of the churning, or like
663. 52:42–52:48a massive cloud silent after the rainy season, I felt less of fear and became curious,
664. 52:48–52:54And so, moving a little from my father's embrace, I stood in the hollow, stretched out my neck,
665. 52:54–52:58and with eyes that, from my childishness, were yet tremulous with fear.
666. 52:58–53:04In my eagerness to see what this thing was, I cast my glance in that.
667. 53:04–53:05Direction
668. 53:05–53:09Before me I saw the cabra army come out from the wood like the stream of Nirmah that tossed
669. 53:09–53:14by Arjuna's thousand arms, like a wood of tamal as stirred by the wind, like all the
670. 53:14–53:19The Knights of the Dark Fortnight rolled into one, like a solid pillar of antimony shaken
671. 53:19–53:24by an earthquake, like a grove of darkness disturbed by sunbeams, like the followers
672. 53:24–53:29of death roaming, like the demon world that had burst open hell and risen up, like a crowd
673. 53:29–53:34of evil deeds come together, like a caravan of curses of the.
674. 53:34–53:38Many hermits dwelling in the Dandaka Forest, like all the hosts of Dashana and Kharas
675. 53:38–53:43struck by Rama as he reigned his ceaseless shafts, and they turned into demons for
676. 53:43–53:48their hatred to him, like the whole confraternity of the Iron Age come together, like a band
677. 53:48–53:52of buffaloes prepared for a plunge into the water, like a mass of black clouds broken
678. 53:52–53:57by a blow from a lion's paw as he stands on the mountain peak, like a throng of meteors
679. 53:57–54:04risen for the destruction of all form, it darkened the wood, it numbered many thousands,
680. 54:04–54:10it inspired great dread, it was like a multitude of demons pretending disasters. And in the
681. 54:10–54:15midst of that great host of cabras I beheld the cabra leader, Mothinga by name.
682. 54:15–54:20He was yet an early youth, from his great hardness he seemed made of iron, he was like
683. 54:20–54:25Eklavia in another birth, from his growing beard, he was like a young royal elephant
684. 54:25–54:30with its temples encircled by its first line of icor, he filled the wood with beauty that
685. 54:30–54:35streamed from him sombre as dark lotuses, like the waters of Yamuna, he had thick
686. 54:35–54:39locks curled at the ends and hanging on his shoulders, like a lion with its mane
687. 54:39–54:46Instained by Elephant's Icor, his brow was broad, his nose was stern and aquiline, his
688. 54:46–54:50left side shone reddened by the faint pink rays of a jeweled snakes hood that was made
689. 54:50–54:54the ornament for one of his ears, like the glow of shoots that had clung to him from
690. 54:54–55:00his resting on a leafy couch, he was perfumed with fragrant Icor, bearing the scent of sceptic
691. 55:00–55:04कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता,
692. 55:04–55:08कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता,
693. 55:08–55:13कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता,
694. 55:13–55:17कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता,
695. 55:17–55:22lines of perspiration on his cheek rubbed by his hand, as if in the a forest, being conquered
696. 55:22–55:27by his strong arm, were timidly offering homage under the guise of its slender waving twigs,
697. 55:27–55:32and he seemed to tinge space by his eye somewhat pink, as if it were bloodshot, and shedding
698. 55:32–55:37a twilight of the night of doom for the deer. He had mighty arms reaching to his knees,
699. 55:37–55:43as if the measure of an elephant's trunk had been taken in making them, and his.
700. 55:43–55:47Those were rough with scars from keen weapons often used to make an offering of blood to
701. 55:47–55:52Kali, the space round his eyes was bright and broad as the Vindhya mountain, and with
702. 55:52–55:57the drops of dried deer's blood clinging on it, and the marking of drops of perspiration,
703. 55:57–56:01as if they were adorned by large pearls from an elephant's frontal bone mixed with gunja
704. 56:01–56:02fruit.
705. 56:02–56:07His chest was scarred by constant and ceaseless fatigue, he was clad in a silk dress red
706. 56:07–56:12with cochineal, and with his strong legs he mocked a pair of elephants post-stained
707. 56:12–56:16with Elephant's Icor, he seen from his causeless fierceness to have been marked on his dread
708. 56:16–56:22brow by a frown that formed three banners, as if Durga, propitiated by his great devotion,
709. 56:22–56:26had marked him with a trident to denote that he was her servant.
710. 56:26–56:31He was accompanied by hounds of every color, which were his familiar friends, they showed
711. 56:31–56:35their weariness by tongues that, dry as they were, seen by their natural pinkness
712. 56:35–56:40to drip deer's blood, and which hung down far from tiredness, as their mouths were
713. 56:40–56:44open they raised the corners of their lips and showed their flashing teeth clearly,
714. 56:44–56:50like a lion's mane caught between the teeth, their throats were covered with strings of cowries,
715. 56:50–56:56and they were hacked by blows from the large boar's tusks. Though but small, from their great
716. 56:56–57:00strength they were like lion's cubs with their manes ungrown, they were skilled in initiating
717. 57:00–57:06the dozen widowhood, with them came their wives, very large, like lionesses coming to beg an
718. 57:06–57:12amnesty for the lions. He was surrounded by troops of cabras of all kinds. Some had seized
719. 57:12–57:17elephants tusks and the long hair of yaks. Some had vessels for honey-made of leaves
720. 57:17–57:22closely bound. Some, like lions, had hands filled with many a pearl from the frontal
721. 57:22–57:29bones of elephants. Some, like demons, had pieces of raw flesh. Some, like goblins,
722. 57:29–57:35were carrying the skins of lions. Some, like janissetics, held peacock's tails. Some,
723. 57:35–57:40like children, wore crow's feathers, some represented Krishna's exploits by bearing them.
724. 57:41–57:47Elephants tusks they had torn out, some, like the days of the rainy season, had garments dark as clouds.
725. 57:48–57:55He had his sword sheath, as a wood its rhinoceroses, like a fresh cloud, he held about bright as peacock's
726. 57:55–58:01tails, like the demon Vaka, he possessed a peerless army, like Garuda, he had torn out the teeth
727. 58:01–58:07of many large Nagas, he was hostile to peacocks, as Bhishma to Sikhandi, like a summer day,
728. 58:07–58:13he always showed a thirst for deer, like a heavenly genius, he was impetuous in pride,
729. 58:13–58:19as Vyasah followed Yajna Gandha, so did he follow the musk deer, like Katataka, he was
730. 58:19–58:22dreadful in form, as though.
731. 58:22–58:26Locks of Uma were decked with Siva's moon, so was he adorned with the eyes and the
732. 58:26–58:31peacocks' tails, as the demon Hraniya Kasapu by Mahavaraha, so he had his breast torn by
733. 58:31–58:37the teeth of a great boar, like an ambitious man, he had a train of captives around him,
734. 58:37–58:43like a demon, he loved the hunters, like the gamut of song, he was closed in by Nishadas,
735. 58:43–58:47like the trident of Durga, he was wet with the blood of buffaloes, though quite young,
736. 58:47–58:54he had seen many lives pass, though he had many hounds, he lived on roots and fruits,
737. 58:54–58:59Though of Krishna's hue, he was not good to look on, though he wandered at will, his mountain
738. 58:59–59:04fort was his only refuge, though he always lived at the foot of a lord of earth, he was
739. 59:04–59:07unskilled in the service of a king.
740. 59:07–59:12He was as the child of the Vindya Mountains, the partial avatar of death, the born brother
741. 59:12–59:17of wickedness, the essence of the Iron Age, horrible as he was, he yet inspired awe
742. 59:17–59:23by reason of his natural greatness, and his form could not be surpassed.
743. 59:23–59:25His name I afterwards learnt.
744. 59:25–59:30In my mind was this thought, Ah, the life of these men is full of folly, and their career
745. 59:30–59:33is blamed by the good.
746. 59:33–59:39For their one religion is offering human flesh to Durga, their meat, meat, and so forth,
747. 59:39–59:44is a meal loathed by the good, their exercise is the chase, their castra is the cry of the
748. 59:44–59:49jackal, their teachers of good and evil are owls, their knowledge is skill in birds,
749. 59:49–59:54Their bosom friends are dogs, their kingdom is in deserted woods, their feast is a drinking
750. 59:54–59:59bout, their friends are the bows that work their cruel deeds, and arrows, with their
751. 59:59–1:00:00heads smithing.
752. 1:00:00–1:00:04विचार-विमर्च्छ अछि।
753. 1:00:04–1:00:08विचार-विमर्च्छ अछि।
754. 1:00:08–1:00:12विचार-विमर्च्छ अछि।
755. 1:00:12–1:00:16विचार-विमर्च्छ अछि।
756. 1:00:16–1:00:20विमर्च्छ अछि।
757. 1:00:20–1:00:24विमर्च्छ अछि।
758. 1:00:24–1:00:28विमर्च्छ अछि।
759. 1:00:28–1:00:34branch. As I was thus thinking, the cabra leader, desiring to rest after his wandering through
760. 1:00:34–1:00:39the forest, approached, and, laying his bow in the shade beneath that very cotton tree,
761. 1:00:39–1:00:45sat down on a seat of twigs gathered hastily by his sweet. Another youthful cabra, coming
762. 1:00:45–1:00:50down hastily, brought to him from the lake, when he had stirred its waters with his hand,
763. 1:00:50–1:00:55some water aromatic with lotus pollen, and freshly plucked bright lotus fibers with
764. 1:00:55–1:01:00their mud washed off, the water was like liquid lapis lazuli, or showed as if it were painted
765. 1:01:00–1:01:05with a piece of sky fallen from the heat of the sun's rays in a day of doom, or had dropped
766. 1:01:05–1:01:10from the moon's orb, or were a mass of melted pearl, or as if in its great purity it was
767. 1:01:10–1:01:17frozen into ice, and could only be distinguished from it by touch. After drinking it, the
768. 1:01:17–1:01:22cabra in turn devoured the lotus fibers, as Rahu does the moon's digits, when he
769. 1:01:22–1:01:28He was rested he rose, and, followed by all his host, who had satisfied their thirst, he
770. 1:01:28–1:01:31went slowly to his desired goal.
771. 1:01:31–1:01:36But one old cabra from that barbarous troop had got no deer's flesh, and, with a demonic
772. 1:01:36–1:01:41expression coming into his face in his desire for meat, he lingered a short time by that
773. 1:01:41–1:01:42tree.
774. 1:01:42–1:01:47As soon as the cabra leader had vanished, that old cabra, with eyes pink as drops of
775. 1:01:47–1:01:53blood and terrible with their overhanging tawny brows, drank in, as it were, our lives, he
776. 1:01:53–1:01:57seemed to reckon up the number in the parrot's nests like a falcon eager to taste birds'
777. 1:01:57–1:02:02flesh, and looked up the tree from its foot, wishing to climb it. The parrot seemed to
778. 1:02:02–1:02:07have drawn their last breath at that very moment in their terror at the sight of him.
779. 1:02:07–1:02:13For what is hard for the pitiless? So he climbed the tree easily and without effort,
780. 1:02:13–1:02:18As if by ladders, though it was as high as many palms, and the tops of its boughs swept
781. 1:02:18–1:02:23the clouds, and plucked the young parrots from among its boughs one by one, as if they were
782. 1:02:23–1:02:28its fruit, for some were not yet strong for flight, some were only a few days old, and
783. 1:02:28–1:02:32were pink with the down of their birth, so that they might almost be taken for cotton
784. 1:02:32–1:02:37flowers, some, with their wings just sprouting, were like fresh lotus leaves, some were
785. 1:02:37–1:02:39like them.
786. 1:02:39–1:02:44A sclepious fruit, some, with their beaks growing red, had the grace of lotus buds with their
787. 1:02:44–1:02:49heads rising pink from slowly unfolding leaves, while some, under the guise of the ceaseless
788. 1:02:49–1:02:54motion of their heads, seemed to try to forbid him, though they could not stop him, for he
789. 1:02:54–1:02:58slew them and cast them on the ground.
790. 1:02:58–1:03:03But my father, seeing on a sudden this great, destructive, remedy-less, overwhelming calamity
791. 1:03:03–1:03:08that had come on us, trembled doubly, and, with pupils quivering and wandering from fear
792. 1:03:08–1:03:13of death, cast all round a glance that grief had made vacant and tears had dimmed, his
793. 1:03:13–1:03:19palette was dry, and he could not help himself, but he covered me with his wing, though its
794. 1:03:19–1:03:23joints were relaxed by fear, and bethought himself of what help could avail at such
795. 1:03:23–1:03:25a moment.
796. 1:03:25–1:03:31Swade wholly by love, bewildered how to save me, and puzzled what to do, he stood, holding
797. 1:03:31–1:03:33me to his breast.
798. 1:03:33–1:03:38That miscreant, however, wandering among the boughs, came to the entrance of the hollow,
799. 1:03:38–1:03:43and stretched out his left arm, dreadful as the body of an old black snake, with its hand
800. 1:03:43–1:03:48redolent of the raw fat of many boars, and its forearm marked with wheels from ceaseless
801. 1:03:48–1:03:52drawing of the bow strings, like the wand of death, and though my father gave many a
802. 1:03:52–1:03:57blow with his beak, and moaned piteously, that murderous wretch dragged him down
803. 1:03:57–1:03:58and slew him.
804. 1:03:58–1:04:04Me, however, he somehow did not notice, though I was within the wings, from my being small
805. 1:04:04–1:04:09and curled into a ball from fear, and from my not having lived my faded life, but he
806. 1:04:09–1:04:13run my father's neck and threw him dead upon the ground.
807. 1:04:13–1:04:19Meanwhile I, with my neck between my father's feet, clinging quietly to his breast, fell
808. 1:04:19–1:04:24with him, and, from my having some faded life yet to live, I found that I had fallen
809. 1:04:24–1:04:31on a large mass of dry leaves, heaped together by the wind, so that my limbs were not broken.
810. 1:04:31–1:04:36While the cabaret was getting down from the treetop, I left my father, like a heartless.
811. 1:04:36–1:04:41Wretch, though I should have died with him, but, from my extreme youth, I knew not the
812. 1:04:41–1:04:46love that belongs to a later age, and was wholly swayed by the fear that dwells in
813. 1:04:46–1:04:51us from birth, I could hardly be seen from the likeness of my color to the fallen leaves,
814. 1:04:51–1:04:55I tottered along with the help of my wings, which were just beginning to grow, thinking
815. 1:04:55–1:04:59that I had escaped from the jaws of death, and came to the foot of a very large tamala
816. 1:04:59–1:05:00tree.
817. 1:05:00–1:05:04KOSPAY Its shoots were fitted to be the earrings of cabra women,
818. 1:05:04–1:05:09as if it mocked the beauty of Vishna's body by the color of Borama's dark blue robe, or
819. 1:05:09–1:05:14as if it were clad in pure strips of the water of Yamuna, its twigs were watered by the icor
820. 1:05:14–1:05:19of wild elephants, it bore the beauty of the tresses of the Vindhya forest, the space
821. 1:05:19–1:05:25between its boughs was dark even by day, the ground round its root was hollow, and unpierced
822. 1:05:25–1:05:30by the sun's rays, and I entered it as if it were the bosom of my noble.
823. 1:05:30–1:05:32Father.
824. 1:05:32–1:05:36Then the cabra came down and gathered up the tiny parrot scattered on the ground, he bound
825. 1:05:36–1:05:41them hastily in a basket of leaves with a coil of creepers, and going off with hasty
826. 1:05:41–1:05:46steps by the path trodden by his leader, he made for that region.
827. 1:05:46–1:05:50I meanwhile had begun to hope for life, but my heart was dried up with grief for
828. 1:05:50–1:05:55After my father's recent death, my body was in pain from my long fall, and I was possessed
829. 1:05:55–1:06:00by a violent thirst, caused by fright, which tortured all my limbs.
830. 1:06:00–1:06:05Then I thought, the villain has now gone some way, so I lifted my head a little and gazed
831. 1:06:05–1:06:10around with eyes tremulous with fear, thinking even when a blade of grass moved that the
832. 1:06:10–1:06:12wretch was coming back.
833. 1:06:12–1:06:17I watched him go step by step, and then, leaving the root of the tamala tree, I
834. 1:06:17–1:06:22made a great effort to creep near the water. My steps were feeble, because my wings were
835. 1:06:22–1:06:28not yet grown, and again and again I fell on my face, I supported myself on one wing, I
836. 1:06:28–1:06:33was weak with the weariness of creeping along the ground, and from my want of practice,
837. 1:06:33–1:06:37after each step I always lifted my head and panted hard, and as I crept along I became
838. 1:06:37–1:06:44gray with dust. Truly even in the hardest trials, I reflected, living creatures never
839. 1:06:44–1:06:50become careless of life. Nothing in this world is dearer to all created beings than life,
840. 1:06:50–1:06:58seeing that when my honored Father, of well-chosen name, is dead, I still live with senses unimpaired.
841. 1:06:58–1:07:03Shame on me that I should be so pitiless, cruel, and ungrateful. For my life goes on
842. 1:07:03–1:07:10shamefully in that the grief of my Father's death is so easily born. I regard no kindness,
843. 1:07:10–1:07:13Truly my heart is vile.
844. 1:07:13–1:07:18I have even forgotten how, when my mother died, my father restrained his bitter grief,
845. 1:07:18–1:07:22and from the day of my birth, old as he was, reckoned lightly in his deep love the great
846. 1:07:22–1:07:26toil of bringing me up with every care.
847. 1:07:26–1:07:30And yet in a moment I have forgotten how I was watched over by him.
848. 1:07:30–1:07:34Most vile is this breath of mine which goes not straightway forth to follow my father
849. 1:07:34–1:07:39on his path, my father, that was so good to me.
850. 1:07:39–1:07:43Surely there is none that thirst of life does not harden, if the longing for water can make
851. 1:07:43–1:07:46me take trouble in my present plight.
852. 1:07:46–1:07:51Methinks this idea of drinking water is purely hardness of heart, because I think lightly
853. 1:07:51–1:07:54of the grief of my father's death.
854. 1:07:54–1:07:57Even now the lake is still far off.
855. 1:07:57–1:08:02For the cry of the Callaheimpses, like the anklets of a water nymph, is still far away,
856. 1:08:02–1:08:06the cranes' notes are yet dim, the scent of the lotus bed comes rarely through the
857. 1:08:06–1:08:12space it creeps through, because the distance is great, noontide is hard to bear, for the
858. 1:08:12–1:08:17sun is in the midst of heaven, and scatters with his rays of blazing heat, unceasing, like
859. 1:08:17–1:08:23fiery dust, and makes my thirst worse, the earth with its hot thick dust is hard to tread,
860. 1:08:23–1:08:29my limbs are unable to go even a little way, for they are weary with excessive thirst,
861. 1:08:29–1:08:34I am not master of myself, my heart sinks, my eyes are darkened.
862. 1:08:34–1:08:40Oh, that pitiless fate would now bring that death which yet I desire not.
863. 1:08:40–1:08:45Thus I thought, but a great ascetic named Jabali dwelt in a hermitage not far from the lake,
864. 1:08:45–1:08:50and his son Harita, a youthful hermit, was coming down to the Lotus Lake.
865. 1:08:50–1:08:51To Bath
866. 1:08:51–1:08:56He, like the son of Brahma, had a mind purified with all knowledge.
867. 1:08:56–1:09:01He was coming by the very path where I was with many holy youths of his own age, like
868. 1:09:01–1:09:05Like a second sun, his form was hard to see from its great brightness, he seemed to have
869. 1:09:05–1:09:10dropped from the rising sun, and to have limbs fashioned from lightning and a shape painted
870. 1:09:10–1:09:14with molten gold, he showed the beauty of a wood on fire, or of day with its early
871. 1:09:14–1:09:21sunlight, by reason of the clear tawny splendor of his form flashing out, he had.
872. 1:09:21–1:09:25Thick matted locks hanging on his shoulders red as heated iron, and pure with sprinkling
873. 1:09:25–1:09:30for many a sacred pool, his top-knot was bound as if he were Agni in the false
874. 1:09:30–1:09:35skies of a young Brahmin in his desire to burn the Kandava wood, he carried a bright crystal
875. 1:09:35–1:09:39rosary hanging from his right ear, like the anklets of the goddesses of the Hermitage,
876. 1:09:39–1:09:45and resembling the circle of Dharma's commandments, made to turn aside all earthly joys, he adorned
877. 1:09:45–1:09:50his brow with a tripundraka mark in ashes, as if.
878. 1:09:50–1:09:54With threefold truth, he laid his left hand on a crystal pitcher with its neck held
879. 1:09:54–1:09:58ever upwards as if to look at the path to heaven, like a crane gazing upwards
880. 1:09:58–1:10:00to the sky, he was
881. 1:10:00–1:10:02विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
882. 1:10:02–1:10:04विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
883. 1:10:04–1:10:06विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
884. 1:10:06–1:10:08विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
885. 1:10:08–1:10:10विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
886. 1:10:10–1:10:12विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
887. 1:10:12–1:10:14विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
888. 1:10:14–1:10:16विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
889. 1:10:16–1:10:22and wavered in. The wind as if counting the framework of his fleshless ribs, he held in
890. 1:10:22–1:10:27his right hand in a shot of staff, having on its top a leafy basket full of creeper blossoms
891. 1:10:27–1:10:32gathered for the worship of Siva, he was followed by a deer from the Hermitage, still bearing
892. 1:10:32–1:10:36the clay of the bathing place dug up by its horns, quite at home with the hermits,
893. 1:10:36–1:10:41fed on mouthfuls of rice, and letting its eyes wander on all sides to the cuckoo grass
894. 1:10:41–1:10:44flowers and creepers.
895. 1:10:44–1:10:50Like a tree, he was covered with soft bark, like a mountain, he was surrounded by a girdle,
896. 1:10:50–1:10:56like Rahu, he had often tasted soma, like a day lotus bed, he drank the sun's rays,
897. 1:10:56–1:11:01like a tree by the river's side, his tangled locks were pure with ceaseless washing, like
898. 1:11:01–1:11:06a young elephant, his teeth were white as pieces of moon lotus petals, like Drownie,
899. 1:11:06–1:11:11he had Kripa ever with him, like the zodiac, he was adorned by having the hide of the
900. 1:11:11–1:11:16The dappled deer, like a summer day, he was free from darkness.
901. 1:11:16–1:11:21Like the rainy season, he had a laid the blinding dust of passion, like verena, he dwelt on the
902. 1:11:21–1:11:27waters, like Krishna, he had banished the fear of hell, like the beginning of twilight, he
903. 1:11:27–1:11:32had eyes tawny as the glow of dawn, like early morn, he was gilded with fresh sunlight,
904. 1:11:32–1:11:37like the chariot of the sun, he was controlled in his course, like a good king, he brought
905. 1:11:37–1:11:43to not the secret guiles of the foe, like the ocean, his temples were cavernous with meditation,
906. 1:11:43–1:11:50like Badgeratha, he had often beheld the descent of Ganges, like a bee, he had often tasted
907. 1:11:50–1:11:56life in a water and girt wood, though a woodsman, he yet entered a great home, though unrestrained,
908. 1:11:56–1:12:02he longed for release, though intent on works of peace, he bore the rod, though asleep,
909. 1:12:02–1:12:08He was yet awake, though with two well-placed eyes, he had his sinister eye abolished.
910. 1:12:08–1:12:12Such was he who approached the lotus lake to bathe.
911. 1:12:12–1:12:17Now the mind of the good is ever won't be compassionate and kind instinctively.
912. 1:12:17–1:12:21Wherefore he, seeing my plight, was filled with pity, and said to another young ascetic
913. 1:12:21–1:12:26standing near, this little half-fledged parrot has somehow fallen from the top of that
914. 1:12:26–1:12:29tree, or perhaps from a hawk's mouth.
915. 1:12:29–1:12:35For owing to his long fall, he has hardly any life left, his eyes are closed, and he ever
916. 1:12:35–1:12:41falls on his face and pants violently, and opens his beak, nor can he hold up his neck.
917. 1:12:41–1:12:45Come, then, take him before his breath deserts him.
918. 1:12:45–1:12:47Carry him to the water.
919. 1:12:47–1:12:52So saying, he had me taken to the edge of the lake, and, coming there, he laid down
920. 1:12:52–1:12:57his staff and picture near the water, and, taking me himself, just when I had given
921. 1:12:57–1:13:04up all effort, he lifted up my head, and with his finger made me drink a few drops of water,
922. 1:13:04–1:13:08and when I had been sprinkled with water and had gained fresh breath, he placed me in the
923. 1:13:08–1:13:12cool witch-shade of a fresh lotus leaf growing on the bank, and went through the wanted
924. 1:13:12–1:13:18rites of bathing. After that, he purified himself by often holding his breath, and
925. 1:13:18–1:13:24murmuring the cleansing Agamarshana, and then he arose and, with upraised face, made
926. 1:13:24–1:13:29in offering to the sun with freshly plucked red lotuses and a cup of lotus leaves. Having
927. 1:13:29–1:13:34taken a pure white robe, so that he was like the glow of evening sunlight accompanied by
928. 1:13:34–1:13:39the moon's radiance, he rubbed his hair with his hands till it shone, and, followed by
929. 1:13:39–1:13:43the band of ascetic youths, with their hair yet wet from recent bathing, he took me
930. 1:13:43–1:13:49and went slowly towards the penance grove. And after going but a short way, I beheld
931. 1:13:49–1:13:54the penance grove, hidden in thick woods rich in flowers and fruit.
932. 1:13:54–1:13:59Its precincts were filled by munis entering on all sides, followed by pupils murmuring
933. 1:13:59–1:14:05the Vedas, and bearing fuel, cuckoo grass, flowers, and earth.
934. 1:14:05–1:14:09There the sound of the filling of the pitchers was eagerly heard by the peacocks, there
935. 1:14:09–1:14:14appeared, as it were, a bridge to heaven under the guise of smoke waving to exalt to
936. 1:14:14–1:14:18the gods the muni race while yet in the body by fires satisfied with the ceaseless
937. 1:14:18–1:14:23offering of ghee, all round were tanks with their waves traversed by lines of sunbeam
938. 1:14:23–1:14:28stainless as though from contact with the hermits they rested upon, plunged into by the
939. 1:14:28–1:14:33circle of the seven rishis who had come to see their penance, and
940. 1:14:33–1:14:37lifting by night an open moon lotus bed, like a cluster of constellations descending to
941. 1:14:37–1:14:41honor the rishis, the hermitage received homage from woodland creepers with their
942. 1:14:41–1:14:46tops bent by the wind, and from trees with their ever-falling blossoms, and was worshipped
943. 1:14:46–1:14:49by trees with the unduly of interlaced boughs.
944. 1:14:49–1:14:54Partched grain was scattered in the yards round the huts, and a fruit of the myrobilan,
945. 1:14:54–1:14:59lovali, jujube, banana, bread tree, mango, hanesa, and palm pressed on
946. 1:15:00–1:15:01यछ अछि।
947. 1:15:01–1:15:02यछ अछि।
948. 1:15:02–1:15:03विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
949. 1:15:03–1:15:04विछार-विमर्शक रेक।
950. 1:15:04–1:15:05विछार-विमर्शक रेक।
951. 1:15:05–1:15:06विछार-विमर्शक रेक।
952. 1:15:06–1:15:07विछार-विमर्शक रेक।
953. 1:15:07–1:15:08विछार-विमर्शक रेक।
954. 1:15:08–1:15:09विछार-विमर्शक रेक।
955. 1:15:09–1:15:21The supermonia was recited by many Amena, the balls of rice offered to the deities were devoured by the cocks of the forest, and the offering of wild rice was eaten by the young Callahamsas of the tanks close by.
956. 1:15:21–1:15:27The eating places of the sages were protected from pollution by ashes cast round them.
957. 1:15:27–1:15:33The fire for the munis-home sacrifice was fanned by the tales of their friends the peacocks,
958. 1:15:33–1:15:37the sweet scent of the ablation prepared with nectar, the fragrance of the half-cooked sacrificial
959. 1:15:37–1:15:43cake was spread around, the crackling of flames in the offering of a stream of unbroken libations
960. 1:15:43–1:15:48made the place resonant, a host of guests was waited upon, the pitries were honored,
961. 1:15:48–1:15:52Vishnu, Siva, and Brahma were worshipped.
962. 1:15:52–1:15:57The performance of Krata rites was taught, the science of sacrifice explained, the castors
963. 1:15:57–1:16:02of rite conduct examined, good books of every kind recited, and the meaning of the castors
964. 1:16:02–1:16:04pondered.
965. 1:16:04–1:16:11Leafy huts were being begun, quartz smeared with paste, and the inside of the hut scrubbed.
966. 1:16:11–1:16:16Meditation was being firmly grasped, mantras duly carried out, yoga practiced, and offerings
967. 1:16:16–1:16:18made to woodland deities.
968. 1:16:18–1:16:24The manacle girdles of munger grass were being made, bark garments washed, fuel brought, deer
969. 1:16:24–1:16:30skins decked, grass gathered, lotus seed dried, rosary strung, and bamboos laid in order
970. 1:16:30–1:16:32for future need.
971. 1:16:32–1:16:37Wandering aesthetics received hospitality, and pitchers were filled.
972. 1:16:37–1:16:42Their defilement is found in the smoke of the ablations, not in evil conduct, redness
973. 1:16:42–1:16:49of face in parrots, not in angry men, sharpness in blades of grass, not in dispositions, wavering
974. 1:16:49–1:16:54in plantain leaves, not in mines, red eyes in cuckoos alone, clasping of necks with
975. 1:16:54–1:17:00pitchers only, binding of girdles and vows, not in quarrels, pack chapita and cocks,
976. 1:17:00–1:17:06not in scientific discussions, wandering in making the sunwise turn round the soma fire,
977. 1:17:06–1:17:10but not error in the castras, mention of the Vasu's inn.
978. 1:17:10–1:17:17Legends, but not longing for wealth, counting of beads for rudra, but no account made of the body,
979. 1:17:17–1:17:23loss of locks by the saints in the practice of sacrifice, but not loss of their children by death,
980. 1:17:23–1:17:31and as I looked on him I thought, ah, how great is the power of penance. His form,
981. 1:17:31–1:17:37calm as it is, yet pure as molten gold, overpowers, like lightning, the brightness of the eye with
982. 1:17:37–1:17:44its brilliance. Though ever tranquil, it inspires fear at first approach by its inherent majesty.
983. 1:17:45–1:17:49The splendor of even those ascetics who have practiced but little asceticism is won't
984. 1:17:49–1:17:55to be easily provoked, like fire swiftly falling on dry reeds, coca grass, or flowers.
985. 1:17:56–1:18:02How much more, then, that of holy men like these, whose feet are honored by the whole world,
986. 1:18:02–1:18:06whose stains are worn away by penance, who look with divine insight on the whole earth as if
987. 1:18:06–1:18:11it were a Myrabalon in a hand, and who purge away all sin.
988. 1:18:11–1:18:17For even the mention of a great sage has its reward, much more, than the sight of him.
989. 1:18:17–1:18:21Happy is the hermitage where dwells this king of Brahmins.
990. 1:18:21–1:18:26Nay, rather, happy is the whole world in being trodden by him who is the very Brahma of
991. 1:18:26–1:18:28earth.
992. 1:18:28–1:18:32Truly these sages enjoy the reward of their good deeds in that they attend him day and
993. 1:18:32–1:18:37night with no other duty, hearing holy stories and ever fixing on him their steady gaze,
994. 1:18:37–1:18:40as if he were another Brahma.
995. 1:18:40–1:18:45Happy is Sarasvati, who, encircled by his shining teeth, and ever enjoying the nearness
996. 1:18:45–1:18:50of his lotus mouth, dwells in his serene mind, with its unfathomable depths and its full
997. 1:18:50–1:18:54stream of tenderness, like a hamsa on the Manasa Lake.
998. 1:18:54–1:18:59The four Vedas, that have long dwelt in the four lotus mouths of Brahma, find here
999. 1:18:59–1:19:06their best and most fitting home. All the sciences, which became turbid in the rainy season of the Iron Age,
1000. 1:19:06–1:19:12become pure when they reach Him, as rivers coming to autumn. Of a shurdi, holy Dharma,
1001. 1:19:12–1:19:18having taken up as a boat here after quelling the riot of the Iron Age, no longer cares to
1002. 1:19:18–1:19:24recall the Golden Age. Heaven, seeing earth trodden by Him, no longer takes pride in being
1003. 1:19:24–1:19:30dwelt in by the seven rishis. How bold is old age, which fears not to fall on his thick
1004. 1:19:30–1:19:35matted locks, moonbeam pale as they are, and hard to gaze on as the rays of the sun of
1005. 1:19:35–1:19:42doom. For it falls on him as Ganges, white with flecks of foam, on Siva, or as an offering
1006. 1:19:42–1:19:48of milk on Agni. Even the sun's rays keep far from the penance grove, as if terrified
1007. 1:19:48–1:19:53by the greatness of the saint whose hermitage is darkened by the thick smoke of many
1008. 1:19:53–1:19:59ablation. These fires, too, for love of Him, receive ablations purified by hymns,
1009. 1:20:00–1:20:04तो तो तो तो विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
1010. 1:20:04–1:20:10The wind itself approaches him timidly, just stirring the linen and bark dresses, fragrant
1011. 1:20:10–1:20:15with the sweet creeper blossoms of the hermitage and gentle in motion.
1012. 1:20:15–1:20:19Yet the glorious might of the elements is won't to be beyond our resistance.
1013. 1:20:19–1:20:23But this man towers above the mightiest.
1014. 1:20:23–1:20:28The earth shines as if with two suns, being trodden by this noble man.
1015. 1:20:28–1:20:31In his support the world stands firm.
1016. 1:20:31–1:20:35He is the stream of sympathy, the bridge over the ocean of transient existence, and the
1017. 1:20:35–1:20:41home of the waters of patience, the axe for the glades of the creepers of desire, the ocean
1018. 1:20:41–1:20:45of the nectar of content, the guide in the path of perfection, the mountain behind which
1019. 1:20:45–1:20:50sets the planet of ill, the root of the tree of endurance, the nave of the wheel of
1020. 1:20:50–1:20:55wisdom, the staff of the banner of righteousness, the holy place for the descent of all knowledge,
1021. 1:20:55–1:20:59the submarine fire of the ocean of craving, the
1022. 1:20:59–1:21:05stone of the jewels of the castras, the consuming flame of the buds of passion, the charm against
1023. 1:21:05–1:21:10the snake of wrath, the sun to dispel the darkness of delusion, the binder of the bolts
1024. 1:21:10–1:21:15of hell's gates, the native home of noble deeds, the temple of propitious rites, the
1025. 1:21:15–1:21:20forbidden ground for the degradation of passion, the signpost to the paths of good, the birthplace
1026. 1:21:20–1:21:25of holiness, the felly of the wheel of effort, the abode of strength, the foe of the iron
1027. 1:21:25–1:21:28age, the treasury of penance.
1028. 1:21:28–1:21:34The friend of truth, the native soil of sincerity, the source of the heaping up of merit, the
1029. 1:21:34–1:21:38closed gate for envy, the foe of calamity.
1030. 1:21:38–1:21:44Truly he is one in whom disrespect can find no place, for he is a verse from pride, unclaimed
1031. 1:21:44–1:21:50by meanness, unenslaved by wrath and unattracted by pleasure.
1032. 1:21:50–1:21:55Purely by the grace of this holy man the hermitage is free from envy and calm from
1033. 1:21:55–1:21:56enmity.
1034. 1:21:56–1:22:03is the power of a noble soul. Here, ceasing their constant feud, the very animals are quiet,
1035. 1:22:03–1:22:09and learn the joy of a hermitage life. For here a snake, weary by the sun, fearlessly
1036. 1:22:09–1:22:16enters, as if into fresh grass, into the peacock's tail, like an interwoven grove of open lotuses,
1037. 1:22:16–1:22:21with its hundred-beautyous eyes, changing in hue as the eyes of a deer. Here a young
1038. 1:22:21–1:22:26antelope, leaving his mother, makes friends with the lion cubs whose manes are not yet
1039. 1:22:26–1:22:30grown, and drinks at the bounteous breast of the lioness.
1040. 1:22:30–1:22:35Here a lion closes his eyes, and is pleased to have his moon-white mane pulled by the young
1041. 1:22:35–1:22:39elephants that mistake it for lotus fibers.
1042. 1:22:39–1:22:43Here the monkey tribe loses its capriciousness and brings fruit to the young munus after
1043. 1:22:43–1:22:45their bath.
1044. 1:22:45–1:22:50There the elephants, too, though excited, are tender-hearted, and do not drive away
1045. 1:22:50–1:22:54by their flapping the bees that dwell round their frontal bones and stay motionless to
1046. 1:22:54–1:22:56drink their i-cor.
1047. 1:22:56–1:22:58But what need of more?
1048. 1:22:58–1:23:03There even the senseless trees, with roots and fruits, clad in bark, and adorned with
1049. 1:23:03–1:23:08outer garments of black antelope skin perpetually made for them by the upward creeping lines
1050. 1:23:08–1:23:13of sacrificial smoke, seem like fellow ascetics of this holy man.
1051. 1:23:13–1:23:18How much more, then, living beings, endowed with sense?
1052. 1:23:18–1:23:23And while I was thus thinking, Harita placed me somewhere in the shade of the Akoka tree,
1053. 1:23:23–1:23:28and embracing his father's feet and saluting him, sat down not far from him on a seat of
1054. 1:23:28–1:23:30kukagrass.
1055. 1:23:30–1:23:34But the hermits, looking on me, asked him as he rested, whence was this little parrot
1056. 1:23:34–1:23:36brought?
1057. 1:23:36–1:23:41When I went hence to bathe, replied he, I found this little parrot fallen from its nest in
1058. 1:23:41–1:23:46a tree on the bank of the Lotus Lake, faint with the heat, lying in hot dust, and
1059. 1:23:46–1:23:50shaken by the fall, with little life left in him.
1060. 1:23:50–1:23:54And as I could not replace him in his nest, for that tree was too hard for an ascetic to
1061. 1:23:54–1:23:57climb, I brought him hither in pity.
1062. 1:23:57–1:24:02So, while his wings are not grown, and he cannot fly into the sky, let him live in
1063. 1:24:02–1:24:07the hollow of some hermitage tree, fed on the juice of fruits and on handfuls of rice
1064. 1:24:07–1:24:11brought to him by us and by the young hermits.
1065. 1:24:11–1:24:14For it is the law of our order to protect the weak.
1066. 1:24:14–1:24:20And when his wings are grown, and he can fly into the sky, he shall go where he likes.
1067. 1:24:20–1:24:24Or perhaps, when he knows us well, he will stay here.
1068. 1:24:24–1:24:29The holy jabali, hearing this and other remarks about me, with some curiosity bent his head
1069. 1:24:29–1:24:35slightly, and, with a very calm glance that seemed to purify me with holy waters, he
1070. 1:24:35–1:24:40gazed long upon me, and then, looking again and again as if he were beginning to recognize
1071. 1:24:40–1:24:46said, he is reaping the fruit of his own ill-conduct. For by the potency of penance the saint with
1072. 1:24:46–1:24:52divine insight beholds the past, present, and future, and sees the whole world as though placed
1073. 1:24:52–1:24:59on the palm of his hand. He knows past births. He tells things yet to come.
1074. 1:25:00–1:25:03DECLAIRS THE LENGTH OF DAYS OF BEINGS WITHIN HIS SIGHT.
1075. 1:25:03–1:25:09AT THESE WORDS THE WHOLE ASSEMBLEDGE OF HERMITS, AWARE OF HIS POWER, BECAME CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT
1076. 1:25:09–1:25:14WAS MY CRIME, AND WHY COMMITTED, AND WHERE, AND WHO I WAS IN A FORMER BIRTH, AND IMPLORED
1077. 1:25:14–1:25:20THE SAINT, SAIN, VOUCH SAFE, SIR, TO TELL US OF WHAT KIND OF MISCONDECTY IS REAPING
1078. 1:25:20–1:25:26THE FRUITS. WHO WAS HE IN A FORMER BIRTH, AND HOW WAS HE BORN IN THE FORM OF A BIRD?
1079. 1:25:26–1:25:28HOW IS HE NAMED?
1080. 1:25:28–1:25:34Do thou satisfy our curiosity, for thou art the fountainhead of all marvels.
1081. 1:25:34–1:25:39Thus urged by the assemblage, the great saint replied, The story of this wonder is very long,
1082. 1:25:39–1:25:44the day is almost spent, our bathing time is near, while the hour for worshiping the gods
1083. 1:25:44–1:25:46is passing.
1084. 1:25:46–1:25:51Arise, therefore, let each perform his duties as his meat.
1085. 1:25:51–1:25:56In the afternoon, after your meal of roots and fruits, when you are resting quietly,
1086. 1:25:56–1:26:01I will tell you the whole story from beginning to end backslash, who he is, what he did in
1087. 1:26:01–1:26:04another birth, and how he was born in this world.
1088. 1:26:04–1:26:08Meanwhile, let him be refreshed with food.
1089. 1:26:08–1:26:14He will certainly recall, as it were, the vision of a dream when I tell the whole story
1090. 1:26:14–1:26:16of his former birth.
1091. 1:26:16–1:26:22So saying, he arose, and with the hermits bathed and performed their other daily duties.
1092. 1:26:22–1:26:26The day was now drawing to a close.
1093. 1:26:26–1:26:30When the hermits rose from their bathing and were offering a sacrifice, the sun and the
1094. 1:26:30–1:26:35sky seemed to bear upwards before our eyes the offering cast on the ground, with its
1095. 1:26:35–1:26:37omen of red sandalwood.
1096. 1:26:37–1:26:42Then his glow faded and vanished, the effluence of his glory was drunk by the ashmapas with
1097. 1:26:42–1:26:47faces raised and eyes fixed on his orb, as if they were ascetics, and he glided from
1098. 1:26:47–1:26:51the sky-pink as a dove's foot, drawing in his rays as though to avoid touching
1099. 1:26:51–1:26:54the seven rishis as they rose.
1100. 1:26:54–1:26:59His orb, with its network of crimson rays reflected on the western ocean, was like the lotus of
1101. 1:26:59–1:27:05Vishnu on his couch of waters pouring forth nectar, his beams, forsaking the sky and deserting
1102. 1:27:05–1:27:10the lotus groves, lingered at eve-like birds on the crest of hill and tree, the splashes
1103. 1:27:10–1:27:14of crimson light seemed for a moment to deck the trees with the red-bark garments
1104. 1:27:14–1:27:17hung up by the ascetics.
1105. 1:27:17–1:27:21And when the thousand-rayed sun had gone to rest, twilight sprang up like rosy coral
1106. 1:27:21–1:27:24from the western ocean.
1107. 1:27:24–1:27:28Then the hermitage became the home of quiet thought, as the pleasant sound of milking
1108. 1:27:28–1:27:32the sacred cows arose in one quarter, and the fresh cuckoo grass was scattered on the
1109. 1:27:32–1:27:37altar of Agni, and the rice and ablations to the goddesses of space were tossed hither
1110. 1:27:37–1:27:40and thither by the hermitage maidens.
1111. 1:27:40–1:27:44And red-starred eaves seemed to the hermits as the red-eyed cow of the hermitage roaming
1112. 1:27:44–1:27:47about, tawny in the fall of day.
1113. 1:27:47–1:27:52And when the sun had vanished, the lotus bed, in the grief of bereavement, seemed
1114. 1:27:52–1:27:56to perform a vow in the hopes of rejoining the Lord of Day, for she lifted the goblets
1115. 1:27:56–1:28:01of her buds, and wore the fine white vesture of her hamses, and was girt with the sacrificial
1116. 1:28:01–1:28:06thread of white filaments, and bore a circle of bees as her rosary.
1117. 1:28:06–1:28:11And the starry host leapt up and filled the sky, like a splash of spray when the sun
1118. 1:28:11–1:28:16fell into the western ocean, and for a brief space the star bespangled sky shone as though
1119. 1:28:16–1:28:20inlaid with flowers offered by the daughters of the Sid does in honor of twilight,
1120. 1:28:20–1:28:25But in a moment the whole glory of the gloaming vanished as though washed away by the libations
1121. 1:28:25–1:28:31which the hermits, with faces appraised, cast towards the sky, and at its departure, night,
1122. 1:28:31–1:28:35as sorrowing for its loss, wore a deeper darkness.
1123. 1:28:35–1:28:40Like a black antelope skin backslash, a blackness which darkened all save the hearts of the
1124. 1:28:40–1:28:42hermits.
1125. 1:28:42–1:28:47Learning that the sun had gone to rest, the Lord of rays ambrosial, in pure severity
1126. 1:28:47–1:28:51of light, hurrayed in the whiteness of clear gossamer, dwelling in the palace of his wives
1127. 1:28:51–1:28:56with Tara, mounted the sky which, in that it was outlined with the darkness of tamala
1128. 1:28:56–1:29:03trees, presided over by the circle of seven rishis, purified by the wanderings of Arundadi,
1129. 1:29:03–1:29:08surrounded by ashada, showing its mula with its soft-eyed white deer, was a very hermitage
1130. 1:29:08–1:29:10of heaven.
1131. 1:29:10–1:29:15White as a hamsa, moonlight fell on the earth, filling the seas, falling, as Ganges
1132. 1:29:15–1:29:19from the head of Siva, from the sky which was decked with the moon, and inlaid with the
1133. 1:29:19–1:29:22shattered potchards of the stars.
1134. 1:29:22–1:29:27And in the moon lake, white as an opening lotus, was seen the motionless deer, which
1135. 1:29:27–1:29:32went down in eagerness to drink the water of the moonbeams, and was caught, as it were,
1136. 1:29:32–1:29:34in the mud of ambrosia.
1137. 1:29:34–1:29:39The lakes of the night lotus were fondly visited by the moonbeams, like Hamsis,
1138. 1:29:39–1:29:43falling on the ocean white as cinduva of flowers in their fresh purity after the
1139. 1:29:43–1:29:44rains.
1140. 1:29:44–1:29:48At that moment the globe of the moon lost all the glow of its rising, like the frontal
1141. 1:29:48–1:29:53bone of the elephant Eravada when its red lead is washed away by plunging into the heavenly
1142. 1:29:53–1:29:58stream, and His Highness the Cold Shedder had gradually risen high in the sky, and
1143. 1:29:58–1:30:00by His light had whitened the earth as with
1144. 1:30:00–1:30:30नाटक आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आ� आ� आप आप आप आप आप आप आ� आप आप आप आप आ� आप �
1145. 1:30:30–1:30:36was sitting on a bamboo stool, gently fanned by a pupil named Jalapata, who held a fan of Antelope's
1146. 1:30:36–1:30:42skin white as Durba grass, and he spake, saying, Father, the whole assemblage of hermits is in
1147. 1:30:42–1:30:47a circle round thee, with hearts eager to hear this wonder. The little bird, too, has rested.
1148. 1:30:48–1:30:53Tell us, therefore, what he has done, who was he, and who will he be in another birth?
1149. 1:30:53–1:31:00Thus addressed, the great saint, looking at me, and seeing the hermits before him intently listening,
1150. 1:31:00–1:31:07slowly spake, let the tale be told, if he cared to hear it. There is a city named Ajayani,
1151. 1:31:07–1:31:12the proudest gem of earth, the very home of the golden age, created by Mahakala,
1152. 1:31:12–1:31:17creator, preserver, and destroyer of the three worlds, and Lord of Pramthas,
1153. 1:31:17–1:31:22as a habitation meat for himself, as it were a second earth. There the sun
1154. 1:31:22–1:31:27One is daily seen paying homage to Mahakala, for his steeds veil their heads at the charm
1155. 1:31:27–1:31:31of the sweet chant of the women singing in concert in the lofty white palace, and his
1156. 1:31:31–1:31:34pen and droops before him.
1157. 1:31:34–1:31:39Their darkness never falls, and the nights bring no separation to the pairs of Kakravaka's,
1158. 1:31:39–1:31:44nor need they any lamps, for they pass golden as with morning sunshine, from the bright
1159. 1:31:44–1:31:48jewels of women, as though the world were on fire with the flame of love.
1160. 1:31:48–1:31:54There the only unending life is in jeweled lamps, the only wavering in pearl necklaces,
1161. 1:31:54–1:32:00the only variations in the sound of drum and song, the only disunion of pairs in cockroachas,
1162. 1:32:00–1:32:05the only testing of color in gold pieces, the only unsteadiness in banners, the only
1163. 1:32:05–1:32:10hatred of the sun in night lotuses, the only concealment of metal in the sheathing of
1164. 1:32:10–1:32:11the sword.
1165. 1:32:11–1:32:13Why should I say more?
1166. 1:32:13–1:32:17For he whose bright feet are kissed by the rays of the jeweled crests of gods and
1167. 1:32:17–1:32:22demons, who hath the river of heaven wandering lost in his lox tawny with a wreath of flame
1168. 1:32:22–1:32:27for the burning of the world, he the foe of Antakka, he the holy one, he who hath given
1169. 1:32:27–1:32:32up his love for his home on Kailasa, even he whose name is Mahakala hath there made
1170. 1:32:32–1:32:35a habitation for himself.
1171. 1:32:35–1:32:38And in this city was a king named Tarapita.
1172. 1:32:38–1:32:44He was like unto the great kings Nala, Nahusha, Yeyari, Dunhumra, Bharata, Badjaratha,
1173. 1:32:44–1:32:49In Dakaratha, by the might of his arm he conquered the whole world, he reaped the fruits of the
1174. 1:32:49–1:32:55three powers, wise and resolute, with an intellect unwirried in political science, and a deep
1175. 1:32:55–1:33:01study of the law books, he made in light and glory a third with the sun and moon.
1176. 1:33:01–1:33:06His form was purified by many a sacrifice, by him the calamities of the whole world
1177. 1:33:06–1:33:11were set at rest, to him Lakshmi openly clung, deserting her lotus woods and despising
1178. 1:33:11–1:33:16the happiness of her home in the breast of Narayana, she the lotus-handed, whoever joys
1179. 1:33:16–1:33:18in the contest of heroes.
1180. 1:33:18–1:33:23He was the source of truth, ever honored by the race of saints, as the foot of Vishnu was
1181. 1:33:23–1:33:26of the stream of the heavenly Ganges.
1182. 1:33:26–1:33:32From Him arose glory, as from the ocean of the moon, for His brightness, free from heat,
1183. 1:33:32–1:33:37consumed His foes, constant, ever-roamed, stainless, darkened the brightness of the
1184. 1:33:37–1:33:42lotus-faced widows of his foes, white, made all things gay.
1185. 1:33:42–1:33:47He was the incarnation of justice, the very representative of Vishnu and the destroyer
1186. 1:33:47–1:33:50of all the sorrows of his people.
1187. 1:33:50–1:33:54When he approached the throne that blossomed with the rays of many gems and was hung
1188. 1:33:54–1:33:59with clusters of pearls, like the elephant of space approaching the tree of desire,
1189. 1:33:59–1:34:03all the wide quarters of space, like creepers weighed down by bees, bowed down before
1190. 1:34:03–1:34:09For his majesty, and of him, I think, even Indra was envious.
1191. 1:34:09–1:34:14From him, too, proceeded a host of virtues, like a flock of hamsas from Mount Kronka,
1192. 1:34:14–1:34:19brightening the earth's surface, and gladdening the hearts of all mankind.
1193. 1:34:19–1:34:24His fame wandered, so that the world echoed with it throughout the ten regions, making
1194. 1:34:24–1:34:28fair the world of gods and demons, like a streak of foam of the stream of milk tossed
1195. 1:34:28–1:34:31by Mandara and Brogiel.
1196. 1:34:31–1:34:33Sweet.
1197. 1:34:33–1:34:38His royal glory never for a moment laid aside the shade of her umbrella, as though scorched
1198. 1:34:38–1:34:41by the heat of a splendor hard to bear.
1199. 1:34:41–1:34:45His achievements were heard by the people like news of good fortune, were received like the
1200. 1:34:45–1:34:50teaching of a guru, were valued like a good omen, were murmured like a hymn, and were
1201. 1:34:50–1:34:53remembered like a sacred text.
1202. 1:34:53–1:34:57And while he was king, though the flight of the mountains was stayed, the flight of
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1205. 1:35:30–1:35:35before the water ordeal, the only sharpness was in the edge of the sword, the only endurance
1206. 1:35:35–1:35:40of the flame was by aesthetics, the only passing the balance was by the stars, the only clearing
1207. 1:35:40–1:35:46of baneful waters was in the rising of Agustia, the only cutting short was of hair and nails,
1208. 1:35:46–1:35:51the only stained garb was of the sky on stormy days, the only laying bear was of gems,
1209. 1:35:51–1:35:53and not of secret.
1210. 1:35:53–1:35:58Councils, the only mysteries were those of religion, none ceased to behold the
1211. 1:35:58–1:36:02The light saved slaughtered Tarkai in the praises of Kamara, none dreaded a clip save
1212. 1:36:02–1:36:07the sun, none passed over the firstborn save the moon, none heard of the disobedient save
1213. 1:36:07–1:36:12in the Mahabharata, none grasped the rod save in the decline of life, none clung to
1214. 1:36:12–1:36:15a sinister object save the sword sheath.
1215. 1:36:15–1:36:20No stream of liberality was interrupted save the elephant's eye-core, no squares were
1216. 1:36:20–1:36:23deserted save those on the dice board.
1217. 1:36:23–1:36:28That king had a minister by name Kokanasa, a Brahmin, whose intelligence was fixed on
1218. 1:36:28–1:36:33all the affairs of the kingdom, whose mind had plunged deeply into the arts and castras,
1219. 1:36:33–1:36:38and whose strong affection for the king had grown up in him from childhood.
1220. 1:36:38–1:36:42Skilled in the precepts of political science, pilot of the world's government, unshaken
1221. 1:36:42–1:36:47and resolved by the greatest difficulties, he was the castle of Constancy, the station
1222. 1:36:47–1:36:53of steadfastness, the bridge of bright truth, the guide to all goodness, the conductor in
1223. 1:36:53–1:36:56conduct, the ordainer of all ordered life.
1224. 1:36:56–1:37:02Like the serpent Sessha, enduring the weight of the world, like the ocean, full of life,
1225. 1:37:02–1:37:08like Jairusanda, shaping war and peace, like Siva, at home with Durga, like Yudhishthira,
1226. 1:37:08–1:37:13a dayspring of Dharma, he knew all the Vedas and Vedangas, and was the essence of the
1227. 1:37:13–1:37:15kingdom's prosperity.
1228. 1:37:15–1:37:21He was like Brihasputi to Sunasaira, like Kukrit of Rishabharvan, like Vashishta to
1229. 1:37:21–1:37:28Dakaratha, like Vikvamitra to Rama, like Dharmya to Ajatakattru, like Damanaka to Nala.
1230. 1:37:28–1:37:33He, by the force of his knowledge, thought that Lakshmi was not hard to win, resting
1231. 1:37:33–1:37:37though she were on the breast of Narayana, terrible with the scars of the weapons of
1232. 1:37:37–1:37:41the demons of hell, and a strong shoulder hardened by the pitiless pressure of Mount
1233. 1:37:41–1:37:44Mandara as it moved to and fro.
1234. 1:37:44–1:37:49Under him knowledge spread wide, thick with many a tendril, and showed the fruits gained
1235. 1:37:49–1:37:52from conquered realms like a creeper near a tree.
1236. 1:37:52–1:37:57To him throughout the earth's surface, measured by the circumference of the four oceans,
1237. 1:37:57–1:38:01and filled with the goings to and fro of many thousands of spies, every whisper of
1238. 1:38:01–1:38:05the kings was known as though uttered in his own palace.
1239. 1:38:05–1:38:10Now, Trapida while yet a child had conquered the whole earth ringed by the seven vipers
1240. 1:38:10–1:38:15by the might of his arm, thick as the trunk of Indra's elephant, and he devolved the weight of the
1241. 1:38:15–1:38:20empire on that counselor named Kokonasa, and having made his subjects perfectly contented,
1242. 1:38:20–1:38:25he searched for anything else that remained to be done. And as he had crushed his enemies and
1243. 1:38:25–1:38:31had lost all cause for fear, and as the strain of the world's affairs had become a little relaxed,
1244. 1:38:31–1:38:34for the most part he began to pursue the ordinary pleasures of youth.
1245. 1:38:34–1:38:40and some time passed while the king pursued the pleasures of youth and entrusted the affairs
1246. 1:38:40–1:38:45of state to his minister, and after a time he came to the end of all the other pleasures of life,
1247. 1:38:45–1:38:50and the only one he did not get was the sight of a son born to him, so that his zenana was like
1248. 1:38:50–1:38:56reeds showing only flowers without fruit, and as youth went by there arose in him a regret produced
1249. 1:38:56–1:39:01by childlessness, and his mind was turned away from the desire of the pleasures of sense,
1250. 1:39:01–1:39:08and he felt himself. Alone, though surrounded by a thousand princes, blind, though possessed
1251. 1:39:08–1:39:13of sight, without support, though supporting the world. But the fairest ornament of this
1252. 1:39:13–1:39:18king was his queen Vilasavadi, as the moons digit to the braided hair of Siva, as the
1253. 1:39:18–1:39:23splendor of the Kautseba gem to the breast of the foe of Qaidaba, as the woodland garland
1254. 1:39:23–1:39:28to Borama, as the shore to the ocean, as the creeper to the tree, as the outburst
1255. 1:39:28–1:39:33of flowers to the spring, as the moonlight to the moon, as the lotus bed to the lake,
1256. 1:39:33–1:39:39as the array of stars to the sky, as the circling of hamsas to Lake Manasa, as the line of sandal
1257. 1:39:39–1:39:46woods to mount. Malaya, as the jeweled crest to Sesha, so was she to her lord, she reigned
1258. 1:39:46–1:39:50pureless in the Zenana, and created wonder in the three worlds, as though she were
1259. 1:39:50–1:39:56the very source of all womanly grace. And it chanced once that, going to her dwelling,
1260. 1:39:56–1:39:59He beheld her seated on a stately couch, weeping bitterly,
1261. 1:39:59–1:40:00s-
1262. 1:40:00–1:40:30विश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्वाश्�
1263. 1:40:30–1:40:35of her weeping, and in great alarm, wiped away with his hand the tears from her cheeks, saying,
1264. 1:40:35–1:40:40My Queen, what means this weeping, voiceless and low with the weight of the heavy sorrow
1265. 1:40:40–1:40:42concealed in thy heart?
1266. 1:40:42–1:40:48For these eyelashes of thine are stringing, as it were, a network of pearls of dropping
1267. 1:40:48–1:40:49tears.
1268. 1:40:49–1:40:53Why, slender one, art thou unadorned?
1269. 1:40:53–1:40:57And why has not the stream of lack fallen on thy feet like early sunlight on rosy
1270. 1:40:57–1:40:59lotus buds?
1271. 1:40:59–1:41:03And why are thy jeweled anklets, With their murmur-like teals on the lake of love,
1272. 1:41:03–1:41:06Not graced with the touch of thy lotus feet?
1273. 1:41:06–1:41:12And why is this waist of thine bereft Of the music of the girdle thou hast laid aside?
1274. 1:41:12–1:41:16And why is there no device painted On thy breast like the deer on the moon?
1275. 1:41:16–1:41:21And why is that slender neck of thine, Fairlymed queen, not adorned with a rope of pearls
1276. 1:41:21–1:41:25As the crescent on Siva's brow by the heavenly stream?
1277. 1:41:25–1:41:30And why dost thou, erst so gay, Where in vain a face whose adornment is washed away
1278. 1:41:30–1:41:33With flowing tears?
1279. 1:41:33–1:41:38And why is this hand, with its petal-like cluster Of soft fingers, exalted into an ear-jewel,
1280. 1:41:38–1:41:41As though it were a rosy lotus?
1281. 1:41:41–1:41:45And why, forward lady, dost thou raise Thy straight brow undecked
1282. 1:41:45–1:41:51With the mark of yellow pigment, And surrounded by the mass of thine unbound tresses?
1283. 1:41:51–1:41:56For these flowing lochs of thine, bereft of flowers, grieve my eyes, like the loss of
1284. 1:41:56–1:42:01the moon in the dark fortnight, clouded in masses of thickest gloom.
1285. 1:42:01–1:42:06Be kind, and tell me, my queen, the cause of thy grief.
1286. 1:42:06–1:42:10For this storm of sighs with which the robe on thy breast is quivering boughs my loving
1287. 1:42:10–1:42:12heart like a ruddy tendril.
1288. 1:42:12–1:42:17Has any wrong been done by me, or by any in thy service?
1289. 1:42:17–1:42:24as I examine myself, I can truly see no failure of mine towards thee. For my life and my kingdom
1290. 1:42:24–1:42:30are wholly thine. Let the cause of thy woe, fair queen, be told."
1291. 1:42:30–1:42:36But Vilasavadi, thus addressed, made no reply, and turning to her attendance, he asked the
1292. 1:42:36–1:42:42cause of her exceeding grief. Then her betel nut bearer, M'carica, who was always near
1293. 1:42:42–1:42:48her, said to the king, My Lord, how could any fault, however slight, be committed by
1294. 1:42:48–1:42:56thee? and how in thy presence could any of thy followers, or anyone else offend?
1295. 1:42:56–1:43:00The sorrow of the queen is that her union with the king is fruitless, as though she
1296. 1:43:00–1:43:05were seized by Rahu, and for a long time she has been suffering.
1297. 1:43:05–1:43:09For at first our lady was like one in heavy grief, was only occupied with difficulty
1298. 1:43:09–1:43:14by the persuasion of her attendance in the ordinary duties of the day, however fitting
1299. 1:43:14–1:43:20they might be, such as sleeping, bathing, eating, putting on of ornaments, and the like, and,
1300. 1:43:20–1:43:25like a Lakshmi of the lower world, ceaselessly up-braided divine love.
1301. 1:43:25–1:43:29But in her longing to take away the grief of my Lord's heart, she did not show her
1302. 1:43:29–1:43:30sad change.
1303. 1:43:30–1:43:35Now, however, as it was the fourteenth day of the month, she went to worship Holy
1304. 1:43:35–1:43:42maha-kala, and heard in a recitation of the mahabharata, no brighter bodes await the childless,
1305. 1:43:42–1:43:47for a son is he who delivers from the sunless shades, and when she heard this, she returned
1306. 1:43:47–1:43:52to her palace, and now, though reverently entreated there too by her attendance, she takes no pleasure
1307. 1:43:52–1:43:58in food, nor does she busy herself in putting on her jewels, nor does she vouch safe to
1308. 1:43:58–1:44:02answer us, she only weeps, and her face.
1309. 1:44:02–1:44:05is clouded with a storm of ever-flowing tears.
1310. 1:44:05–1:44:09My Lord has heard, and must judge.
1311. 1:44:09–1:44:16So saying, she ceased, and, with a long and passionate sigh, the king spoke thus, my queen,
1312. 1:44:16–1:44:19what can be done in a matter decreed by fate?
1313. 1:44:19–1:44:22Enough of this weeping beyond measure.
1314. 1:44:22–1:44:26For it is not on us that the gods are wont to bestow their favors.
1315. 1:44:26–1:44:31In truth, our heart is not destined to hold the bliss of that ambrosial draft, the embrace
1316. 1:44:31–1:44:37of a child of our own. In a former life no glorious deed was done, for a deed done in
1317. 1:44:37–1:44:43a former life brings forth fruit in man's life on earth, even the wisest man cannot change
1318. 1:44:43–1:44:50destiny. Let all be done that may be done in this mortal life. Do more honor to the Gurus,
1319. 1:44:50–1:44:55redouble thy worship of the gods, let thy good works be seen in thy reverence to the Rishis,
1320. 1:44:55–1:44:59for the Rishis are a powerful deity, and if we serve them with all our might, they
1321. 1:44:59–1:45:00book
1322. 1:45:00–1:45:30बून्ज देख आप विच्टर विष्टुव, विष्टुव, विष्टुव, विष्टुव, विष्टुव, विष्टुव, विष्टुव, विष्टुव, विष्टुव, विष्टुव, विष्टुव, विष्टुव, विष्टुव, विष्टुव, विष्टुव, व
1323. 1:45:30–1:45:38and many other royal sages, having conciliated ascetics, have enjoyed the happiness of tasting the ambrosia of the sight of a son.
1324. 1:45:38–1:45:43For the honor paid to saints is never without its reward, double quotes.
1325. 1:45:43–1:45:51And for me, when shall I behold my queen ready to bear a child, pale as the fourteenth night when the rising of the full moon is at hand,
1326. 1:45:51–1:45:59and when will her attendants, hardly able to bear the joy of the great festival of the birth of my son, carry the full basket of gifts?
1327. 1:45:59–1:46:04When will my queen gladden me wearing yellow robes, and holding a sun in her arms, like
1328. 1:46:04–1:46:08the sky with the newly risen sun and the early sunlight?
1329. 1:46:08–1:46:12And when will a sun give me joy of heart, with his curly hair yellow with many a plant,
1330. 1:46:12–1:46:17a few ashes mixed with mustard seed on his palate, which has a drop of GHI on it as
1331. 1:46:17–1:46:22a talisman, and a thread bright with yellow dye round his neck, as he lies on his back
1332. 1:46:22–1:46:25in smiles with a little toothless mouth?
1333. 1:46:25–1:46:29When will this baby destroy all the darkness of?
1334. 1:46:29–1:46:34Sorrow in my eyes like an auspicious lamp welcomed by all the people, handed from one to another
1335. 1:46:34–1:46:40by the Zenana attendants, shining tawny with yellow dye, and when will he adorn the courtyard,
1336. 1:46:40–1:46:45as he toddles round it, followed by my heart in my eyes, and gray with the dust of the
1337. 1:46:45–1:46:49court, and when will he walk from one place to another and the power of motion be formed
1338. 1:46:49–1:46:54in his knees, so that, like a young lion, he may try to catch the young tame deer
1339. 1:46:54–1:46:57screen behind the crystal walls.
1340. 1:46:57–1:47:02And when, running about it will in the courtyard, will he run after the tame geese, accompanied
1341. 1:47:02–1:47:07by the tinkling of the anklets of the Zenana, and weary his nurse, who will hasten after
1342. 1:47:07–1:47:12him, following the sound of the bells of his golden girdle, and when will he imitate
1343. 1:47:12–1:47:17the antics of a wild elephant, and have his cheeks adorned with a line of icor painted
1344. 1:47:17–1:47:22in black aloe, full of joy at the sound of the bell held in his mouth, gray with the
1345. 1:47:22–1:47:26dust of sandalwood scattered by his uplifted hand, shaking his head at the beckoning
1346. 1:47:26–1:47:30of the hooked finger, and when will he disguise the faces of the old chamberlands with the
1347. 1:47:30–1:47:36juice of handfuls of lac left after being used to color his mother's feet, and when,
1348. 1:47:36–1:47:38with eyes restless in.
1349. 1:47:38–1:47:43Curiosity, will he bend his glance on the inlaid floors, and with tottering steps pursue his
1350. 1:47:43–1:47:47own shadow, and when will he creep about during the audience in front of me as I stand
1351. 1:47:47–1:47:52in my audience hall, with his eyes wandering bewildered by the rays of the gems, and
1352. 1:47:52–1:47:56is coming welcomed by the outstretched arms of a thousand kings.
1353. 1:47:56–1:48:01Thinking on a hundred such desires, I pass my knights in suffering.
1354. 1:48:01–1:48:07Me, too, the grief arising from our want of children burns like a fire day and night.
1355. 1:48:07–1:48:12The world seems empty, I look on my kingdom as without fruit.
1356. 1:48:12–1:48:16But what can I do towards Brahma, from whom there is no appeal?
1357. 1:48:16–1:48:21Therefore, my queen, cease thy continual grief.
1358. 1:48:21–1:48:24let thy heart be devoted to endurance and to duty.
1359. 1:48:24–1:48:30For increase of blessings is ever nigh at hand for those who set their thoughts on duty.
1360. 1:48:30–1:48:35Thus saying, with a hand like a fresh tendril, he took water and wiped her tear-stained face,
1361. 1:48:35–1:48:39which showed as an opening lotus, and having comforted her again and again with many a
1362. 1:48:39–1:48:44speech-suite with a hundred endearments, skilled to drive away grief, and full of instruction
1363. 1:48:44–1:48:47about duty, he at last left her.
1364. 1:48:47–1:48:52And when he was gone, Vila Savadi's sorrow was a little soothed, and she went about
1365. 1:48:52–1:48:56her usual daily duties, such as putting on of her adornments.
1366. 1:48:56–1:49:01And from that time forth she was more and more devoted to propitiating the gods, honoring
1367. 1:49:01–1:49:06Brahmins, and paying reverence to all holy persons, whatever recommendation she heard
1368. 1:49:06–1:49:12from any source she practiced in her longing for a child, nor did she count the fatigue,
1369. 1:49:12–1:49:17however great, she slept within the temples of Durga, dark with smoke of delium ceaselessly
1370. 1:49:17–1:49:22burnt, on a bed of clubs covered with green grass, fasting, her pure form clothed in
1371. 1:49:22–1:49:27white raiment, she bathed under cows in dude-with.
1372. 1:49:27–1:49:31Auspicious marks adorned for the occasion by the wives of the old cowherds in the herd
1373. 1:49:31–1:49:36stations, with golden pitchers laden with all sorts of jewels, decorated with branches
1374. 1:49:36–1:49:41of the people, decked with diverse fruits and flowers and filled with holy water, every
1375. 1:49:41–1:49:46day she would rise and give to Brahmins golden mustard leaves adorned with every jam,
1376. 1:49:46–1:49:50He stood in the midst of a circle drawn by the king himself, in a place where four roads
1377. 1:49:50–1:49:57meet, on the fourteenth night of the dark fortnight, and performed auspicious rites of bathing,
1378. 1:49:57–1:49:59in which the gods of the quarters were gladdened by the very
1379. 1:50:00–1:50:02विशिब्लेषिन्ज अछि। श्राविमर्शक रेक।
1380. 1:50:02–1:50:04विशिब्लेषिन्ज अछि।
1381. 1:50:04–1:50:06विशिब्लेषिन्ज अछि।
1382. 1:50:06–1:50:08विशिब्लेषिन्ज अछि।
1383. 1:50:08–1:50:10विशिब्लेषिन्ज अछि।
1384. 1:50:10–1:50:12विशिब्लेषिन्ज अछि।
1385. 1:50:12–1:50:14विशिब्लेषिन्ज छि।
1386. 1:50:14–1:50:19other trees to which honor was won't be shown, after bathing, with hands circled by swaying
1387. 1:50:19–1:50:23bracelets, she herself gave to the birds an offering.
1388. 1:50:23–1:50:28Of curds and boiled rice placed in a silver cup, she offered daily to the goddess Durga
1389. 1:50:28–1:50:34a sacrifice consisting of parched grain of ablation, boiled rice, sesamemeats, cakes,
1390. 1:50:34–1:50:41unguents, incense, and flowers, in abundance, she besought, with a mind prostrate in adoration,
1391. 1:50:41–1:50:46The naked wandering ascetics, bearing the name of Siddhas, and carrying their begging bowls
1392. 1:50:46–1:50:50filled by her, she greatly honored the directions of fortune tellers.
1393. 1:50:50–1:50:56She frequented all the soothsayers learned in signs, she showed all respect to those
1394. 1:50:56–1:51:01who understood the omens of birds, she accepted all the secrets handed down in the tradition
1395. 1:51:01–1:51:03of a succession of venerable sages.
1396. 1:51:03–1:51:07In her longing for the sight of a son, she made the brahmins who came into her
1397. 1:51:07–1:51:12presence chant the Veda, she heard sacred stories incessantly repeated, she carried
1398. 1:51:12–1:51:15about little caskets of mattress filled.
1399. 1:51:15–1:51:21With birch leaves written over in yellow letters, she tied strings of medicinal plants as amulets,
1400. 1:51:21–1:51:25even her attendance went out to hear passing sounds and grasped the omens arising from
1401. 1:51:25–1:51:30them, she daily threw out lumps of flesh in the evening for the jackals, she told
1402. 1:51:30–1:51:34the pundits the wonders of her dreams, and at the crossroads she offered ablation
1403. 1:51:34–1:51:36to Siva.
1404. 1:51:36–1:51:41And as time went on, it chanced once that near the end of night, when the sky was gray as
1405. 1:51:41–1:51:46an old pigeon's wing, and but few stars were left, the king saw in a dream the full moon
1406. 1:51:46–1:51:51entering the mouth of Vilasavati, as she rested on the roof of her white palace, like a ball
1407. 1:51:51–1:51:55of lotus fibers into the mouth of an elephant.
1408. 1:51:55–1:52:00Thereupon he woke, and a rising, shedding brightness through his dwelling by the joyous dilation
1409. 1:52:00–1:52:05of his eyes, he straightway called Kukanasa and told him the dream, where to the latter,
1410. 1:52:05–1:52:11filled with sudden joy, replied, Sire, our wishes, and those of thy subjects are at length fulfilled.
1411. 1:52:12–1:52:17After a few days my lord will doubtless experience the happiness of beholding the lotus face of a
1412. 1:52:17–1:52:24sun, for I, too, this night in a dream saw a white-robed brahman, of godlike bearing in calm
1413. 1:52:24–1:52:29aspect, place in Manurma's lap a lotus that rain drops of honey, with a hundred outspread white
1414. 1:52:29–1:52:35petals, like the moon's digits, and a thousand quivering stamens forming its matted locks.
1415. 1:52:35–1:52:40Now, all auspicious omens which come to us foretell the near approach of joy, and what
1416. 1:52:40–1:52:44other cause of joy can there be than this?
1417. 1:52:44–1:52:49For dreams seen at the close of night are wont to bear fruit in truth.
1418. 1:52:49–1:52:53Certainly ere long the queen shall bear a son that, like men the three, shall be a leader
1419. 1:52:53–1:52:58among all royal sages, and a cause of joy to all the world, and he shall gladden thy
1420. 1:52:58–1:53:04O King, as the lotus pool in autumn with its burst of fresh lotuses gladdens the royal elephant,
1421. 1:53:04–1:53:09by him thy kingly line shall become strong to bear the weight of the world, and shall
1422. 1:53:09–1:53:14be unbroken in its succession as the stream of a wild elephant's eye-core.
1423. 1:53:14–1:53:18As he thus spoke, the king, taking him by the hand, entered the inner apartments and
1424. 1:53:18–1:53:22gladdened the queen, with both their dreams.
1425. 1:53:22–1:53:28And after some days, by the grace of the gods, the hope of a child came to Vilasavadi,
1426. 1:53:28–1:53:33the moon's image on a lake, and she became thereby yet more glorious, like the line of the Nindana wood
1427. 1:53:33–1:53:40with the tree of Paradise, or the breast of Vishnu with the Kaustubha gem. On one memorable day the
1428. 1:53:40–1:53:45king had gone at evening to an inner pavilion, where, encircled by a thousand lamps, burning bright
1429. 1:53:45–1:53:51with abundance of scented oil, he was like the full moon in the midst of stars, or like Narayana
1430. 1:53:51–1:53:56seated among the thousand jeweled hoods of the king of snakes, he was surrounded only by a few
1431. 1:53:56–1:54:00great kings who had received the sprinkling of coronation, his own attendants stood at some
1432. 1:54:00–1:54:06distance, close by Kokonasa was sitting on a high stool, clad in white silk, with little.
1433. 1:54:07–1:54:12Adornment, a statesman profound as the depths of ocean, and with him the king was holding a
1434. 1:54:12–1:54:17conversation on many topics, full of the confidence that had grown with their growth,
1435. 1:54:17–1:54:21when he was approached by the handmaiden Kulavardana, the queen's chief attendant,
1436. 1:54:21–1:54:27always skilled in the ways of a court, well trained by nearness to royalty, and first in all auspicious
1437. 1:54:27–1:54:34ceremonies, who whispered in his ear the news about Vilasavati. At her words, so fresh to his ears,
1438. 1:54:34–1:54:40the king's limbs were bedoed as if with ambrosia, a thrill passed through his whole body, and he
1439. 1:54:40–1:54:45was bewildered with the draft of joy, his cheeks burst into a smile, under the guise of the bright
1440. 1:54:45–1:54:50flash of his teeth he scattered abroad the happiness that overflowed his heart and his eye,
1441. 1:54:50–1:54:56with its pupil quivering, and its lashes wet with tears of gladness, fell on the face of Cucanasa.
1442. 1:54:57–1:55:00And when Cucanasa saw the king's exceeding joy,
1443. 1:55:00–1:55:02विचार-विमर्शक आजि।
1444. 1:55:30–1:55:44their pupils are tremulous, and they are bathed in tears of joy, and as they seem to creep to the lobes of thy ears in their eagerness to hear the good tidings they produce, as it were, the beauty of an ear-pendant of blue lotuses.
1445. 1:55:44–1:55:52My longing heart yearns to hear the festival that has sprung up for it. Therefore let my Lord tell me what is this news.
1446. 1:55:52–1:55:55When he had thus said, the king replied with a smile,
1447. 1:55:55–1:55:59If it is true as she says, then all our dream is true,
1448. 1:55:59–1:56:04But I cannot believe it. How should so great a happiness fall to our lot?
1449. 1:56:04–1:56:08For we are no fitting vessel for the bearing of such good tidings.
1450. 1:56:08–1:56:15Kullavardana is always truthful, and yet when I consider how unworthy I am of such joy,
1451. 1:56:15–1:56:17I look upon her as having changed her nature.
1452. 1:56:17–1:56:25Rise, therefore, I myself will go and ask the queen if it is true, and then I shall know.
1453. 1:56:25–1:56:31So saying, he dismissed all the kings, and taking off his ornaments, gave them to Kulavardana,
1454. 1:56:31–1:56:35and when, on his gracious dismissal of her with gifts, he received her homage paid with
1455. 1:56:35–1:56:40a deep reverence as she touched the earth with her straight brow, he rose with Kukanasah
1456. 1:56:40–1:56:45and went to the inner apartments, hurried on by a mind filled with exceeding happiness,
1457. 1:56:45–1:56:49and gladdened by the throbbing of his right eye, which seemed to mimic the play of a blue
1458. 1:56:49–1:56:52lotus petal stirred by the wind.
1459. 1:56:52–1:56:58He was followed by a scanty redon you, as befitted so late a visit, and had the thick darkness
1460. 1:56:58–1:57:02of the courtyard dispelled by the brightness of the lamps of the women who went before
1461. 1:57:02–1:57:05him, though their steady flame flickered in the wind.
1462. 1:57:05–1:57:10Banna then describes the birth of Trapida's son, who is named Kendrapida, from the
1463. 1:57:10–1:57:15king's dream about the moon, and also that of Kokonasa's son Vikempayana.
1464. 1:57:15–1:57:20And as Kendrapada underwent in due course all the circle of ceremonies, beginning with the
1465. 1:57:20–1:57:25tying of his top knot, his childhood passed away, and to prevent distraction, Terrapada
1466. 1:57:25–1:57:30had built for him a palace of learning outside the city, stretching half a league along
1467. 1:57:30–1:57:34the Sipur River, surrounded by a wall of white bricks like the circle of peaks of
1468. 1:57:34–1:57:39a snow mountain, girt with a great moat running along the walls, guarded by very
1469. 1:57:39–1:57:44strong gates, having one door kept open for ingress, with stables.
1470. 1:57:44–1:57:49For horses and palanquins close by, and a gymnasium constructed beneath backslash, a
1471. 1:57:49–1:57:52fit palace for the immortals.
1472. 1:57:52–1:57:57He took infinite pains in gathering their teachers of every science, and having placed
1473. 1:57:57–1:58:02the boy there, like a young lion in a cage, forbidding all egress, surrounding him with
1474. 1:58:02–1:58:06a sweet composed mainly of the sons of his teachers, removing every allurement to
1475. 1:58:06–1:58:11the sports of boyhood and keeping his mind free from distraction, on an auspicious day
1476. 1:58:11–1:58:18he entrusted him, together with Vikempayana, to masters, that they might acquire all knowledge.
1477. 1:58:18–1:58:24Every day when he rose, the king, with Vilasavadi and a small retinue, went to watch him, and
1478. 1:58:24–1:58:29Kendrapada, undisturbed in mind and kept to his work by the king, quickly grasped
1479. 1:58:29–1:58:33all the sciences taught him by teachers, whose efforts were quickened by his great
1480. 1:58:33–1:58:38powers as they brought to light his natural abilities, the whole range of arts assembled
1481. 1:58:38–1:58:41in his mind as in a pure jeweled mirror.
1482. 1:58:41–1:58:48He gained the highest skill in word, sentence, proof, law, and royal policy, in gymnastics,
1483. 1:58:48–1:58:56in all kinds of weapons, such as the bow, quite, shield, cimeter, dart, mace, battleaxe,
1484. 1:58:56–1:59:01and club, in driving and elephant riding, in musical instruments, such as the lute,
1485. 1:59:01–1:59:07life, drum, cymbal, and pipe, in the laws of dancing laid down by Bharata and others, and
1486. 1:59:07–1:59:13the science of music, such as that of Narada. In the management of elephants, the knowledge
1487. 1:59:13–1:59:19of a horse's age, and the marks of men, in painting, leaf cutting, the use of books,
1488. 1:59:19–1:59:25and writing, in all the arts of gambling, knowledge of the cries of birds, and astronomy,
1489. 1:59:25–1:59:30testing of jewels, carpentry, the working of ivory, in architecture,
1490. 1:59:30–1:59:36physics, mechanics, antidotes, mining, crossing of rivers, leaping and jumping,
1491. 1:59:36–1:59:42and sleight of hand, in stories, dramas, romances, poems, in the Mahabharata,
1492. 1:59:42–1:59:45the Puranas, the Itihasas, and the Ramayana.
1493. 1:59:45–1:59:50In all kinds of writing, all foreign languages, all technicalities,
1494. 1:59:50–1:59:55mechanical arts, in meter and in every other art.
1495. 1:59:55–1:59:59And while he ceaselessly studied, even in his childhood and in born vigor like that,
1496. 2:00:00–2:00:30अछि।
1497. 2:00:30–2:00:37and, except in bodily strength, he was followed close in all his accomplishments by Vykhampayana,
1498. 2:00:37–2:00:41who, by reason of the honor Khandrapada felt for his deep learning and of his reverence
1499. 2:00:41–2:00:46due to Kukunasa, and because they had played in the dust and grown up together, was the
1500. 2:00:46–2:00:51prince's chief friend, and, as it were, his second heart and the home of all his
1501. 2:00:51–2:00:57confidences. He would not be without Vykhampayana for a moment, while Vykhampayana never
1502. 2:00:57–2:01:01for an instant cease to follow him any more than the day would cease to follow the sun.
1503. 2:01:02–2:01:07And while Kendrapida was thus pursuing his acquaintance with all knowledge, the spring of
1504. 2:01:07–2:01:12youth, loved of the three worlds as the amrita draught of the ocean, glattening the hearts of
1505. 2:01:12–2:01:17men as moonrise gladdens the gloaming, transient in change of iridescent glow, like the full
1506. 2:01:17–2:01:23arch of Indra's bow to the rainy season, weapon of love, like the outburst of flowers to the tree
1507. 2:01:23–2:01:29of desire, beautiful and ever-freshly revealed glow, like sunrise to the lotus grove, ready
1508. 2:01:29–2:01:35for all play of. Graceful motion, like the plumes of the peacock, became manifest and
1509. 2:01:35–2:01:41brought to flower in him, fair as he was, a double beauty, love, lord of the hour,
1510. 2:01:41–2:01:46stood ever nigh, as if to do his bidding, his chest expanded like his beauty, his limbs
1511. 2:01:46–2:01:51won fullness, like the wishes of his friends, his waist became slender, like the host
1512. 2:01:51–2:01:57of his foes, his form broadened, like his liberality, his majesty grew, like his hair,
1513. 2:01:57–2:02:03his arms hung down more and more, like the plates of his enemies' wives, his eyes, became
1514. 2:02:03–2:02:09brighter, like his conduct, his shoulders broad, like his knowledge, and his heart deep,
1515. 2:02:09–2:02:11like his voice.
1516. 2:02:11–2:02:16And so in due course the king, learning that Kendrapida had grown to youth, and had
1517. 2:02:16–2:02:20completed his knowledge of all the arts, studied all the sciences, and won great
1518. 2:02:20–2:02:26praise from his teachers, summoned Balahaka, a mighty warrior, and, with a large escort
1519. 2:02:26–2:02:30of cavalry and infantry, sent him on a very auspicious day to fetch the prince.
1520. 2:02:31–2:02:36And Balahaka, going to the palace of learning, entered, announced by the porters,
1521. 2:02:36–2:02:42and bending his head till its crest jewels rested on the ground, sat down, by the prince's permission,
1522. 2:02:42–2:02:46on a seat befitting his office, as reverently as though in the king's presence,
1523. 2:02:46–2:02:51After a short pause he approached Kendrapada and respectfully gave the king's message,
1524. 2:02:51–2:02:55Prince, the king bids me say, Our desires are fulfilled,
1525. 2:02:55–2:02:59The castras have been studied, All the arts have been learned,
1526. 2:02:59–2:03:03Thou hast gained the highest skill in all the martial sciences.
1527. 2:03:04–2:03:07All thy teachers give thee permission to leave the house of learning.
1528. 2:03:08–2:03:11Let the people see that thou hast received thy training,
1529. 2:03:11–2:03:14Like a young royal elephant come out from the enclosure,
1530. 2:03:14–2:03:18having in thy mind the whole orb of the arts, like the full moon newly risen.
1531. 2:03:19–2:03:24Let the eyes of the world, long eager to behold thee, fulfill their true function,
1532. 2:03:24–2:03:30for all the Zananas are yearning for thy sight. This is now the tenth year of thine abode in
1533. 2:03:30–2:03:34the school, and thou didst enter it having reached the experience of thy sixth year.
1534. 2:03:35–2:03:39This year, then, so reckoned, is the sixteenth of thy life.
1535. 2:03:39–2:03:45Now, therefore, when thou hast come forth and shown thyself to all the mothers longing to
1536. 2:03:45–2:03:51see thee, and hast saluted those who deserve thy honour, do thou lay aside thy early discipline,
1537. 2:03:51–2:03:56and experience at thy will the pleasures of the court and the delights of fresh youth.
1538. 2:03:56–2:04:02Pay thy respects to the chiefs, honour the Brahmins, protect thy people, gladden thy kinsfolk.
1539. 2:04:02–2:04:08There stands at the door, sent by the king, this horse, named Andreida, swift as Garuda
1540. 2:04:08–2:04:14or as the wind, the chief jewel of the three worlds, for in truth the monarch of Persia,
1541. 2:04:14–2:04:19who esteemed him the wonder of the universe, sent him with this message, this noble steed,
1542. 2:04:19–2:04:25sprung straight from the waters of ocean, was found by me, and is worthy for thee, O king,
1543. 2:04:25–2:04:30to mount, and when he was shown to those skilled in a horse's points, they said, he has all
1544. 2:04:30–2:04:33the marks of which men tell us as belonging.
1545. 2:04:33–2:04:38To Akai Cravis, there never has been nor will be a steed like him.
1546. 2:04:38–2:04:45let him be honored by thy mounting him. These thousand princes, all sons of anointed kings,
1547. 2:04:45–2:04:51highly trained, heroic, wise, and accomplished, and of long descent, sent for thine escort,
1548. 2:04:51–2:04:58wait on horseback, all eager to salute thee. Having thus said, Bala haka paused, and
1549. 2:04:58–2:05:00Kendrapida, laying his father...
1550. 2:05:00–2:05:02नाटक आविचार-विमर्शक रेक।
1551. 2:05:02–2:05:04अछि।
1552. 2:05:04–2:05:06नाटक आविचार-विमर्शक रेक।
1553. 2:05:06–2:05:08नाटक आविचार-विमर्शक रेक।
1554. 2:05:08–2:05:10नाटक आविचार-विमर्शक रेक।
1555. 2:05:10–2:05:12नाटक आविचार-विमर्शक रेक।
1556. 2:05:12–2:05:14नाटक आविचार-विमर्शक रेक।
1557. 2:05:14–2:05:19each side grasping the circle of the bit and using all their efforts to curb him.
1558. 2:05:19–2:05:24He was very large, his back being just within reach of a man's uplifted hand, he seemed
1559. 2:05:24–2:05:29to drink the sky, which was on a level with his mouth, with a nae which shook the cavity
1560. 2:05:29–2:05:34of his belly, and filled the hollows of the three worlds, he, as it were, upbraided
1561. 2:05:34–2:05:39Garuda for his vain trust in his fabled speed, with a nostril snorting in wrath at any
1562. 2:05:39–2:05:45hindrance to his course, he, in his pride, examined the three worlds, that he might leap
1563. 2:05:45–2:05:48over them, his body was.
1564. 2:05:48–2:05:53Variegated with streaks of black, yellow, green, and pink, like Indra's bow, he was
1565. 2:05:53–2:05:58like a young elephant, with a many huge rugs spread over him, like Sivah's bull, pink
1566. 2:05:58–2:06:03with metallic dust from budding at Kailasa's peaks, like Parvati's lion, with his main
1567. 2:06:03–2:06:08crimson with the red streak of the demon's clotted blood, and like the very incarnation
1568. 2:06:08–2:06:13of all energy, with a sound emitted from his ever-quivering nostrils. He seemed to pour
1569. 2:06:13–2:06:19forth the wind inhaled in his swift course, he scattered the foam. Flakes that frothed
1570. 2:06:19–2:06:22from his lips from the champion of the points of the bit which rattled as he rolled it
1571. 2:06:22–2:06:28in his mouth, as if they were mouthfuls of ambrosia drunk in his ocean home. And,
1572. 2:06:28–2:06:33beholding this steed, whose like was never before seen, informed fit for the gods,
1573. 2:06:33–2:06:38for the kingdom of the whole universe, possessed of all the favorable marks, the perfection
1574. 2:06:38–2:06:44of a horse's shape, the heart of Candrapida, though of a nature not easily moved, was touched
1575. 2:06:44–2:06:50with amazement, and the thought arose in his mind, what jewel, if not this wondrous horse,
1576. 2:06:50–2:06:54was brought up by the Suras and Azuras when they churned the waters of ocean and world-round
1577. 2:06:54–2:06:57Mount Mandara with the serpent.
1578. 2:06:57–2:07:00Vasuki revolving in ceaseless duration.
1579. 2:07:00–2:07:04And what has Indra gained by his lordship of the three worlds if he did not mount this
1580. 2:07:04–2:07:07back, brought as Mount Meru?
1581. 2:07:07–2:07:13Surely Indra was cheated by the ocean when his heart was gladdened by Akai Kravah's.
1582. 2:07:13–2:07:17And I think that so far he has not crossed the sight of Holy Narayana, who even now
1583. 2:07:17–2:07:21does not give up his infatuation for riding Garuda.
1584. 2:07:21–2:07:26My father's royal glory surpasses the riches of the kingdom of heaven, in that treasures
1585. 2:07:26–2:07:32such as this, which can hardly be gained in the whole universe, come here into servitude.
1586. 2:07:32–2:07:37From its magnificence and energy, this form of His seems the shrine of a God, and the
1587. 2:07:37–2:07:40truth of this makes me fear to mount Him.
1588. 2:07:40–2:07:45For forms like this, fit for the gods and the wonder of the universe, belong to no
1589. 2:07:45–2:07:47common horse.
1590. 2:07:47–2:07:51Even deities, subject to a muni's curse, have been known to leave their own bodies
1591. 2:07:51–2:07:56and inhabit other bodies brought to them by the terms of the curse.
1592. 2:07:56–2:08:01So there is a story of Old House Tholassiris, a muni of great austerity, cursed in Epsara's
1593. 2:08:01–2:08:06named Rumba, the ornament of the three worlds, and she, leaving heaven, entered the heart
1594. 2:08:06–2:08:12of a horse, and thus, as the story goes, dwelt for a long time on earth as a mare, in the
1595. 2:08:12–2:08:18service of King Cattedhandan, at Mritikavadi, and many other great sold beings, having had
1596. 2:08:18–2:08:24their glory destroyed by the curse of Munus, have roamed the world in various forms.
1597. 2:08:24–2:08:32this must be some noble being subject to a curse. My heart declares his divinity. Thus thinking,
1598. 2:08:32–2:08:37he rose, wishing to mount, and in mind only approaching the steed, he prayed thus,
1599. 2:08:37–2:08:45noble charger, thou art that thou art. All hail to thee. Yet let my audacity in mounting thee be
1600. 2:08:45–2:08:51forgiven. For even deities whose presence is unknown taste of a contumaly all unmute for them.
1601. 2:08:51–2:08:57him. As if knowing his thought, Indrayata looked at him with eye-ascance, the pupil turned
1602. 2:08:57–2:09:01and partly closed by the lashing of his tossing mane, and repeatedly struck the ground with
1603. 2:09:01–2:09:06his right hoof, till the hair on his chest was grey with the dust it cast up, as though
1604. 2:09:06–2:09:11summoning the prince to mount, with a pleasant winning long drawn out into a gentle soft
1605. 2:09:11–2:09:15murmur blent with the snorting of his quivering nostrils.
1606. 2:09:15–2:09:19Whereupon can Drapeta mounted Indrayata, as though invited there unto by his pleasant
1607. 2:09:19–2:09:26name, and, having mounted, he passed out, thinking the whole universe but a span long, and beheld
1608. 2:09:26–2:09:31a cavalcade of which the furthest limits could not be seen, it deafened the hollows of the
1609. 2:09:31–2:09:35three worlds with the clatter of hoofs breaking up the earth, fierce as a shower of stones
1610. 2:09:35–2:09:40let fall from the clouds, and with a name sounding the fiercer from nostrils choked with
1611. 2:09:40–2:09:44dust, it decked the sky with a forest.
1612. 2:09:44–2:09:49Of Lance is all-horrent, whose shafts gleamed bright when touched by the sun, like a
1613. 2:09:49–2:09:53The lake half hidden in a grove of blue lotus buds upborn on their stalks, from its darkening
1614. 2:09:53–2:09:57the eight quarters with its thousand umbrellas all raised.
1615. 2:09:57–2:09:59It was like a mass of clouds iridescent with
1616. 2:10:00–2:10:02विचार-विमर्शक आजि।
1617. 2:10:30–2:10:35curbed their horses, which were wild with trampling on each other, drew around the prince.
1618. 2:10:35–2:10:41As Balahaka presented each by name, they bowed, bending low their heads, which showed the
1619. 2:10:41–2:10:46glow of loyalty under the guise of the rays uprising from the rubies in their waving crests,
1620. 2:10:46–2:10:50and which, from their having buds held up in adoration, were like lotuses resting on
1621. 2:10:50–2:10:53the water in the pitchers of coronation.
1622. 2:10:53–2:10:59Having saluted them, Kendrapida, accompanied by Vykhampaina, also mounted, straightway
1623. 2:10:59–2:11:05set out for the city. He was shaded by a very large umbrella with a gold stick, born above
1624. 2:11:05–2:11:10him, formed like the lotus on which royal glory might dwell, like the moon's orb to
1625. 2:11:10–2:11:14the moon-lotus grove of royal races, like an island being formed by the flow of the
1626. 2:11:14–2:11:20cavalcade, in hue like the circle of Vasukhishood whitened by the sea of milk, garlanded with
1627. 2:11:20–2:11:26many a rope of pearls, bearing the device of a lion designed above. The flowers in
1628. 2:11:26–2:11:31his ears were set dancing by the wind of the cowries waved on either side, and his praises
1629. 2:11:31–2:11:37were sung by many thousands of retainers running before him, young, for the most part, and brave,
1630. 2:11:37–2:11:42and by the bards, who ceaselessly recited a loud auspicious verses, with a soft cry of
1631. 2:11:42–2:11:45long life and victory.
1632. 2:11:45–2:11:49And as he passed on his way to the city, like a manifestation of the God of love no longer
1633. 2:11:49–2:11:54bodiless, all the people, like a lotus-grove awakened by the moon's rising, left their
1634. 2:11:54–2:11:58work and gathered to behold Him, double quotes.
1635. 2:11:58–2:12:03Kartikey scorns the name of Kamara, since his own form is looked on with scorn by the throng
1636. 2:12:03–2:12:06of lotus faces when this prince is by.
1637. 2:12:06–2:12:11Surely we reap the reward of great virtue in that we behold that godlike form with eyes
1638. 2:12:11–2:12:17wide with the overflow of love sprung up within us, and upraised in eager curiosity.
1639. 2:12:17–2:12:20Our birth in this world has now brought forth its fruit.
1640. 2:12:20–2:12:26Nevertheless, all hail to blessed Krishna, who in the guise of Kendrapada has assumed
1641. 2:12:26–2:12:28a new form.
1642. 2:12:28–2:12:33With such words the city folk folded their hands in adoration and bowed before him.
1643. 2:12:33–2:12:38And from the thousand windows which were unclosed from curiosity to behold Kendrapada, the
1644. 2:12:38–2:12:43city itself became as it were a mass of open eyes, for straightway on hearing that he
1645. 2:12:43–2:12:47had left the palace of learning filled with all knowledge, women eager to see him
1646. 2:12:47–2:12:51mounted the roofs hastily throughout the city, leaving their half-done work.
1647. 2:12:51–2:12:55Some with mirrors in their left hand were like the nights of the full moon, when the moon's
1648. 2:12:55–2:12:57whole orb is gleaming.
1649. 2:12:57–2:13:01Some, with feet rosy it with fresh lack, were.
1650. 2:13:01–2:13:06Like lotus buds whose flowers had drunk the early sunlight, some, with their tender feet
1651. 2:13:06–2:13:10and meshed in the bells of their girdle, fallen to the ground in their haste, were
1652. 2:13:10–2:13:14like elephants moving very slowly, checked by their chain.
1653. 2:13:14–2:13:19Some were robed in rainbow hues, like the beauty of a day in the rainy season, some raised
1654. 2:13:19–2:13:23feet that blossomed into the white rays of their nails, like tame callahams as drawn
1655. 2:13:23–2:13:30by the sound of the anklets, some held strings of large pearls in their hands, as if in
1656. 2:13:30–2:13:34imitation of Rithy with her crystal rosary grassed in grief for the death of love,
1657. 2:13:34–2:13:39some with wreaths of pearls falling between their breasts, were like the glory of evening
1658. 2:13:39–2:13:44when the pairs of Kakravaka's are separated by a pure slender stream, some with
1659. 2:13:44–2:13:49rainbow flashes rising from the gems of their anklets, shown as if lovingly accompanied
1660. 2:13:49–2:13:55by tame peacocks, some, with their jeweled cups half-drunk, distilled, as it were, from
1661. 2:13:55–2:14:01their rosy flower-like lips a sweet nectar. Others, too, with their orb'd faces appearing
1662. 2:14:01–2:14:03at them.
1663. 2:14:03–2:14:07Interstices of the emerald lattices, presented to the eyes a lotus grove with its opening
1664. 2:14:07–2:14:13buds traversing the sky, as they gazed on the prince. On a sudden there arose a tinkling
1665. 2:14:13–2:14:18of ornaments born of hasty motion, with many a sound of loot struck sweetly on their cords,
1666. 2:14:18–2:14:23blended with the cry of crane summoned by the clanging of the girdles, accompanied by the
1667. 2:14:23–2:14:27noise of peacocks shut up in the zenana and rejoicing in the thunder caused by the stairs
1668. 2:14:27–2:14:32being struck by stumbling feet, soft with the murmur of callahanses fluttering in fear
1669. 2:14:32–2:14:38of the clash of fresh clouds, imitating the triumphant cry of love, taking captive
1670. 2:14:38–2:14:40the ears of lovely.
1671. 2:14:40–2:14:45with their ropes of jewels resounding shrilly as they touched one another, and re-echoing
1672. 2:14:45–2:14:48through all the corners of the houses.
1673. 2:14:48–2:14:52In a moment the dense throng of maidens made the palaces seem walled with women, the ground
1674. 2:14:52–2:14:57seemed to blossom by the laying on it of their laxed rune lotus feet, the city seemed
1675. 2:14:57–2:14:59Gert with grace by the stream of fair forms.
1676. 2:15:00–2:15:30विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार विश्वार वि
1677. 2:15:30–2:15:35Full of love manifested itself there, their graceful speech became straightway mirthful,
1678. 2:15:35–2:15:42confidential, confused, envious, scornful, derisive, coquettish, loving, or full of longing.
1679. 2:15:42–2:15:47As, for instance, hasty one, wait for me.
1680. 2:15:47–2:15:50Drunk with gazing, hold thy mantle.
1681. 2:15:50–2:15:55Simpleton, lift up the long tresses that hang about thy face.
1682. 2:15:55–2:15:58Remove thy moon-digit ornament.
1683. 2:15:58–2:16:03with love, thy feet are caught in the flowers of thine offering, and thou wilt fall.
1684. 2:16:03–2:16:11Love distraught, tie up thy hair. Intent on the sight of Candrapida, raise thy girdle.
1685. 2:16:11–2:16:16Naughty one, lift up the ear flower waving on thy cheek. Heartless one, pick up thine
1686. 2:16:16–2:16:25earring. Eager in youth, thou art being watched. Cover thy bosom. Shameless one, gather up
1687. 2:16:25–2:16:30thy loosened robe. Artfully artless, go on quicker.
1688. 2:16:30–2:16:37Inquisitive girl, take another look at the king. Insatiable, how long wilt thou look?
1689. 2:16:37–2:16:43Fickle-hearted, think of thine own people. Impish girl, thy mantle has fallen, and thou
1690. 2:16:43–2:16:50art mocked. Thou whose eyes art filled with love, sayest thou not thy friends.
1691. 2:17:20–2:17:27void of self-control, why run before thine elders? Bright in strength, why so confused?
1692. 2:17:27–2:17:35Silly girl, hide the thrill of love's fever. Ill-behaved girl, why thus weary thyself?
1693. 2:17:35–2:17:40Changeful one, thy girdle presseth thee, and thou sufferst vainly.
1694. 2:17:40–2:17:47At some-minded, thou heatest not thyself, though outside thy house. Lost in curiosity,
1695. 2:17:47–2:17:52thou hast forgotten how to breathe. Thou whose eyes art closed in the happy imagination
1696. 2:17:52–2:17:58of union with thy beloved, open them. He is passing.
1697. 2:17:58–2:18:02Bereft of sense by the stroke of love's arrow, place the end of thy silken robe on thy head
1698. 2:18:02–2:18:08to keep off the sun's rays. Thou who hast taken the vow of suddy, thou letst
1699. 2:18:08–2:18:12thine eyes wander, not seeing what is to be seen.
1700. 2:18:12–2:18:17one, thou art cast down by the vow not to gaze on other men.
1701. 2:18:17–2:18:22Vouch save to rise, dear friend, and to look at the blessed fish-bannered God, without his
1702. 2:18:22–2:18:26banner and bereft of rithi, visibly present.
1703. 2:18:26–2:18:30His crest of mulady flowers under his umbrella looks like a mass of moonbeams fallen in under
1704. 2:18:30–2:18:36the idea that night has set in, on his head dark with swarms of bees.
1705. 2:18:36–2:18:40His cheek is fair as a garland of open Sirisha flowers touched with green by the splendor
1706. 2:18:40–2:18:47of his emerald earring. Our youthful glow of love, under the guise of.
1707. 2:18:47–2:18:52Rich ruby rays among the pearl necklaces, shines out eager to enter his heart. It is
1708. 2:18:52–2:18:59so seen by him among the cowries. Moreover, what is he laughing at as he talks to Vykhampyana,
1709. 2:18:59–2:19:03so that the circle of space is widened with his bright teeth?
1710. 2:19:03–2:19:08Balahaka, with the edge of his silken mantle green as a parrot's plumage, is removing
1711. 2:19:08–2:19:12from the tips of his hair the dust raised by the horse's hoofs.
1712. 2:19:12–2:19:18His bow-like foot, soft as Lakshmi's lotus hand, is raised and sportively cast a thwart
1713. 2:19:18–2:19:20his horse's shoulder.
1714. 2:19:20–2:19:25His hand, with tapering fingers and bright as pink lotus buds, is outstretched to its
1715. 2:19:25–2:19:29full length to ask for betel nut, just as an elephant's trunk in eagerness for mouthfuls
1716. 2:19:29–2:19:32of valisneria.
1717. 2:19:32–2:19:37Happy is she who, a fellow bride with earth, shall, like Lakshmi, win that hand outfying
1718. 2:19:37–2:19:44the lotus. Happy, too, is Queen Villasavati, by whom he who is able to bear the whole earth
1719. 2:19:44–2:19:50was nourished in birth, as the elephant of the quarters by space. And as they uttered
1720. 2:19:50–2:19:56these and other sayings of the same kind, Candrapida, drunk in by their eyes, summoned
1721. 2:19:56–2:20:00by the tinkling of their ornaments, followed by their hearts, bound by the r-
1722. 2:20:00–2:20:04वोख्स अद रेज अद जूल्स, अनविश्विमर्शक विश्विमर्शक,
1723. 2:20:04–2:20:06बिस्वोश्विमर्शक विश्विमर्शक विश्विमर्शक, विश्विमर्शक
1724. 2:20:06–2:20:08विश्विमर्शक विश्विमर्शक विश्विमर्शक विश्विमर्शक
1725. 2:20:08–2:20:13advancing step by step on a mass of white bracelets slipping from their languid arms, reached
1726. 2:20:13–2:20:15the palace.
1727. 2:20:15–2:20:20Dismounting and leaning on Vykhampayana, he entered the court, preceded by Balahaka,
1728. 2:20:20–2:20:24and passing through the crowd of attendant kings, beheld his father seated on a white
1729. 2:20:24–2:20:27couch and attended by his guards.
1730. 2:20:27–2:20:32And on the chamberland saying, Behold him, the prince, with his head bent low, and its
1731. 2:20:32–2:20:37crest shaking, while yet afar off made his salutation, and his father, crying
1732. 2:20:37–2:20:43from afar, come, come hither, stretched forth both arms, raised himself slightly from his
1733. 2:20:43–2:20:48couch, while his eyes filled with tears of joy and a thrill passed over his body, and
1734. 2:20:48–2:20:52embraced his reverently bent son as though he would bind him fast and absorb him, and
1735. 2:20:52–2:20:54drink him in.
1736. 2:20:54–2:20:59And after the embrace, Kendrapida sat down on the bare ground by his father's footstool,
1737. 2:20:59–2:21:03kicking away the cloak which had been rolled up and hastily made into a seat by his own
1738. 2:21:03–2:21:09beetle nut bearer, and softly bidding her take it away, and then by Campaina, being embraced
1739. 2:21:09–2:21:14by the king like his own son, sat down on a seat placed for him.
1740. 2:21:14–2:21:19When he had been there a short time, assailed, as it were, by glances from the women who
1741. 2:21:19–2:21:24stood motionless, with the waving of the cowries forgotten, glances of love, longest strings
1742. 2:21:24–2:21:30of lotus stirred by the wind, from fine eyes tremulous and ass-gant, he was dismissed
1743. 2:21:30–2:21:35with the words, Go, my son, salute thy loving mother, who longs to see thee, and then in
1744. 2:21:35–2:21:39turn gladden all who nurtured thee by thy sight.
1745. 2:21:39–2:21:44Respectfully rising, and stopping his sweet from following him, he went with vikampayana
1746. 2:21:44–2:21:49to the Zenana, led by the royal servant's meek to enter therein, and approaching his
1747. 2:21:49–2:21:54mother, saluted her, as she sat surrounded by her attendants and by aged ascetic women,
1748. 2:21:54–2:21:57who read and recited legends to her.
1749. 2:21:57–2:22:03She raised him, while her attendance, skilled in doing her commands, stood around her, and,
1750. 2:22:03–2:22:08with a loving caress, held him in a long embrace, as though thinking inwardly of a hundred
1751. 2:22:08–2:22:13auspicious words to say, and straightway, when the claims of affection had been satisfied,
1752. 2:22:13–2:22:19and she had embraced Vykhampayana, she sat down, and drew Khandrapada, who was reverently
1753. 2:22:19–2:22:23seated on the ground, forcibly and against his will to rest in her arms.
1754. 2:22:23–2:22:27And when Vaikampayana was seated on a stool quickly brought.
1755. 2:22:27–2:22:33By the attendance, she embraced Kendrapada again and again on brow, breast, and shoulders,
1756. 2:22:33–2:22:40and said, with many a caressing touch, hard-hearted, my child, was thy father, by whom so fair
1757. 2:22:40–2:22:44a form, need to be cherished by the whole universe, was made to undergo great fatigue
1758. 2:22:44–2:22:47for so long.
1759. 2:22:47–2:22:51How didst thou endure the tedious restraint of thy gurus?
1760. 2:22:51–2:22:56Indeed, young as thou art, thou hast a strong man's fortitude.
1761. 2:22:56–2:23:02Thy heart, even in childhood, has lost all idol-liking for childish amusement and play.
1762. 2:23:02–2:23:07Ah well, all devotion to natural and spiritual parents is something apart, and as I now see
1763. 2:23:07–2:23:12thee in doubt, by thy father's favor, with all knowledge, so I shall soon see thee in
1764. 2:23:12–2:23:15doubt with worthy wives.
1765. 2:23:15–2:23:20Having thus said as he bent his head, smiling half in shame, she kissed him on the cheek,
1766. 2:23:20–2:23:25which was a full reflection of her own, and garlanded with open motuses, and he, when
1767. 2:23:25–2:23:30he had stayed a short time, gladdened in turn by his presence the whole Zenana.
1768. 2:23:30–2:23:36Then, departing by the royal door, he mounted in Dreida, who was standing outside, and,
1769. 2:23:36–2:23:41followed by the princes, went to see Kokonasa, and at the gate of an outer court, filled
1770. 2:23:41–2:23:47with priests of many sects, he dismounted, and entered the palace of Kokonasa, which
1771. 2:23:47–2:23:49resembled a second royal court.
1772. 2:23:49–2:23:54Upon entering he saluted Kukanasa like a second father as he stood in the midst of thousands
1773. 2:23:54–2:23:59of kings, showing him all respect, with his crest bent low even from afar.
1774. 2:23:59–2:24:07Kukanasa, quickly rising, while the kings rose one after another, and respectfully advancing
1775. 2:24:07–2:24:12straight to him, with tears of joy falling from eyes wide with gladness, heartily, and
1776. 2:24:12–2:24:17with great affection, embraced him, together with vikampayana.
1777. 2:24:17–2:24:22Then the prince, rejecting the jeweled seat respectfully brought, sat on the bare ground,
1778. 2:24:22–2:24:26and next to him sat Vykhampayana, and when he sat on the ground, the whole circle of
1779. 2:24:26–2:24:33kings, except Kukanasa, leaving their own seats, sat also on the ground.
1780. 2:24:33–2:24:37Kukanasa stood silent for a moment, showing his extreme joy by the thrill that passed
1781. 2:24:37–2:24:43over his limbs, and then said to the prince, truly, my child, now that King Terapita has
1782. 2:24:43–2:24:48seen He grown to youth and possessed of knowledge, He has at length gained the fruit of His
1783. 2:24:48–2:24:50rule over the universe.
1784. 2:24:50–2:24:54Now all the blessings of Thy parents have been fulfilled.
1785. 2:24:54–2:24:58Now the merit acquired in many other births has borne fruit.
1786. 2:24:58–2:24:59Now the gods of Thy race are
1787. 2:25:00–2:25:30किन्तेंट तुछविश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्विश्वि�
1788. 2:25:30–2:25:36dwelling in Vishnu's bosom, that she does not approach thee in mortal form. But, nevertheless,
1789. 2:25:36–2:25:42do thou with thine arm, as the great bore with his circle of tusks, bear up for myriads of ages
1790. 2:25:42–2:25:48the weight of the earth, helping thy father. Thus saying, and offering homage with ornaments,
1791. 2:25:48–2:25:55dresses, flowers, and ungwants, he dismissed him. Thereupon the prince, rising, and entering
1792. 2:25:55–2:26:01the Zenana, visited Vykampayana's mother, by Ney Manorma, and, departing, mounted in Dreida,
1793. 2:26:01–2:26:08and went to his palace. It had been previously arranged by his father, and had white jars filled
1794. 2:26:08–2:26:13and placed on the gates, like an image of the royal palace. It had garlands of green sandal boughs,
1795. 2:26:13–2:26:18thousands of white flags flying, and filled the air with the sound of auspicious instruments of
1796. 2:26:18–2:26:25music, open lotuses were strewn in it. A sacrifice to Agni had just been performed, every attendant
1797. 2:26:25–2:26:31was in bright apparel, every auspicious ceremony for entering a house had been prepared. On
1798. 2:26:31–2:26:36his arrival he sat for a short time on a couch placed in the hall, and then, together with
1799. 2:26:36–2:26:41his princely retinue, performed the day's duties, beginning with bathing and ending with
1800. 2:26:41–2:26:46a banquet, and meanwhile he arranged that Andrade should dwell in his own chamber.
1801. 2:26:46–2:26:51And in these doings of his the day came to a close, the sun's orb fell with lifted rays
1802. 2:26:51–2:26:56like the ruby-anclet backslash, its interstices veiled in its own light backslash, of the
1803. 2:26:56–2:27:00glory of day, as she hastens from the sky.
1804. 2:27:00–2:27:06And when evening had begun, Kendrapida, encircled by a fence of lighted lamps, went on foot
1805. 2:27:06–2:27:11to the king's palace, and having stayed a short time with his father, and seen Vilasavadi,
1806. 2:27:11–2:27:15he returned to his own house and lay down on a couch, many hewed with the radiance
1807. 2:27:15–2:27:22of various gems, like Krishna on the circle of seshes hoods. And when night had turned to dawn,
1808. 2:27:22–2:27:28he, with his father's leave, rose before sunrise, in eagerness for the new delight of hunting,
1809. 2:27:28–2:27:34and, mounting in dreida, went to the wood with a great retinue of runners, horses, and elephants.
1810. 2:27:35–2:27:39His eagerness was doubled by huntsmen leading in a golden leash hounds large as asses.
1811. 2:27:39–2:27:46With arrows whose shafts were bright as the leaves of a blossoming lotus, and fit to cleave
1812. 2:27:46–2:27:52the frontal bones of young wild elephants, he slew wild boars, lions, carabas, yaks,
1813. 2:27:52–2:27:57and many other kinds of deer by thousands, while the woodland goddesses looked at him
1814. 2:27:57–2:28:02with half-closed eyes, fluttered by fear of the twangin of his bow.
1815. 2:28:02–2:28:05Other animals by his great energy he took alive.
1816. 2:28:05–2:28:10And when the sun reached the zenith, he rode home from the wood with but a few princes who
1817. 2:28:10–2:28:15were well-mounted, going over the events of the chase, saying, Thus I killed a lion,
1818. 2:28:15–2:28:20Thus a bear, Thus a buffalo, Thus a caraba, Thus a stag.
1819. 2:28:20–2:28:23On dismounting, he sat down.
1820. 2:28:23–2:28:28On a seat brought hastily by his attendants, took off his corslet, and removed the rest
1821. 2:28:28–2:28:33of his riding apparel, he then rested a short time, till his weariness was removed
1822. 2:28:33–2:28:38by the wind of waving fans, having rested, he went to the bathroom, provided with a
1823. 2:28:38–2:28:44hundred pictures of gold, silver, and jewels, and having a gold seat placed in its midst.
1824. 2:28:44–2:28:48And when the bath was over, and he had been rubbed in a separate room with cloths, his
1825. 2:28:48–2:28:53head was covered with a strip of pure linen, his raiment was put on, and he performed
1826. 2:28:53–2:28:58his homage to the gods, and when he entered the perfuming room, there approached him
1827. 2:28:58–2:29:00the court women attendants.
1828. 2:29:00–2:29:05by the Grand Chamberlain and sent by the King, slaves of Villasavati, with Culverdana, and
1829. 2:29:05–2:29:11Zenana women sent from the whole Zenana, bearing in baskets different ornaments, wreaths, ungwants,
1830. 2:29:11–2:29:16and robes, which they presented to him.
1831. 2:29:16–2:29:21Having taken them in due order from the women, he first himself anointed by Campaena.
1832. 2:29:21–2:29:27When his own anointing was done, and giving to those around him flowers, perfumes, robes,
1833. 2:29:27–2:29:32jewels, as was meat, he went to the banquet hall, rich in a thousand-jeweled vessels,
1834. 2:29:32–2:29:35like the autumn sky gleaming with stars.
1835. 2:29:35–2:29:41He there sat on a doubled rug, with vikampion annexed him, eagerly employed, as was fitting,
1836. 2:29:41–2:29:46in praising his virtues, and the host of princes, placed each in order of seniority
1837. 2:29:46–2:29:50on the ground, felt the pleasure of their service increased by seeing the great courtesy
1838. 2:29:50–2:29:56with which the prince said, Let this be given to him, and that to him.
1839. 2:29:56–2:29:59so he duly pertook of his morning meal.
1840. 2:29:59–2:30:00After rinsing his
1841. 2:30:00–2:30:02नाटक विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
1842. 2:30:02–2:30:04विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
1843. 2:30:04–2:30:06विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
1844. 2:30:06–2:30:08विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
1845. 2:30:08–2:30:10विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
1846. 2:30:10–2:30:12विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
1847. 2:30:12–2:30:14विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
1848. 2:30:14–2:30:16विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
1849. 2:30:16–2:30:20Lifted by Andrade's merits, scattered the fodder before him, and departing, visited
1850. 2:30:20–2:30:26the court, and in the same order of routine he saw the king, and, returning home, spent
1851. 2:30:26–2:30:28the night there.
1852. 2:30:28–2:30:33Next day, at dawn, he beheld approaching a chamberlain, by name Kailasa, the chief
1853. 2:30:33–2:30:39of the Zenana, greatly trusted by the king, accompanied by a maiden of noble form, in
1854. 2:30:39–2:30:44her first youth, from her life at court self-possessed, yet not devoid of modesty,
1855. 2:30:44–2:30:49growing to maidenhood, and in her veil of silk red with cochineal, resembling the eastern
1856. 2:30:49–2:30:55quarter-clothed in early sunshine. And Kailasa, bowing and approaching, with his right hand
1857. 2:30:55–2:31:02placed on the ground, spoke as follows, Prince, Queen Vilasavati bids me say, this maiden,
1858. 2:31:02–2:31:06by name Petrolika, daughter of the King of Kalutha, was brought with the captives by
1859. 2:31:06–2:31:10the great king on his conquest of the royal city of Kalutha while she was yet a little
1860. 2:31:10–2:31:14child, and was placed among the Zen and a women.
1861. 2:31:14–2:31:19And tenderness grew up in me towards her, seeing she was a king's daughter and without a protector,
1862. 2:31:19–2:31:23and she was long cared for and brought up by me just like a daughter.
1863. 2:31:23–2:31:28Therefore, I now send her to thee, thinking her fit to be thy beetle-bearer, but she must
1864. 2:31:28–2:31:34not be looked on by thee, great prince of many days, as thine other attendants.
1865. 2:31:34–2:31:38She must be cared for as a young maiden, she must be shielded from the thoughtless
1866. 2:31:38–2:31:45like thine own nature, she must be looked on as a pupil. Like a friend, she must be admitted to all
1867. 2:31:45–2:31:51thy confidences. By reason of the love that has long grown up in me, my heart rests on her as on
1868. 2:31:51–2:31:57my own daughter, and being sprung from a great race, she is fitted for such duties, in truth,
1869. 2:31:57–2:32:01she herself will in a few days charm the prince by her perfect gentleness.
1870. 2:32:02–2:32:07My love for her is of long growth, and therefore strong, but as the prince does not yet know her
1871. 2:32:07–2:32:14character, this is told to him. Thou mustn't always strive, happy prince, that she may long
1872. 2:32:14–2:32:20be thy fitting companion. When Kailasa had thus spoken and was silent, Kandrapada looked
1873. 2:32:20–2:32:25long and steadily at Patralika as she made a courteous obeisance, and with the words,
1874. 2:32:25–2:32:32as my mother wishes, dismissed the chamberlain. And Patralika, from her first sight of him,
1875. 2:32:32–2:32:35was filled with devotion to him, and never.
1876. 2:32:35–2:32:41the prince's side either by night or day, whether he was sleeping, or sitting, or standing,
1877. 2:32:41–2:32:45or walking, or going to the court, just as if she were his shadow, while he felt for
1878. 2:32:45–2:32:50her a great affection, beginning from his first glance at her, and constantly growing,
1879. 2:32:50–2:32:55he daily showed more favor to her, and counted her in all his secrets as part of his own
1880. 2:32:55–2:32:56heart.
1881. 2:32:56–2:33:02As the days thus passed on, the king, eager for the anointing of Kendrapida as crowned
1882. 2:33:02–2:33:06points, appointed Chamberlains to gather together all things needful for it, and when it was
1883. 2:33:06–2:33:12at hand, Cookanasa, desirous of increasing the Prince's modesty, great as it already
1884. 2:33:12–2:33:17was, spoke to him at length during one of his visits, Dear Kendrapada, though thou hast
1885. 2:33:17–2:33:22learnt what is to be known, and read all the castors, no little remains for thee to
1886. 2:33:22–2:33:23learn.
1887. 2:33:23–2:33:28For truly the darkness arising from youth is by nature very thick, nor can it be pierced
1888. 2:33:28–2:33:35by the sun, nor cleft by the radiance of jewels, nor dispelled by the brightness of lamps.
1889. 2:33:35–2:33:41The intoxication of Lakshmi is terrible, and does not cease even in old age.
1890. 2:33:41–2:33:47There is, too, another blindness of power, evil, not to be cured by any self.
1891. 2:33:47–2:33:52The fever of pride runs very high, and no cooling appliances can allay it.
1892. 2:33:52–2:33:57The madness that rises from tasting the poison of the senses is violent, and not
1893. 2:33:57–2:34:02to be counteracted by roots or charms. The defilement of the stain of passion is never
1894. 2:34:02–2:34:08destroyed by bathing or purification. The sleep of the multitude of royal pleasures is ever
1895. 2:34:08–2:34:15terrible, and the end of night brings no waking. Thus thou must often be told at length.
1896. 2:34:15–2:34:21Lordship inherited even from birth, fresh youth, pureless beauty, superhuman talent, all this
1897. 2:34:21–2:34:27is a long succession of ills. Each of these separately is a home of insolence, how much
1898. 2:34:27–2:34:33more the assemblage of them. For in early youth the mind often loses its purity, though it
1899. 2:34:33–2:34:38be cleansed with the pure waters of the castras. The eyes of the young become inflamed, though
1900. 2:34:38–2:34:45their clearness is not quite lost. Nature, too, when the whirlwind of passion arises,
1901. 2:34:45–2:34:51carries a man far in youth at its own will, like a dry leaf borne on the wind. This
1902. 2:34:51–2:34:55This mirage of pleasure, which captivates the senses as if they were dear, always ends
1903. 2:34:55–2:34:57in sorrow.
1904. 2:34:57–2:34:59When the mind has its consciousness dulled by early
1905. 2:35:00–2:35:07Youth, the characteristics of the outer world fall on it like water, all the more sweetly for being but just tasted.
1906. 2:35:07–2:35:13Extreme clinging to the things of sense destroys a man, misleading him like ignorance of his bearings.
1907. 2:35:13–2:35:17But men such as thou art the fitting vessels for instruction.
1908. 2:35:17–2:35:25For on a mind free from stain the virtue of good counsel enters easily, as the moons raise on a moon crystal.
1909. 2:35:25–2:35:36The words of a guru, though pure, yet cause great pain when they enter the ears of the bad, as water does, while in others they produce a nobler beauty, like the ear jewel on an elephant.
1910. 2:35:36–2:35:41They remove the thick darkness of many sins, like the moon in the gloaming.
1911. 2:35:41–2:35:52The teaching of a guru is calming, and brings to an end the faults of youth by turning them to virtue, just as old age takes away the dark stain of the locks by turning them to gray.
1912. 2:35:52–2:35:57This is the time to teach thee, while thou hast not yet tasted the pleasures of sense.
1913. 2:35:58–2:36:02For teaching pours away like water in a heart shattered by the stroke of love's arrow.
1914. 2:36:03–2:36:07Family and sacred tradition are unavailing to the fro-ward and undisciplined.
1915. 2:36:08–2:36:11Does a fire not burn when fed on sandalwood?
1916. 2:36:12–2:36:16Is not the submarine fire the fiercer in the water that is wont to quench fire?
1917. 2:36:17–2:36:22But the words of a guru are abathing without water, able to cleanse all the stains of man,
1918. 2:36:22–2:36:28They are a maturity that changes not the locks to gray, they give weight without increase of bulk,
1919. 2:36:28–2:36:33though not wrought of gold, they are an ear-jewel of no common order, without light they shine,
1920. 2:36:33–2:36:39without startling they awaken. They are specially needed for kings, for the admonishers of kings
1921. 2:36:39–2:36:46are few. For from fear, men follow like an echo the words of kings, and so, being unbridled in
1922. 2:36:46–2:36:51their pride, and having the cavity of their ears wholly stopped, they do not hear good advice
1923. 2:36:51–2:36:58even when offered, and when they do hear, by closing their eyes like an elephant, they
1924. 2:36:58–2:37:02show their contempt, and pain the teachers who offer them good counsel.
1925. 2:37:02–2:37:08For the nature of kings, being darkened by the madness of pride's fever, is perturbed,
1926. 2:37:08–2:37:13their wealth causes arrogance and false self-esteem, their royal glory causes the torpor brought
1927. 2:37:13–2:37:15about by the poison of kingly power.
1928. 2:37:15–2:37:20First, let one who strives after happiness look at Lakshmi.
1929. 2:37:20–2:37:26For this Lakshmi, who now rests like a bee on the lotus grove of a circle of naked swords,
1930. 2:37:26–2:37:30has risen from the milk ocean, has taken her glow from the buds of the coral tree, her
1931. 2:37:30–2:37:36crookedness from the moon's digit, her restlessness from the steed-a-kai-crava, her witchery from
1932. 2:37:36–2:37:42kalakuta poison, her intoxication from nectar, and from the kaustubha gem her hardness.
1933. 2:37:42–2:37:46All these she has taken is keepsakes to relieve her longing with memory of her companion's
1934. 2:37:46–2:37:48friendship.
1935. 2:37:48–2:37:53There is nothing so little understood here in the world as this base Lakshmi.
1936. 2:37:53–2:37:59When one, she is hard to keep, when bound fast by the firm cords of heroism, she vanishes,
1937. 2:37:59–2:38:05when held by a cage of swords brandished by a thousand fierce champions, she yet escapes,
1938. 2:38:05–2:38:10when guarded by a thick band of elephants, dark with a storm of icor, she yet flees
1939. 2:38:10–2:38:11away.
1940. 2:38:11–2:38:17She keeps not friendships, she regards not race, she wrecks not of beauty, she follows
1941. 2:38:17–2:38:22not the fortunes of a family, she looks not on character, she counts not cleverness, she
1942. 2:38:22–2:38:28hears not sacred learning, she courts not righteousness, she honors not liberality, she
1943. 2:38:28–2:38:34values not discrimination, she guards not conduct, she understands not truth, she makes
1944. 2:38:34–2:38:39not auspicious marks her guide, like the outline of an aerial city, she vanishes even as we
1945. 2:38:39–2:38:41look on her.
1946. 2:38:41–2:38:45She is still dizzy with the feeling produced by the eddying of the whirlpool made by Mount
1947. 2:38:45–2:38:51Mandara. As if she were the tip of a lotus stalk bound to the varying motion of a lotus
1948. 2:38:51–2:38:57bed, she gives no firm foothold anywhere. Even when held fast with great effort in palaces,
1949. 2:38:57–2:39:03she totters as if drunk with the icor of their many wild elephants. She dwells on the sword's
1950. 2:39:03–2:39:09edge as if to learn cruelty. She clings to the form of Narayana as if to learn constant
1951. 2:39:09–2:39:16change of form. Full of fickleness, she leaves even a king, richly endowed with friends, judicial
1952. 2:39:16–2:39:22power, treasure, and territory, as she leaves a lotus at the end of day, though it have root,
1953. 2:39:22–2:39:28stalk, bud, and widespreading petals. Like a creeper, she is ever a parasite.
1954. 2:39:29–2:39:35Like Gunga, though producing wealth, she is all a stir with bubbles, like the sun's ray,
1955. 2:39:35–2:39:40she elites on one thing after another, like the cavity of hell, she is full of dense darkness.
1956. 2:39:41–2:39:47Like the demon Hedamba, her heart is only one by the courage of a Bhima, like the rainy season,
1957. 2:39:47–2:39:53she sends forth but a momentary flash, like an evil demon, she, with the height of many men,
1958. 2:39:53–2:39:59crazes the feeble mind. As if jealous, she embraces not him whom learning has favored, she
1959. 2:40:00–2:40:04विच आछि। आछि। आछि। आछि। आछि। आछि।
1960. 2:40:04–2:40:07आछि। आछि। आछि। आछि। आछि। आछि।
1961. 2:40:07–2:40:11आछि। आछि। आछि। आछि। आछि। आछि।
1962. 2:40:11–2:40:15आछि। आछि। आछि। आछि। आछि। आछि।
1963. 2:40:15–2:40:21a giver as a nightmare, she keeps far from a temperate man as a villain, she mocks at the wise as a fool,
1964. 2:40:21–2:40:25she manifests her ways in the world as if in a jugglery that unites contradictions.
1965. 2:40:26–2:40:32For, though creating constant fever, she produces a chill, though exalting men, she shows
1966. 2:40:32–2:40:38lowness of soul, though rising from water, she augments thirst, though bestowing lordship,
1967. 2:40:38–2:40:43she shows an unlordly nature, though loading men with power, she deprives them of weight,
1968. 2:40:43–2:40:49Though sister of nectar, she leaves a bitter taste, though of earthly mold, she is invisible,
1969. 2:40:49–2:40:55though attached to the highest, she loves the base, like a creature of dust, she soils even the pure.
1970. 2:40:56–2:41:03Moreover, let this wavering one shine as she may, she yet, like lamplight, only sends forth lamp-black.
1971. 2:41:04–2:41:09For she is the fostering rain of the poison plants of desire, the hunter's luring song to
1972. 2:41:09–2:41:14to the deer of the senses, the polluting smoke to the pictures of virtue, the luxurious
1973. 2:41:14–2:41:19couch of infatuation's long sleep, the ancient watchtower of the demons.
1974. 2:41:19–2:41:21Of Pride and Wealth
1975. 2:41:21–2:41:27She is the cataract gathering over eyes lighted by the castors, the banner of the reckless,
1976. 2:41:27–2:41:31the native stream of the alligators of wrath, the tavern of the mead of the senses, the
1977. 2:41:31–2:41:36music hall of alluring dances, the lair of the serpents of sin, the rod to drive
1978. 2:41:36–2:41:38out good practices.
1979. 2:41:38–2:41:43She is the untimely rain to the callahamsas of the virtues, the hot bed of the pustules
1980. 2:41:43–2:41:49of scandal, the prologue of the drama of fraud, the roar of the elephant of passion, the slaughterhouse
1981. 2:41:49–2:41:53of goodness, the tongue of Rahu for the moon of holiness.
1982. 2:41:53–2:41:58Nor see I any who has not been violently embraced by her while she was yet unknown to him,
1983. 2:41:58–2:42:01and whom she has not deceived.
1984. 2:42:01–2:42:06Truly, even in a picture she moves, even in a book she practices magic, even cut
1985. 2:42:06–2:42:13in a gem she deceives, even when heard she misleads, even when thought on she betrays.
1986. 2:42:13–2:42:17When this wretched evil creature wins kings after great toil by the will of destiny, they
1987. 2:42:17–2:42:22become helpless, and the abode of every shameful deed.
1988. 2:42:22–2:42:26For at the very moment of coronation their graciousness is washed away as if by the
1989. 2:42:26–2:42:31auspicious water jars, their heart is darkened as by the smoke of the sacrificial fire,
1990. 2:42:31–2:42:35their patience is swept away as by the cuckoo brooms of the priest, their remembrance of
1991. 2:42:35–2:42:40advancing age is concealed as by the dawning of the turban, the sight of the next world
1992. 2:42:40–2:42:45is kept afar as by the umbrella's circle, truth is removed as by the wind of the cowries,
1993. 2:42:45–2:42:50virtue is driven out as by the wands of office, the voices of.
1994. 2:42:50–2:42:55The good are drowned as by cries of all hail, and glory is flouted as by the streamers
1995. 2:42:55–2:42:58of the banners, double quotes.
1996. 2:42:58–2:43:02For some kings are deceived by successes which are uncertain as the tremulous beaks
1997. 2:43:02–2:43:07of birds when loose from weariness, and which, though pleasant for a moment as a fireflies
1998. 2:43:07–2:43:12flash, are condemned by the wise, they forget their origin in the pride of amassing a little
1999. 2:43:12–2:43:17wealth, and are troubled by the onrush of passion as by a blood poisoning brought on
2000. 2:43:17–2:43:22by accumulated diseases, they are tortured by the senses, which though but five, in
2001. 2:43:22–2:43:26their eagerness to taste every pleasure, turn to a thousand.
2002. 2:43:26–2:43:32They are bewildered by the mind, which, in native fickleness, follows its own impulses,
2003. 2:43:32–2:43:37and, being but one, gets the force of a hundred thousand in its changes.
2004. 2:43:37–2:43:40Thus they fall into utter helplessness.
2005. 2:43:40–2:43:47They are seized by demons, conquered by imps, possessed by enchantments, held by monsters,
2006. 2:43:47–2:43:50mocked by the wind, swallowed by ogres.
2007. 2:43:50–2:43:56Pierced by the arrows of Kama, they make a thousand contortions, scorched by covetousness,
2008. 2:43:56–2:44:01They writhe, struck down by fierce blows, they sink down.
2009. 2:44:01–2:44:06Like crabs, they sidle, like cripples, with steps broken by sin, they are led helpless by
2010. 2:44:06–2:44:12others, like stammerers from former sins of falsehood, they can scarce babble, like saptochata
2011. 2:44:12–2:44:17trees, they produce headache in those near them, like dying men, they know not even
2012. 2:44:17–2:44:22their kin, like purblind men, they cannot see the brightest virtue, like men bitten in
2013. 2:44:22–2:44:27a fatal hour, they are not waked even by mighty charms, like lackornaments.
2014. 2:44:27–2:44:33They cannot endure strong heat, like rogue elephants, being firmly.
2015. 2:44:33–2:44:37Fixed to the pillar of self-conceit, they refuse teaching, bewildered by the poison
2016. 2:44:37–2:44:39of covetousness.
2017. 2:44:39–2:44:43They see everything as golden, like arrows sharpened by polishing, when in the hands
2018. 2:44:43–2:44:48of others they cause destruction, with their rods they strike down great families,
2019. 2:44:48–2:44:54high-growing fruit, like untimely blossoms, though fair outwardly, they cause destruction,
2020. 2:44:54–2:44:59they are terrible of nature, like the ashes of a funeral pyre, like men with cataract.
2021. 2:44:59–2:45:00They can
2022. 2:45:00–2:45:03विचार-विमर्शक आविचार-विमर्शक रेक।
2023. 2:45:30–2:45:34But others are deceived by rogue's intent on their own ends, greedy of the flesh pots
2024. 2:45:34–2:45:38of wealth, cranes of the palace lotus beds.
2025. 2:45:38–2:45:46Gambling, say these, is a relaxation, adultery a sign of cleverness, hunting, exercise, drinking,
2026. 2:45:46–2:45:52delight, recklessness, heroism, neglect of a wife, freedom from infatuation, contempt
2027. 2:45:52–2:45:57of a guru's words, acclaim to other submission, unruliness of servants, the ensuring of
2028. 2:45:57–2:46:04pleasant service, devotion to dance, song, music, and bad company, is knowledge of the world.
2029. 2:46:04–2:46:10Harkening to shameful crimes is greatness of mind, tame endurance of contempt is patience,
2030. 2:46:10–2:46:17self-will is lordship, disregard of. The gods is high spirit, the praise of bards is glory,
2031. 2:46:17–2:46:20restlessness is enterprise, lack of discernment is impartiality.
2032. 2:46:22–2:46:26Thus our kings deceived with more than mortal praises by men ready to raise faults to the
2033. 2:46:26–2:46:32the great of virtues, practiced in deception, laughing in their hearts, utterly villainous,
2034. 2:46:32–2:46:33and thus.
2035. 2:46:33–2:46:38These monarchs, by reason of their senselessness, have their minds intoxicated by the pride
2036. 2:46:38–2:46:43of wealth, and have a settled false conceit in them that these things are really so,
2037. 2:46:43–2:46:47though subject to mortal conditions, they look on themselves as having alighted on earth
2038. 2:46:47–2:46:52as divine beings with a superhuman destiny, they employ a pomp in their undertakings
2039. 2:46:52–2:46:56only fit for gods and win the contempt of all mankind.
2040. 2:46:56–2:47:00They welcome this deception of themselves by their followers.
2041. 2:47:00–2:47:05From the delusion as to their own divinity established in their minds, they are overthrown
2042. 2:47:05–2:47:10by false ideas, and they think their own pair of arms have received another pair, they imagine
2043. 2:47:10–2:47:13their forehead has a third eye buried in the skin.
2044. 2:47:13–2:47:18They consider the sight of themselves a favor, they esteem their glance a benefit, they
2045. 2:47:18–2:47:22They regard their words as a present, they hold their command a glorious boon, they deem
2046. 2:47:22–2:47:25their touch a purification.
2047. 2:47:25–2:47:30Wade down by the pride of their false greatness, they neither do homage to the gods, nor reverence
2048. 2:47:30–2:47:36brahmanas, nor honor the honorable, nor salute those to whom salutes are due, nor address
2049. 2:47:36–2:47:40those who should be addressed, nor rise to greet their gurus.
2050. 2:47:40–2:47:44They laugh at the learned as losing in useless labor all the enjoyment of pleasure, they
2051. 2:47:44–2:47:49They look on the teaching of the old as the wandering talk of dotage, they abuse the advice
2052. 2:47:49–2:47:53of their counselors as an insult to their own wisdom, they are wroth with the giver of good
2053. 2:47:53–2:47:55counsel.
2054. 2:47:55–2:48:01At all events, the man they welcome, with whom they converse, whom they place by their side,
2055. 2:48:01–2:48:06advance, take as companion of their pleasure and recipient of their gifts, choose as a friend,
2056. 2:48:06–2:48:11the man to whose voice they listen, on whom they reign favors, of whom they think highly,
2057. 2:48:11–2:48:16whom they trust, is he who does nothing day and night but ceaselessly salute them, praise
2058. 2:48:16–2:48:21them as divine, and exalt their greatness."
2059. 2:48:21–2:48:26What can we expect of those kings who standard as a law of deceit, pitiless in the cruelty
2060. 2:48:26–2:48:32of its maxims, whose gurus are family priests, with natures made merciless by magic rites,
2061. 2:48:32–2:48:36whose teachers are counselors skilled to deceive others, whose hearts are set on a power
2062. 2:48:36–2:48:41that hundreds of kings before them have gained and lost, whose skill in weapons is only
2063. 2:48:41–2:48:46to inflict death, whose brothers, tender as their hearts may be with natural affection,
2064. 2:48:46–2:48:48are only to be slaughtered.
2065. 2:48:48–2:48:53Therefore, my prince, in this post of empire which is terrible in the hundreds of evil and
2066. 2:48:53–2:48:59perverse impulses which attend it, and in this season of youth which leads to utter infatuation,
2067. 2:48:59–2:49:04thou must strive earnestly not to be scorned by thy people, nor blamed by the good, nor
2068. 2:49:04–2:49:11cursed by thy gurus, nor reproached by thy friends, nor grieved over by the wise.
2069. 2:49:11–2:49:16Drive, too, that thou be not exposed by knaves, deceived by sharpers,
2070. 2:49:16–2:49:20Prayed upon by villains, torn to pieces by wolfish courtiers,
2071. 2:49:20–2:49:24Misled by rascals, deluded by women, cheated by fortune,
2072. 2:49:24–2:49:27Led a wild dance by pride, maddened by desire,
2073. 2:49:27–2:49:31Assailed by the things of sense, dragged headlong by passion,
2074. 2:49:31–2:49:34Carried away by pleasure, double quotes.
2075. 2:49:34–2:49:37Granted that by nature thou art steadfast,
2076. 2:49:37–2:49:40And that by thy fathers care thou art trained in goodness,
2077. 2:49:40–2:49:49and moreover, that wealth only intoxicates the light of nature, and the thoughtless, yet my very delight in thy virtues makes me speak thus at length.
2078. 2:49:49–2:50:00Let this saying be ever ringing in nine years, there is none so wise, so prudent, so magnanimous, so gracious, so steadfast, and so earnest,
2079. 2:50:00–2:50:30देशेमस रेच वोचन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन्छन
2080. 2:50:30–2:50:37with glory. A glorious king has his commands fulfilled as swiftly as a great ascetic. Having
2081. 2:50:37–2:50:43said thus much, he was silent, and by his words Kendrapida was, as it were, washed,
2082. 2:50:43–2:50:51wakened. Purified, brightened, bedewed, anointed, adorned, cleansed, and made radiant, and with
2083. 2:50:51–2:50:57glad heart he returned after a short time to his own palace. Some days later, on an
2084. 2:50:57–2:51:03auspicious day, the king, surrounded by a thousand chiefs, raised aloft, with Cokanas' help,
2085. 2:51:03–2:51:08the vessel of consecration, and himself anointed his son, while the rest of the rites were performed
2086. 2:51:08–2:51:15by the family priest. The water of consecration was brought from every sacred pool, river and
2087. 2:51:15–2:51:22ocean, encircled by every plant, fruit, earth, and gem, mingled with tears of joy, and purified
2088. 2:51:22–2:51:29by Mantras. At that very moment, while the prince was yet wet with the water of consecration,
2089. 2:51:29–2:51:33royal glory passed on to him without leaving Tarapida, as a creeper still clasping its own
2090. 2:51:33–2:51:40tree passes to another. Straightway he was anointed from head to foot by Vilasavadi, attended
2091. 2:51:40–2:51:46by all the Zenana, and full of tender love, with sweet sandal white as moonbeams. He
2092. 2:51:46–2:51:51was garlanded with fresh white flowers, decked with lines of Goracana, adorned
2093. 2:51:51–2:51:56Bound with an earring of dervaugh grass, clad in two new silken robes with long fringes,
2094. 2:51:56–2:52:01white as the moon, bound with an amulet round his hand, tied by the family priest, and had
2095. 2:52:01–2:52:06his breast encircled by a pearl necklace, like the circle of the seven rishis come down
2096. 2:52:06–2:52:10to see his coronation, strong on filaments from the lotus pool of the royal fortune
2097. 2:52:10–2:52:12of yum royalty.
2098. 2:52:12–2:52:16From the complete concealment of his body by wreaths of white flowers interwoven
2099. 2:52:16–2:52:21and hanging to his knees, soft as moonbeams, and from his wearing snowy robes he was like
2100. 2:52:21–2:52:28Narasimha, shaking his thick mane, or like Kailasa, with its flowing streams, or Aravada,
2101. 2:52:28–2:52:33rough with the tangled lotus fibers of the heavenly Ganges, or the milky ocean, all
2102. 2:52:33–2:52:36covered with flakes of bright foam.
2103. 2:52:36–2:52:40Then his father himself for that time took the Chamberlain's wand to make way for him,
2104. 2:52:40–2:52:44and he went to the Hall of Assembly and mounted the royal throne, like the moon
2105. 2:52:44–2:52:46on Meru's Peak.
2106. 2:52:46–2:52:51when he had received dew-hommage from the kings, after a short pause the great drum
2107. 2:52:51–2:52:55that Harald that his setting out on his triumphal course resounded deeply, under the stroke of
2108. 2:52:55–2:53:01golden drumsticks. Its sound was as the noise of clouds gathering at the day of doom, or
2109. 2:53:01–2:53:06the ocean struck by mendara, or the foundations of earth by the earthquakes that close an
2110. 2:53:06–2:53:11aeon, or a portent cloud, with its flashes of lightning, or the hollow of hell by the
2111. 2:53:11–2:53:18blows of the snout of the great boar. And by it sound the spaces of the world were inflated,
2112. 2:53:18–2:53:24opened, separated, outspread, filled, turned sunwise, and deepened, and the bonds that
2113. 2:53:24–2:53:29held the sky were unloosed. The echo of it wandered through the three worlds, for it
2114. 2:53:29–2:53:34was embraced in the lower world by Sesha, with his thousand hoods raised and bristling
2115. 2:53:34–2:53:38in fear, it was challenged in space by the elephants of the quarters tossing their
2116. 2:53:38–2:53:44tusks in opposition, it was honoured with sun-wise turns in the sky by the sun's steeds, tossing
2117. 2:53:44–2:53:48their heads in their snort of terror, it was wondrously answered on Kailasa's peak by
2118. 2:53:48–2:53:54Sivas Bowl, with a roar of joy in the belief that it was his master's loudest laugh, it
2119. 2:53:54–2:54:00was met in Meru by Eravada, with deep trumpeting, it was reverenced in the hall of the gods
2120. 2:54:00–2:54:05by Yamas Bowl, with his curved horns turned sideways and wrath at so strange a sound,
2121. 2:54:05–2:54:09it was heard in terror by the guardian gods of the world.
2122. 2:54:09–2:54:15Then at the roar of the drum, followed by an outcry of, all hail, from all sides, Kendrapada
2123. 2:54:15–2:54:20came down from the throne, and with him went the glory of his foes.
2124. 2:54:20–2:54:25He left the hall of assembly, followed by a thousand chiefs, who rose hastily around
2125. 2:54:25–2:54:29him, strewing on all sides the large pearls that fell from the strings of their necklaces
2126. 2:54:29–2:54:34as they struck against each other, like rice sportively thrown as a good omen for their
2127. 2:54:34–2:54:39setting off to conquer the world. He showed like the coral tree amid the white buds of
2128. 2:54:39–2:54:44the Culpa trees, or Aravada amid the elephants of the quarters be doing him with water from
2129. 2:54:44–2:54:49their trunks, or heaven, with the firmament showering stars, or the rainy season with
2130. 2:54:49–2:54:56clouds ever pouring heavy drops. Then an elephant was hastily brought by the Mahout, adorned
2131. 2:54:56–2:55:00with all auspicious signs for the journey, and on the inner s...
2132. 2:55:00–2:55:30विच्टिट पट्रलिका विच्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टिष्टि�
2133. 2:55:30–2:55:35fire of his own majesty, flashing forth after his coronation.
2134. 2:55:35–2:55:40He saw the earth bright as if with his own glow of loyalty when anointed as heir apparent,
2135. 2:55:40–2:55:44and the sky crimson as with the flame that heralded the swift destruction of his foes,
2136. 2:55:44–2:55:48and daylight rosey it as with lack-juice from the feet of the Lakshmi of earth coming
2137. 2:55:48–2:55:50to greet him.
2138. 2:55:50–2:55:55On the way hosts of kings, with their thousand elephants swaying in confusion, their umbrellas
2139. 2:55:55–2:55:59broken by the pressure of the crowd, their crest jewels falling low as their diadems
2140. 2:55:59–2:56:04bent in homage, their earrings hanging down, and the jewels falling on their cheeks, bowed
2141. 2:56:04–2:56:09low before him, as a trusted general recited their names.
2142. 2:56:09–2:56:14The elephant Ganhamedhana followed the prince, pink with much red lead, dangling to the
2143. 2:56:14–2:56:18ground his ear ornaments of pearls, having his head outlined with many a wreath of
2144. 2:56:18–2:56:23white flowers, like Meru with evening sunlight resting on it, the white stream of Ganges
2145. 2:56:23–2:56:29falling across it, and the spangled roughness of a bevy of stars on its peak. Before Kendrapida
2146. 2:56:29–2:56:35went in Dreada, led by his groom, perfumed with saffron and many hued, with the flash
2147. 2:56:35–2:56:41of golden trappings on his limbs. And so the expedition slowly started towards the
2148. 2:56:41–2:56:46eastern quarter. Then the whole army set forth with wondrous turmoil, with its forest
2149. 2:56:46–2:56:51of umbrellas stirred by the elephant's movements, like an ocean of destruction reflecting
2150. 2:56:51–2:56:56on its advancing waves of thousand moons, flooding the earth.
2151. 2:56:56–2:57:01When the prince left his palace by Campaena performed every auspicious rite, and then,
2152. 2:57:01–2:57:05clothed in white, anointed with an ointment of white flowers, accompanied by a great
2153. 2:57:05–2:57:10host of powerful kings, shaded by a white umbrella, followed close on the prince, mounted
2154. 2:57:10–2:57:15on a swift elephant, like a second crown prince, and drew near to him like the moon to
2155. 2:57:15–2:57:17the sun.
2156. 2:57:17–2:57:22way the earth heard on all sides the cry, the crown prince has started, and shook with the
2157. 2:57:22–2:57:25weight of the advancing army.
2158. 2:57:25–2:57:31In an instant the earth seemed as it were made of horses, the horizon, of elephants, the atmosphere,
2159. 2:57:31–2:57:37of umbrellas, the sky, of forests of pennants, the wind, of the scent of icor, the human
2160. 2:57:37–2:57:45race, of kings, the eye, of the rays of jewels, the day, of crests, the universe, of cries
2161. 2:57:45–2:57:47of all hail.
2162. 2:57:47–2:57:51The dust rose at the advance of the army like a herd of elephants to tear up the lotuses
2163. 2:57:51–2:57:56of the sunbeams, or avail to cover the Lakshmi of the three worlds.
2164. 2:57:56–2:58:02Day became earthy, the quarters were modeled in clay, the sky was, as it were, resolved
2165. 2:58:02–2:58:07in dust, and the whole universe appeared to consist of but one element.
2166. 2:58:07–2:58:12When the horizon became clear again, by Kampayana, looking at the mighty host which seemed
2167. 2:58:12–2:58:18to rise from the ocean, was filled with wonder, and, turning his glance on every side, said
2168. 2:58:18–2:58:23to Kendrapida, What, Prince, has been left unconquered by the mighty King Terrapida, for
2169. 2:58:23–2:58:25thee to conquer.
2170. 2:58:25–2:58:29What regions unsubdued, for thee to subdue?
2171. 2:58:29–2:58:32What fortresses untaken, for thee to take?
2172. 2:58:32–2:58:36What continents unappropriated, for thee to appropriate?
2173. 2:58:36–2:58:40What treasures ungained, for thee to gain?
2174. 2:58:40–2:58:42What kings have not been humbled?
2175. 2:58:42–2:58:47By whom have the raised hands of salutation, soft as young lotuses, not been placed on the
2176. 2:58:47–2:58:49head?
2177. 2:58:49–2:58:55By whose brows, encircled with golden bands, have the floors of his halls not been polished?
2178. 2:58:55–2:58:59Whose crest jewels have not scraped his footstool?
2179. 2:58:59–2:59:02Who have not accepted his staff of office?
2180. 2:59:02–2:59:05Who have not waved his cowries?
2181. 2:59:05–2:59:08Who have not raised the cry of hail?
2182. 2:59:08–2:59:13who have not drunken with the crocodiles of their crests, there.
2183. 2:59:13–2:59:16Radiance of his feet, like pure streams.
2184. 2:59:16–2:59:20For all these princes, though they are imbued with the pride of armies, ready in their
2185. 2:59:20–2:59:24rough play to plunge into the four oceans, though they are the peers of the great kings
2186. 2:59:24–2:59:31Dakaratha, Badjaratha, Bharata, Dilipa, Alarka, and Menathri, though they are anointed
2187. 2:59:31–2:59:36princes, soma drinkers, haughty in the pride of birth, yet they bear on the sprays of
2188. 2:59:36–2:59:40crests purified with the shower of the water of consecration the dust of thy feet of happy
2189. 2:59:40–2:59:44omen, like an amulet of ashes.
2190. 2:59:44–2:59:48By them as by fresh noble mountains, the earth is upheld.
2191. 2:59:48–2:59:53These their armies that have entered the heart of the ten regions follow thee alone.
2192. 2:59:53–2:59:55For lo!
2193. 2:59:55–2:59:59Wherever thy glances cast, hell seems to vomit forth armies, the earth to bear
2194. 3:00:00–3:00:30तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव तुव �
2195. 3:00:30–3:00:35who scatter it all round and thick, too, with the murmur of the bees settling on it, so
2196. 3:00:35–3:00:38that it shines as if filled with the waves of Yamuna.
2197. 3:00:38–3:00:43The lines of moon-white flags hide the horizon, like rivers that in fear of being made turbid
2198. 3:00:43–3:00:47by the heavy host have fled to the sky.
2199. 3:00:47–3:00:51It is a wonder that the earth has not today been split into a thousand pieces by the
2200. 3:00:51–3:00:55weight of the army, and that the bonds of its joints, the noble mountains, are not
2201. 3:00:55–3:01:00burst asunder, and that the hoods of Sesha, the Lord of Serpents, in distress at the burden
2202. 3:01:00–3:01:05of earth pressed down under the load of troops, do not give way.
2203. 3:01:05–3:01:09While he was thus speaking, the prince reached his palace.
2204. 3:01:09–3:01:14It was adorned with many lofty triumphal arches, dotted with a thousand pavilions enclosed
2205. 3:01:14–3:01:19in grassy ramparts, and bright with many a tent of shining white cloth.
2206. 3:01:19–3:01:24Here he dismounted, and performed in kingly wise all-do-rights, and though the kings
2207. 3:01:24–3:01:29and ministers who had come together sought to divert him with various tales, he spent
2208. 3:01:29–3:01:33the rest of the day in sorrow, for his heart was tortured with bitter grief for his fresh
2209. 3:01:33–3:01:35separation from his father.
2210. 3:01:35–3:01:40When day was brought to a close he passed the night, too, mostly in sleeplessness, with
2211. 3:01:40–3:01:45vikampayana resting on a couch not far from his own, and patrolaka sleeping hard by
2212. 3:01:45–3:01:50on a blanket placed on the ground, his talk was now of his father, now of his mother,
2213. 3:01:50–3:01:54now of kukanasa, and he rested but little.
2214. 3:01:54–3:01:59At dawn he arose, and with an army that grew at every march, as it advanced in unchanged
2215. 3:01:59–3:02:05order, he hollowed the earth, shook the mountains, dried the rivers, emptied the lakes, crushed
2216. 3:02:05–3:02:10the woods to powder, leveled the crooked places, tore down the fortresses, filled up the
2217. 3:02:10–3:02:13hollows, and hollowed the solid ground.
2218. 3:02:13–3:02:19By degrees, as he wandered at will, he bowed the haughty, exalted the humble, encouraged
2219. 3:02:19–3:02:25the fearful, protected the suppliant, rooted out the vicious, and drove out the hostile.
2220. 3:02:25–3:02:31He anointed princes in different places, gathered treasures, accepted gifts, took tribute, taught
2221. 3:02:31–3:02:36local regulations, established monuments of his visit, made hymns of worship, and inscribed
2222. 3:02:36–3:02:38edicts.
2223. 3:02:38–3:02:43He honored brahmanas, reverenced saints, protected hermitages, and showed a prowess
2224. 3:02:43–3:02:46that won his people's love.
2225. 3:02:46–3:02:52He exalted his majesty, heaped up his glory, showed his virtues far and wide, and won renown
2226. 3:02:52–3:02:54for his good deeds.
2227. 3:02:54–3:02:58Thus trampling down the woods on the shore, and turning the whole expanse of ocean to
2228. 3:02:58–3:03:02gray with the dust of his army, he wandered over the earth.
2229. 3:03:02–3:03:07The east was his first conquest, then the southern quarter, marked by Trikanku, then
2230. 3:03:07–3:03:12the western quarter, which has Verona for its sign, and immediately afterwards the northern
2231. 3:03:12–3:03:15quarter adorned by the seven rishis.
2232. 3:03:15–3:03:20Within the three years that he roamed over the world he had subdued the whole earth, with
2233. 3:03:20–3:03:24its continents, bounded only by the mode of four oceans.
2234. 3:03:24–3:03:31He then, wandering sun-wise, conquered and occupied Sivarnapura, not far from the eastern ocean,
2235. 3:03:31–3:03:36the abode of those Karadas who dwell near Kailasa, and are called Himajikudas, and as
2236. 3:03:36–3:03:43his army was weary from its worldwide wandering, he encamped there for a few days to rest.
2237. 3:03:43–3:03:47One day during his sojourn there he mounted Andreida to hunt, and as he roamed through
2238. 3:03:47–3:03:52the wood he beheld a pair of canaras wandering down at will from the mountains.
2239. 3:03:52–3:03:57Wondering at the strange sight and eager to take them, he brought up his horse respectfully
2240. 3:03:57–3:03:59near them and approached them.
2241. 3:03:59–3:04:04But they hurried on, fearing the unknown sight of a man, and fleeing from him, while
2242. 3:04:04–3:04:08he pursued them, doubling Andreida's speed by frequent pats on his neck, and went on
2243. 3:04:08–3:04:12alone, leaving his army far behind.
2244. 3:04:12–3:04:17on by the idea that he was just catching them, he was born in an instant fifteen leagues
2245. 3:04:17–3:04:23from his own quarters by Andreida's speed as it were at one bound, and was left companionless.
2246. 3:04:23–3:04:28The pair of Canaris he was pursuing were climbing a steep hill in front of him.
2247. 3:04:28–3:04:33He at length turned away his glance, which was following their progress, and, checked
2248. 3:04:33–3:04:36by the steepness of the ascent, reigned in Andreida.
2249. 3:04:36–3:04:42Then, seeing that both his horse and himself were tired and heated by their toils,
2250. 3:04:42–3:04:46He considered for a moment, and laughed at himself as he thought, Why have I thus wearied
2251. 3:04:46–3:04:49myself for nothing, like a child?
2252. 3:04:49–3:04:53What matters it whether I catch the pair of canaras or not?
2253. 3:04:53–3:04:56If caught, what is the good?
2254. 3:04:56–3:04:59If missed, what is the harm?
2255. 3:04:59–3:05:00What a folly this is!
2256. 3:05:00–3:05:30विश्वाव विश्वाव विश्वाव विश्वाव विश्वाव विश्वाव विश्वाव विश्वाव विश्वाव विश्वाव विश्वाव विश्वाव विश्वाव विश्वाव विश्वाव विश्वाव विश्वाव विश्वाव विश्वाव विश्वाव वि
2257. 3:05:30–3:05:34My earnest labor and a worthy ambition has been brought to naught.
2258. 3:05:34–3:05:39Why have I been so mad as to leave my followers behind and come so far?
2259. 3:05:39–3:05:43And why have I earned for myself the ridicule I should bestow on another, when I think
2260. 3:05:43–3:05:48how aimlessly I have followed these monsters with their horses' heads?
2261. 3:05:48–3:05:52I know not how far off is the army that follows me.
2262. 3:05:52–3:05:56For the swiftness of Andrei at a traverse is a vast space in a moment, and his speed
2263. 3:05:56–3:06:00He prevented my noticing as I came by what path I should turn back, for my eyes were
2264. 3:06:00–3:06:06fixed on the canars, and now I am in a great forest, spread underfoot with dry leaves, with
2265. 3:06:06–3:06:11a dense growth of creepers, underwood, and branching trees.
2266. 3:06:11–3:06:16Rome as I may here I cannot light on any mortal who can show me the way to Suvarna Pura.
2267. 3:06:16–3:06:21I have often heard that Suvarna Pura is the farthest bound of earth to the north,
2268. 3:06:21–3:06:27And that beyond it lies a supernatural forest, and beyond that again is Kailasa.
2269. 3:06:27–3:06:32This then is Kailasa, so I must turn back now, and resolutely seek to make my way unaided
2270. 3:06:32–3:06:34to the south.
2271. 3:06:34–3:06:38For a man must bear the fruit of his own faults.
2272. 3:06:38–3:06:43With this purpose he shook the reins in his left hand, and turned the horse's head.
2273. 3:06:43–3:06:48Then he again reflected, the blessed sun with glowing light now adorns the south,
2274. 3:06:48–3:06:51as if he were the zone gem of the glory of day.
2275. 3:06:51–3:06:56In dreata is tired, I will just let him eat a few mouthfuls of grass, and then let him
2276. 3:06:56–3:07:01bathe and drink in some mountain rail or river, and when he is refreshed I will myself drink
2277. 3:07:01–3:07:05some water, and after resting a short time under the shade of a tree, I will set out
2278. 3:07:05–3:07:07again.
2279. 3:07:07–3:07:11So thinking, constantly turning his eyes on every side for water, he wandered till at
2280. 3:07:11–3:07:16length he saw a track wet with masses of mud raised by the feet of a large troop
2281. 3:07:16–3:07:21of mountain elephants, who had lately come up from bathing in a lotus pool.
2282. 3:07:21–3:07:26In furring thence that there was water near, he went straight on along the slope of Kailasa,
2283. 3:07:26–3:07:31the trees of which, closely crowded as they were, seemed, from their lack of boughs,
2284. 3:07:31–3:07:37to be far apart, for they were mostly pines, cow, and gum olibinum trees, and were lofty,
2285. 3:07:37–3:07:42and like a circle of umbrellas, to be gazed at with upraised head.
2286. 3:07:42–3:07:47It was thick yellow sand, and by reason of the stony soil the grass and shrubs were but
2287. 3:07:47–3:07:49scanty.
2288. 3:07:49–3:07:54At length he beheld, on the northeast of Kailasa, a very lofty clump of trees, rising like
2289. 3:07:54–3:07:59a mass of clouds, heavy with its weight of rain, and massed as if with the darkness
2290. 3:07:59–3:08:01of A.
2291. 3:08:01–3:08:03Night in the dark fortnight.
2292. 3:08:03–3:08:09The wind from the waves, soft as sandal, dewy, cool from passing over the water, aromatic
2293. 3:08:09–3:08:14with flowers, met him, and seen to woo him, and the cries of Callahams as drunk with
2294. 3:08:14–3:08:18lotus-honey, charming his ear, summoned him to enter.
2295. 3:08:18–3:08:22So he went into that clump, and in its midst beheld the Akkoda Lake, as if it were the
2296. 3:08:22–3:08:27mirror of the Lakshmi of the three worlds, the crystal chamber of the goddess of earth,
2297. 3:08:27–3:08:32the path by which the waters of ocean escape, the oozing of the quarters, the avatar
2298. 3:08:32–3:08:38of part of the sky, Kailasa taught to flow, Himavat liquefied, moonlight melted,
2299. 3:08:38–3:08:43La Paz smile turned to water, the merit of the three worlds abiding in the shape of a
2300. 3:08:43–3:08:49lake, a range of hills of lapis lazuli changed into water, or a mass of.
2301. 3:08:49–3:08:52Autumn clouds poured down in one spot.
2302. 3:08:52–3:08:56From its clearness it might be Varanus' mirror, it seemed to be fashioned of the hearts
2303. 3:08:56–3:09:02of ascetics, the virtues of good men, the bright eyes of deer, or the rays of pearls.
2304. 3:09:02–3:09:08Like the person of a great man, it showed clearly the signs of fish, crocodile, tortoise,
2305. 3:09:08–3:09:14and Kakra, like the story of Kartike, the lamentations of the wives of Kronka resounded in it,
2306. 3:09:14–3:09:20it was shaken by the wings of white Daraastras, as the Mahabharata by the rivalry of Pandavas
2307. 3:09:20–3:09:25and Daraastras, and the drinking of poison by Siva was represented by the drinking of its
2308. 3:09:25–3:09:31water by Peacocks, as if it were the time of the churning of ocean. It was fair, like a God,
2309. 3:09:31–3:09:38with a gaze that never wavers. Like a feudal argument, it seemed to have no end, and was a
2310. 3:09:38–3:09:44lake most fair and gladdening to the eyes. The very sight of it seemed to remove Kendrapida's
2311. 3:09:44–3:09:49weariness, and as he gazed he thought, though my pursuit of the horse-faced pair was fruitless,
2312. 3:09:49–3:09:54yet now that I see this lake it has gained its reward. My eyes reward in beholding all
2313. 3:09:54–3:09:59that is to be seen has now been one, the furthest point of all fair things seen,
2314. 3:09:59–3:10:00the limit of all things.
2315. 3:10:00–3:10:30विविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविविवि�
2316. 3:10:30–3:10:35fragrance of its lotuses, pleases the ear with the ceaseless murmur of its hamsas, and delights
2317. 3:10:35–3:10:40the taste with its sweetness. Truly it is from eagerness to behold this that Siva leaves
2318. 3:10:40–3:10:47not his infatuation for dwelling on Kailasa. Surely Krishna no longer follows his own natural
2319. 3:10:47–3:10:52desire as to a watery couch, for he sleeps on the ocean, with its water bitter with
2320. 3:10:52–3:10:59salt, and leaves this water sweet as nectar. Nor is this, in sooth, the primeval lake,
2321. 3:10:59–3:11:04the earth, when fearing the blows of the tusks of the bore of destruction, entered the ocean,
2322. 3:11:04–3:11:09all the waters of which were designed but to be a draft for Agistia, whereas, if it had
2323. 3:11:09–3:11:14plunged into this mighty lake, deep as many deep hells, it could not have been reached,
2324. 3:11:14–3:11:19I say not by one, but not even by a thousand boars.
2325. 3:11:19–3:11:23Verily it is from this lake that the clouds of doom at the seasons of final destruction
2326. 3:11:23–3:11:27draw little by little their water when they overwhelm the interstices of the universe,
2327. 3:11:27–3:11:31darken all the quarters with their destroying storm.
2328. 3:11:31–3:11:35And methinks that the world, Brahma's egg, which in the beginning of creation was made
2329. 3:11:35–3:11:40of water, was massed together and placed here under the guise of a lake.
2330. 3:11:40–3:11:45So thinking, he reached the south bank, dismounted and took off and draped his harness, and the
2331. 3:11:45–3:11:50latter rolled on the ground, arose, ate some mouthfuls of grass, and then the prince
2332. 3:11:50–3:11:55took him down to the lake, and let him drink and bathe at will.
2333. 3:11:55–3:11:59After that, the prince took off his bridle, bound two of his feet by a golden chain to
2334. 3:11:59–3:12:05the lower bow of a tree hard-by, and, cutting off with his dagger some durva grass from
2335. 3:12:05–3:12:10the bank of the lake, threw it before the horse, and went back himself to the water.
2336. 3:12:10–3:12:17He washed his hands and feasted like the kataka on water, like the kakravaka.
2337. 3:12:17–3:12:21He tasted pieces of lotus fiber, like the moon with its beams.
2338. 3:12:21–3:12:26He touched the moon lotuses with his fingertips, like a snake, he welcomed the breeze of the
2339. 3:12:26–3:12:31waves, like one wounded with love's arrows, he placed a covering of lotus leaves on his
2340. 3:12:31–3:12:37breast, like a mountain elephant, when the tip of his trunk is wet with spray, he adorned
2341. 3:12:37–3:12:40his hands with spray-washed lotuses.
2342. 3:12:40–3:12:45Then with dewy lotus leaves, with freshly broken fibers, he made a couch on a rock
2343. 3:12:45–3:12:51embalmed in creepers, and rolling up his cloak for a pillow, lay down to sleep.
2344. 3:12:51–3:12:55After a short rest, he heard on the north bank of the lake a sweet sound of unearthly
2345. 3:12:55–3:13:00music, born on the ear, and blent with the chords of the vena.
2346. 3:13:00–3:13:05Indreida heard it first, and letting fall the grass he was eating, with ears fixed and neck
2347. 3:13:05–3:13:08arched, turned towards the voice.
2348. 3:13:08–3:13:12The prince, as he heard it, rose from his lotus couch in curiosity to see whence this
2349. 3:13:12–3:13:18song could arise in a place deserted by men, and cast his glance towards the region,
2350. 3:13:18–3:13:23But, from the great distance, he was unable, though he strained his eyes to the utmost,
2351. 3:13:23–3:13:27to discern anything, although he ceaselessly heard the sound.
2352. 3:13:27–3:13:32Desiring in his evenness to know its source, he determined to depart, and saddling and
2353. 3:13:32–3:13:38mounting in Dreida, he set forth by the western forest path, making the song his goal, the
2354. 3:13:38–3:13:43deer, albeit unasked, were his guides, as they rushed on in front, delighting in
2355. 3:13:43–3:13:45the music.
2356. 3:13:45–3:13:50by the breezes of Kailasa, he went towards that spot, which was surrounded by trees on
2357. 3:13:50–3:13:55all sides, and at the foot of the slope of Kailasa, on the left bank of the lake, called
2358. 3:13:55–3:14:00Candraprabha, which whitened the whole region with a splendor as of moonlight, he beheld
2359. 3:14:00–3:14:05an empty temple of Siva. As he entered the temple he was whitened by the falling on
2360. 3:14:05–3:14:10him of Katakipalan, tossed by the wind, as if for the sake of seeing Siva he had been
2361. 3:14:10–3:14:15enforceably made to perform a vow of putting on ashes, or as if he were robed in the pure
2362. 3:14:15–3:14:21merits of entering the temple, and, in a crystal shrine resting on four pillars, he beheld Siva,
2363. 3:14:21–3:14:26the forefaced, teacher of the world, the God whose feet are honored by the universe, with
2364. 3:14:26–3:14:30his emblem, the linga, made of pure pearl.
2365. 3:14:30–3:14:35Homage have been paid to the deity by shining lotuses of the heavenly Ganges, that might
2366. 3:14:35–3:14:40be mistaken for crests of pearls, freshly plucked and wet, with drops falling from
2367. 3:14:40–3:14:45the ends of their leaves, like fragments of the moon's disc split and set upright, or
2368. 3:14:45–3:14:50like parts of Siva's own smile, or scraps of seshes hood, or brothers of Krishna's
2369. 3:14:50–3:14:53conch, or the heart of the milky ocean.
2370. 3:14:53–3:14:58But, seated in a posture of meditation, to the right of the God, facing Him, can drape
2371. 3:14:58–3:14:59it a beheld the maiden
2372. 3:15:00–3:15:30वाव तो तो सरवस अछिवा, वो तो विचार-विमर्शक विपाव विपाव विपाव विपाव विपाव विपाव विपाव विपाव विपाव विपाव विपाव विपाव विपाव विपाव विपाव विपाव विपाव विपाव विपाव विपाव विपाव विपा�
2373. 3:15:30–3:15:34form concealed her limbs as though she had entered a crystal shrine, or had plunged into
2374. 3:15:34–3:15:40a sea of milk, or were hidden in spotless silk, or were caught on the surface of a mirror,
2375. 3:15:40–3:15:42or were veiled in autumn clouds.
2376. 3:15:42–3:15:47She seemed to be fashioned from the quintessence of whiteness, without the bevy of helps for
2377. 3:15:47–3:15:52the creation of the body that consists of matter formed of the five gross elements.
2378. 3:15:52–3:15:57She was like sacrifice impersonate, come to worship Siva, in fear of being seized
2379. 3:15:57–3:16:02by the unworthy, or rithi, undertaking a rite of propitiation to conciliate him, for the
2380. 3:16:02–3:16:09sake of Kama's body, or Lakshmi, goddess of the milky ocean, longing for a digit of Siva's
2381. 3:16:09–3:16:13moon, her familiar friend of yours when they dwelt together in the deep, or the embodied
2382. 3:16:13–3:16:18moon seeking Siva's protection from Rahu, or the beauty of Aravada, come to fulfill
2383. 3:16:18–3:16:20Siva's wish to.
2384. 3:16:20–3:16:25Where an elephant's skin, or the brightness of the smile on the right face of Siva
2385. 3:16:25–3:16:29become manifest in taking a separate abode, or the white ash with which Siva besprinkles
2386. 3:16:29–3:16:35himself, in bodily shape, or moonlight made manifest to dispel the darkness of Siva's
2387. 3:16:35–3:16:41neck, or the embodied purity of Gauri's mind, or the impersonate chastity of Kartike, or
2388. 3:16:41–3:16:45the brightness of Siva's bowl, dwelling apart from his body, or the wealth of flowers on
2389. 3:16:45–3:16:51the temple trees come of themselves to worship Siva, or the fullness of Brahma's penance
2390. 3:16:51–3:16:57come down to earth, or the glory of the Prajapatis of the Golden Age, resting after the fatigue
2391. 3:16:57–3:17:02of wandering through the seven worlds, or the three Vedas, dwelling in the woods in grief at
2392. 3:17:02–3:17:08the overthrow of righteousness in the Kali Age, or the germ of a future Golden Age, in the form
2393. 3:17:08–3:17:13of a maiden, or the fullness of a muni's contemplation, in human shape, or a troop of
2394. 3:17:13–3:17:18heavenly elephants, falling into confusion on reaching the heavenly Ganges, or the beauty
2395. 3:17:18–3:17:25of Kailasa. Fallen in dread of being uprooted by Ravana, or the Lakshmi of the Kvedavipa
2396. 3:17:25–3:17:30come to behold another continent, or the grace of an opening Kakablasam looking for the autumn,
2397. 3:17:30–3:17:34or the brightness of Sesh's body leaving hell and come to earth, or the brilliance of
2398. 3:17:34–3:17:39Borama which had left him in weariness of his intoxication, or a succession of bright
2399. 3:17:39–3:17:44fortnight's mass together. She seen from her whiteness to have taken a share from
2400. 3:17:44–3:17:49all the hamsas, or to have come from the heart of righteousness, or to have been fashioned
2401. 3:17:49–3:17:55from a shell, or drawn from a pearl, or formed from lotus fibers, or made of flakes of ivory,
2402. 3:17:55–3:18:00or purified by brushes of moonbeams, or inlaid with lime, or whitened with foamballs of
2403. 3:18:00–3:18:06ambrosia, or laved in streams of quicksilver, or rubbed with melted silver, or dug out
2404. 3:18:06–3:18:12from the moon's ore, or decked with the hues of Kataja, Jasmine, and Sinduvera.
2405. 3:18:12–3:18:19flowers. She seemed, in truth, to be the very furthest bound of whiteness. Her head was
2406. 3:18:19–3:18:25bright with matted locks hanging on her shoulders, made, as it were, of the brightness of morning
2407. 3:18:25–3:18:30rays taken from the sun on the eastern mountain, tawny like the quivering splendor of flashing
2408. 3:18:30–3:18:34lightning, and, being wet from recent bathing, marked with the dust of Sivva's feet
2409. 3:18:34–3:18:39clasped in her devotion, she bore Sivva's feet marked with his name in jewels on her
2410. 3:18:39–3:18:44head, fastened with a band of hair, and her brow had a sectarial mark of ashes pure as
2411. 3:18:44–3:18:50the dust of stars ground by the heels of the sun's horses.
2412. 3:18:50–3:18:55She was a goddess, and her age could not be known by earthly reckoning, but she resembled
2413. 3:18:55–3:18:58a maiden of eighteen summers.
2414. 3:18:58–3:19:03Having beheld her, Candrapeta dismounted, tied his horse to a bow, and then, reverently
2415. 3:19:03–3:19:08bowing before the blessed Siva, gazed again on that heavenly maiden with a steady unswerving
2416. 3:19:08–3:19:15glance. And as her beauty, grace, and serenity stirred his wonder, the thought arose in him,
2417. 3:19:15–3:19:21how in this world each matter in its turn becomes of no value. For when I was pursuing the pair of
2418. 3:19:21–3:19:27Canara's wantonly and vainly I beheld this most beautiful place, inaccessible to men, and haunted
2419. 3:19:27–3:19:33by the immortals. Then in my search for water I saw this delightful lake sought by the Sidhas.
2420. 3:19:33–3:19:43While I rested on its bank I heard a divine song, and as I followed the sound, this divine maiden, too fair for mortal sight, met my eyes.
2421. 3:19:43–3:19:45For I cannot doubt her divinity.
2422. 3:19:45–3:19:49Her very beauty proclaims her a goddess.
2423. 3:19:49–3:19:54And whence in the world of men could there arise such harmonies of heavenly minstrelsy?
2424. 3:19:54–3:20:00If, therefore, she vanishes not from my sight, nor mounts the summit of Kailasa,
2425. 3:20:00–3:20:02नोर फलीज तो देषका, अछि।
2426. 3:20:02–3:20:05आप दोड़ नेर नाजकर, वो आप दो़, और विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
2427. 3:20:05–3:20:06नाजक। नाजक। नाजक। नाजक।
2428. 3:20:06–3:20:08नाजक। नाजक। नाजक। नाजक। नाजक।
2429. 3:20:08–3:20:10नाजक। नाजक। नाजक। नाजक। नाजक।
2430. 3:20:10–3:20:12This is all full of wonder.
2431. 3:20:12–3:20:17With this resolve he approached another pillar of the crystal shrine, and sat there, awaiting
2432. 3:20:17–3:20:19the end of the song.
2433. 3:20:19–3:20:23Then when she had stilled her loot, like a moon-lotus bed when the pleasant hum of the
2434. 3:20:23–3:20:29bees is silenced, the maiden rose, made a sun-wise turn and an obeisance to Siva,
2435. 3:20:29–3:20:34and then turning round, with a glance by nature clear, and by the power.
2436. 3:20:34–3:20:40With penance confident, she, as it were, gave courage to Kendrapida, as if thereby she were
2437. 3:20:40–3:20:45sprinkling him with merits, leaving him with holy water, purifying him with penance, freeing
2438. 3:20:45–3:20:50him from stain, giving him his heart's desire, and leading him to purity.
2439. 3:20:50–3:20:53Hail to my guest, said she.
2440. 3:20:53–3:20:56How has my Lord reached this place?
2441. 3:20:56–3:21:00Rise, draw near, and receive a guest's due welcome.
2442. 3:21:00–3:21:06Though she spake, and he, deeming himself honored even by her daining to speak with him, reverently
2443. 3:21:06–3:21:09arose and bowed before her.
2444. 3:21:09–3:21:14As thou biddest, lady, he replied, and showed his courtesy by following in her steps like
2445. 3:21:14–3:21:16a pupil.
2446. 3:21:16–3:21:21And on the way he thought, lo, even when she beheld me she did not vanish.
2447. 3:21:21–3:21:25Truly a hope of asking her questions has taken hold of my heart.
2448. 3:21:25–3:21:30And when I see the courteous welcome, rich in kindness, of this maiden, for though she
2449. 3:21:30–3:21:35be with a beauty rare in aesthetics, I surely trust that at my petition she will tell me
2450. 3:21:35–3:21:37all her story.
2451. 3:21:37–3:21:42Having gone about a hundred paces, he beheld a cave, with its entrance veiled by dense
2452. 3:21:42–3:21:47tameless, showing even by day and night of their own, its edge was vocal with the glad
2453. 3:21:47–3:21:51bees' deep murmur on the bowers of creepers with their opening blossoms.
2454. 3:21:51–3:21:55It was bedewed with torrents that in their sheer descent fell in foam, dashing against
2455. 3:21:55–3:22:01white rock and cleft by the ax-like points of the jagged cliff. With a shrill crash as the cold
2456. 3:22:01–3:22:07spray rose up and broke, it was like a mass of waving cowries. Hanging from a door, from the
2457. 3:22:07–3:22:14cascade streaming down on either side, White as Sivis smiled, or as pearly frost. Within was a
2458. 3:22:14–3:22:20circle of jeweled pitchers. On one side hung a veil worn in sacred meditation, a clean pair of
2459. 3:22:20–3:22:25shoes made of coconut matting hung on a peg, one corner held a bark-bed gray with dust
2460. 3:22:25–3:22:29scattered by the ashes the maiden wore, the place of honor was filled by a bowl of shell
2461. 3:22:29–3:22:34carved with a chisel, like the orb of the moon, and close by there stood a gourd of
2462. 3:22:34–3:22:36ashes.
2463. 3:22:36–3:22:40On the rock at the entrance Kendrapida took his seat, and when the maiden, having laid
2464. 3:22:40–3:22:44her loot on the pillow of the bark-bed, took in a leafy cup some water from the
2465. 3:22:44–3:22:48cascade to offer to her guest, and he said as she approached, enough of these thy
2466. 3:22:48–3:22:57great toils. Cease this excess of grace. Be persuaded, lady. Let this too great honor be
2467. 3:22:57–3:23:04abandoned. The very sight of thee, like the Agamarshana him, stills all evil and suffocated
2468. 3:23:04–3:23:11for purification. Dain to take thy seat. Yet being urged by her, he reverently, with head
2469. 3:23:11–3:23:17bent low, accepted all the homage she gave to her guest. When her cares for her guest
2470. 3:23:17–3:23:23were over, she sat down on another rock, and after a short silence he told, at her request,
2471. 3:23:23–3:23:28the whole story of his coming in pursuit of the pair of Canaris, beginning with his expedition
2472. 3:23:28–3:23:30of conquest.
2473. 3:23:30–3:23:34The maiden then rose, and, taking a begging bowl, wandered among the trees round the
2474. 3:23:34–3:23:39temple, and there long her bowl was filled with fruits that had fallen of their own
2475. 3:23:39–3:23:40accord.
2476. 3:23:40–3:23:45As she invited Candrapada to the enjoyment of them, the thought arose in his heart,
2477. 3:23:45–3:23:49a truth, there is not beyond the power of penance.
2478. 3:23:49–3:23:54For it is a great marvel how the lords of the forest, albeit devoid of sense, yet, like
2479. 3:23:54–3:23:59beings endowed with sense, gain honor for themselves by casting down their fruits for
2480. 3:23:59–3:24:01this maiden.
2481. 3:24:01–3:24:05A wondrous sight is this, and one never seen before.
2482. 3:24:05–3:24:11So, marveling yet more, he brought Andreida to that spot, unsaddled him, and tied him
2483. 3:24:11–3:24:12up hard by.
2484. 3:24:12–3:24:18Then, having bathed in the torrent, he per- took of the fruits, sweet as ambrosia, and
2485. 3:24:18–3:24:23drank the cool water of the cascade, and having rinsed his mouth, he waited apart while the
2486. 3:24:23–3:24:27maiden enjoyed her repast of water, roots, and fruit.
2487. 3:24:27–3:24:32When her meal was ended and she had said her evening prayer, and taken her seat fearlessly
2488. 3:24:32–3:24:37on the rock, the prince quietly approached her, and sitting down near her, paused a while
2489. 3:24:37–3:24:39and then respectfully said,
2490. 3:24:39–3:24:44Lady, the folly that besets mankind impels me even against my will to question thee, for
2491. 3:24:44–3:24:49I am bewildered by a curiosity that has taken courage from thy kindness.
2492. 3:24:49–3:24:54For even the slightest grace of a lord emboldens a weak nature, even a short time spent together
2493. 3:24:54–3:24:57creates intimacy.
2494. 3:24:57–3:24:59Even a slight acceptance of homage produces affection.
2495. 3:25:00–3:25:05देर्फोर, अछिद विरी दि नाथ, अछिद आप रेक।
2496. 3:25:05–3:25:09विरी दि नाथ, अछिद आप रेक।
2497. 3:25:09–3:25:13विरी दि नाथ, अछिद आप रेक।
2498. 3:25:13–3:25:17विरी दि नाथ, अछिद आप रेक।
2499. 3:25:17–3:25:21विरी दि नाथ, अछिद आप रेक।
2500. 3:25:21–3:25:25विरी दि नाथ, अछिद आप रेक।
2501. 3:25:25–3:25:31for how far apart would seen thy youth, thy beauty, and thine exceeding grace, from this
2502. 3:25:31–3:25:37thy peace from all thoughts of earth. This is marvelous in mine eyes. And wherefore has
2503. 3:25:37–3:25:42thou left the heavenly hermitages that gods may win, and that hold all things needful for the
2504. 3:25:42–3:25:49highest saints, to dwell alone in this deserted wood? And whereby hath thy body, though formed of
2505. 3:25:49–3:25:55the five gross elements, put on this pure whiteness? Never have I heard or seen ought such as this.
2506. 3:25:55–3:26:01I pray thee dispel my curiosity, and tell me all I ask.
2507. 3:26:01–3:26:07For a little time she pondered his request in silence, and then she began to weep noiselessly,
2508. 3:26:07–3:26:11and her eyes were blinded by tears which fell in large drops, carrying with them the purity
2509. 3:26:11–3:26:16of her heart, showering down the innocence of her senses, distilling the essence of
2510. 3:26:16–3:26:21asceticism, dropping in a liquid form the brightness of her eyes, most pure, falling
2511. 3:26:21–3:26:27on her white cheeks like a broken string of pearls, unceasing, splashing on her bosom
2512. 3:26:27–3:26:29covered by the bark robe.
2513. 3:26:29–3:26:34And as he beheld her weeping can drap it a reflected, how hardly can misfortune be warded
2514. 3:26:34–3:26:39off, if it takes for its own a beauty like this, which one might have deemed beyond
2515. 3:26:39–3:26:40its might.
2516. 3:26:40–3:26:46Of a truth there is none whom the sorrows of life in the body leave untouched.
2517. 3:26:46–3:26:50Strong indeed is the working of the opposed powers of pleasure and pain.
2518. 3:26:50–3:26:56her tears have created in me a further curiosity, even greater than before.
2519. 3:26:56–3:27:00It is no slight grief that can take its abode in a form like hers.
2520. 3:27:00–3:27:05For it is not a feeble blow that causes the earth to tremble.
2521. 3:27:05–3:27:10While his curiosity was thus increased he felt himself guilty of recalling her grief,
2522. 3:27:10–3:27:15and rising, brought in his folded hand from the torrent some water to bathe her face.
2523. 3:27:15–3:27:19But she, though the torrent of her tears was in no wise checked by his gentleness,
2524. 3:27:19–3:27:25bathed her reddened eyes, and drying her face with the edge of her bark robe, slowly said
2525. 3:27:25–3:27:31with a long and bitter sigh, Wherefore, Prince, wilt thou hear the story of my ascetic life,
2526. 3:27:31–3:27:33all unfit for thy ears.
2527. 3:27:33–3:27:39For cruel has been my heart, hard my destiny, and evil my condition, even for my birth.
2528. 3:27:39–3:27:44Still, if thy desire to know be great, harken!
2529. 3:27:44–3:27:48It has come within the range of our hearing, usually directed to auspicious knowledge,
2530. 3:27:48–3:27:53that there are in the abode of the God's maidens called Absoraces.
2531. 3:27:53–3:27:59Of these there are fourteen families, one sprung from the mind of Brahma, another from the Vedas,
2532. 3:27:59–3:28:03another from fire, another from the wind, another from nectar when it was churned, another
2533. 3:28:03–3:28:08from water, another from the sun's rays, another from the moon's beams, another from
2534. 3:28:08–3:28:13earth, and another from lightning, one was fashioned by death, and another created
2535. 3:28:13–3:28:20by love, besides, Daksha, father of all, had among his many daughters too, Muni and Arishta,
2536. 3:28:20–3:28:23and from their union with the Gondarves were.
2537. 3:28:23–3:28:26Sprung the other two families.
2538. 3:28:26–3:28:30These are, in sum, the fourteen races.
2539. 3:28:30–3:28:35But from the Gondarves and the daughters of Daksha sprang these two families.
2540. 3:28:35–3:28:40Here Muni bore a sixteenth son, by name Satrearatha, who excelled in virtue Senna and all the
2541. 3:28:40–3:28:46rest of his fifteen brothers. For his heroism was famed through the three worlds, his dignity
2542. 3:28:46–3:28:51was increased by the name of friend, bestowed by Indra, whose lotus feet are caressed by
2543. 3:28:51–3:28:56the crests of the gods cast down before him, and even in childhood he gained the sovereignty
2544. 3:28:56–3:29:03of all the gondars by a right arm tinged with the flashing of his sword. Not far.
2545. 3:29:03–3:29:09Hence, north of the land of Bharata, is his dwelling, Hemakutta, a boundary mountain
2546. 3:29:09–3:29:15in the Kimperusha country. There, protected by his arm, dwell innumerable gondarves.
2547. 3:29:16–3:29:21By him this pleasant wood, Kytreiratha, was made, this great lake Akkota was dug out,
2548. 3:29:21–3:29:28and this image of Siva was fashioned. But the son of Arishta, in the second gondarve family,
2549. 3:29:28–3:29:34was as a child anointed king by Kytreiratha, lord of the gondarves, and now holds royal rank,
2550. 3:29:34–3:29:37and with a countless retinue of Gondarv's twels likewise on this mountain.
2551. 3:29:38–3:29:44Now, from that family of apso-races which sprang from the moon's nectar was born a maiden,
2552. 3:29:44–3:29:48fashioned as though by the grace of all the moon's digits poured in one stream,
2553. 3:29:48–3:29:53gladdening the eyes of the universe, moonbeam fair, in name and nature a second gory.
2554. 3:29:53–3:29:59Perhaps the Lord of the Second Family would as the milky ocean the Ganges with him.
2555. 3:30:00–3:30:30विचार-विमर्शक नाटक विचार-विमर्शक नाटक विचार-विमर्शक नाटक विचार-विमर्शक नाटक विचार-विमर्शक नाटक विचार-विमर्शक नाटक विचार-विमर्शक नाटक विचार-विमर्शक नाटक विचार-विमर्शक नाटक विचार-विमर्श
2556. 3:30:30–3:30:35I spent my childhood, passed from lap to lap of the gondar of dames, like a loot, as I murmured
2557. 3:30:35–3:30:39the prattle of babyhood, ignorant as yet of the sorrows of love.
2558. 3:30:39–3:30:43But in time fresh youth came to me as the honey-month to the spring, fresh shoots to
2559. 3:30:43–3:30:50the honey-month, flowers to the fresh shoots, bees to the flowers, and honey to the bees.
2560. 3:30:50–3:30:53Double quotes and one day in the month of honey I went down with my mother to the
2561. 3:30:53–3:30:58Okota Lake to bathe, when its beauties were spread wide in the spring, and all its
2562. 3:30:58–3:31:01This lotuses were in flower, double quotes.
2563. 3:31:01–3:31:06I worshiped the pictures of Siva, attended by Bringeriti, which were carved on the rocks
2564. 3:31:06–3:31:10of the bank by Parvati when she came down to Bath, and which had the reverential attendance
2565. 3:31:10–3:31:15of ascetics portrayed by the thin footprints left in the dust.
2566. 3:31:15–3:31:16How beautiful!
2567. 3:31:16–3:31:21I cried, Is this bower of creepers, with its clusters of flowers of which the bee's
2568. 3:31:21–3:31:26weight has broken the center and bowed the filaments, this mango is fully in flower,
2569. 3:31:26–3:31:31the honey pours through the holes in the stalks of its buds, which the cuckoo's sharp claws
2570. 3:31:31–3:31:36have pierced, how cool this sandal avenue, which the serpents, terrified at the murmur
2571. 3:31:36–3:31:41of hosts of wild peacocks, have deserted, how delightful the waving creepers, which
2572. 3:31:41–3:31:45betray by their fallen blossoms the swinging of the wood.
2573. 3:31:45–3:31:50Nymphs upon them, how pleasant the foot of the trees on the bank where the callahansas
2574. 3:31:50–3:31:55have left the line of their steps imprinted in the pollen of many a flower.
2575. 3:31:55–3:32:00One on thus by the ever-growing charms of the wood, I wandered with my companions.
2576. 3:32:00–3:32:05And at a certain spot I smelt the fragrance of a flower strongly borne on the wind, overpowering
2577. 3:32:05–3:32:10that of all the rest, though the wood was in full blossom, it drew near, and by its
2578. 3:32:10–3:32:15great sweetness seemed to anoint, to delight, and to fill the sense of smell.
2579. 3:32:15–3:32:20Bees followed it, seeking to make it their own, it was truly a perfume unknown here
2580. 3:32:20–3:32:23to fore, and fit for the gods.
2581. 3:32:23–3:32:28I, too, eager to learn whence it came, with eyes turned into buds, and drawn on like a
2582. 3:32:28–3:32:33bee by that scent, and attracting to me the callahamsas of the lake by the jangling of
2583. 3:32:33–3:32:38my anklets loudly clashed in the tremulous speed of my curiosity, advanced a few steps
2584. 3:32:38–3:32:42and beheld a graceful youthful ascetic coming down to bathe.
2585. 3:32:42–3:32:47He was like spring doing penance in grief for love made the fuel of Siva's fire,
2586. 3:32:47–3:32:51or the crescent on Siva's brow performing a vow to win a full orb, or love restrained
2587. 3:32:51–3:32:56in his eagerness to conquer Siva, by his great splendor he appeared to be girt by a cage
2588. 3:32:56–3:33:01of quivering lightning, and bosomed in the globe of the summer sun, or encircled in the
2589. 3:33:01–3:33:07flames of a furnace, by the brightness of his form, flashing forth ever more and more,
2590. 3:33:07–3:33:13yellow as lamplight, he made the grove a tawny gold, his locks were yellow and soft
2591. 3:33:13–3:33:19like an amulet dyed in Goracana. The line of ashes on his brow made him like Ganges
2592. 3:33:19–3:33:25with the line of a fresh sandbank, as though it were a sandalmark to win Sarasvati, and
2593. 3:33:25–3:33:29played the part of a banner of holiness, his eyebrows were an arch rising high over the
2594. 3:33:29–3:33:34abode of men's curses, his eyes were so long that he seemed to wear them as a chaplet,
2595. 3:33:34–3:33:39he shared with the deer the beauty of their glance, his nose was long in aquiline, the
2596. 3:33:39–3:33:44citron of his lower lip was rosy as with the glow of youth, which was refused an entrance
2597. 3:33:44–3:33:47to his heart.
2598. 3:33:47–3:33:51With his beardless cheek he was like a fresh lotus, the filaments of which have not yet
2599. 3:33:51–3:33:55been tossed by the bees in their sport, he was adorned with a sacrificial thread like
2600. 3:33:55–3:34:00the bent string of love's bow, or a filament from the lotus grove of the pool of penance,
2601. 3:34:00–3:34:05in one hand he bore a pitcher like a cassara fruit with its stalk, in the other a crystal
2602. 3:34:05–3:34:11rosary, strong as it were with the tears of wreathe wailing in grief for love's death.
2603. 3:34:11–3:34:15His loins were girt with a mungergrass girdle, as though he had assumed a halo, having
2604. 3:34:15–3:34:20outvide the sun by his innate splendor, the office of Vesture was performed by the bark
2605. 3:34:20–3:34:25of the heavenly coral tree, bright as the pink islet of an old partridge, and washed
2606. 3:34:25–3:34:30in the waves of the heavenly Ganges, he was the ornament of ascetic life, the youthful
2607. 3:34:30–3:34:35grace of holiness, the delight of Sarasvati, the chosen lord of all the sciences, and
2608. 3:34:35–3:34:38the meeting place of all divine tradition.
2609. 3:34:38–3:34:44He had, like the summer season, his ashada, he had, like a winter wood, the brightness
2610. 3:34:44–3:34:50of opening millet, and he had liked the month of honey, a face adorned with white tilica.
2611. 3:34:50–3:34:54With him there was a youthful ascetic gathering flowers to worship the gods, his equal in
2612. 3:34:54–3:34:58age and a friend worthy of himself.
2613. 3:34:58–3:34:59Then I saw a wondrous spray of flowers.
2614. 3:35:00–3:35:30नाटक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर
2615. 3:35:30–3:35:34the Creator who has skill to produce the highest perfection of form, for He has compounded
2616. 3:35:34–3:35:39comma of all miraculous beauty, excelling the universe, and yet has created this ascetic
2617. 3:35:39–3:35:45even more fair, surpassing Him, like a second love-god, born of enchantment.
2618. 3:35:45–3:35:49Me thinks that when Brahma made the moons orb to gladden the world, and the lotuses
2619. 3:35:49–3:35:54to be Lakshmi's palace of delight, he was but practicing to gain skill for the creation
2620. 3:35:54–3:35:59of this ascetic's face, why else should such things be created?
2621. 3:35:59–3:36:04it is false that the sun with its rays Sushumna drinks all the digits of the moon as it wanes
2622. 3:36:04–3:36:09in the dark fortnight, for their beams are cast down to enter this fair form.
2623. 3:36:09–3:36:13How otherwise could there be such grace in one who lives in weary penance, beauty's
2624. 3:36:13–3:36:15destroyer?
2625. 3:36:15–3:36:20As I thus thought, love, beauty's firm adherent, who knows not good from ill, and who is
2626. 3:36:20–3:36:25ever at hand to the young, enthralled me, together with my sighs, as the madness
2627. 3:36:25–3:36:28of spring takes captive the bee.
2628. 3:36:28–3:36:33Then with a right eye gazing steadily, the eyelashes half closed, the iris darkened by
2629. 3:36:33–3:36:38the pupil's tremulous side long glance, I looked long on him.
2630. 3:36:38–3:36:44With this glance I, as it were, drank him in, besought him, told him I was wholly his,
2631. 3:36:44–3:36:48offered my heart, tried to enter into him with my whole soul, sought to be absorbed in
2632. 3:36:48–3:36:53him, implored his protection to save love's victim, showed my suppliant state that asked
2633. 3:36:53–3:36:58for a place in his heart, and though I asked myself, what is this shameful feeling that
2634. 3:36:58–3:37:03has arisen in me, unseemly and unworthy and noble maiden, yet knowing this, I could not
2635. 3:37:03–3:37:10master myself, but with great difficulty stood firm, gazing at him.
2636. 3:37:10–3:37:16For I seem to be paralyzed, or in a picture, or scattered abroad, or bound, or in a trance,
2637. 3:37:16–3:37:22and yet in wondrous wise upheld, as though when my limbs were failing, support was.
2638. 3:37:22–3:37:27At the same moment given, for I know not how one can be certain in a matter that can
2639. 3:37:27–3:37:32neither be told nor taught, and that is not capable of being told, for it is only learnt
2640. 3:37:32–3:37:33from within.
2641. 3:37:33–3:37:39Can it be ascertained as presented by his beauty, or by my own mind, or by love, or
2642. 3:37:39–3:37:43by youth or affection, or by any other causes?
2643. 3:37:43–3:37:45I cannot tell.
2644. 3:37:45–3:37:50Lifted up and dragged towards him by my senses, led forward by my heart, purged
2645. 3:37:50–3:37:55from behind by love, I yet by a strong effort restrained my impulse.
2646. 3:37:55–3:38:00way a storm of sighs went forth unceasingly, prompted by love as he strove to find a place
2647. 3:38:00–3:38:05within me, and my bosom heaved as longing to speak earnestly to my heart, and then I thought
2648. 3:38:05–3:38:11to myself, What an unworthy action is this of vile comma, who surrenders me to this cold
2649. 3:38:11–3:38:14ascetic free from all thoughts of love.
2650. 3:38:14–3:38:19Truly, the heart of woman is foolish exceedingly, since it cannot weigh the fitness of that
2651. 3:38:19–3:38:21which it loves.
2652. 3:38:21–3:38:25For what has this bright home of glory and penance to do with the stirrings of love
2653. 3:38:25–3:38:31that meaner men welcome. Surely in his heart he scorns me for being thus deceived by comma.
2654. 3:38:32–3:38:38Strange it is that I who know this cannot restrain my feeling. Other maidens, indeed,
2655. 3:38:38–3:38:43laying shame aside, have of their own accord gone to their lords, others have been maddened by that
2656. 3:38:43–3:38:49reckless love-god, but not as I am here alone. How in that one moment has my heart been thrown
2657. 3:38:49–3:38:54into turmoil by the mere sight of his form, and passed from my control.
2658. 3:38:54–3:38:59For time for knowledge and good qualities always make love invincible.
2659. 3:38:59–3:39:03It is best for me to leave this place while I yet have my senses, and while he does not
2660. 3:39:03–3:39:07clearly see this my hateful folly of love.
2661. 3:39:07–3:39:11Perchance if he sees in me the effects of a love he cannot approve, he will in wrath
2662. 3:39:11–3:39:14make me feel his curse.
2663. 3:39:14–3:39:17For ascetics are ever prone to wrath.
2664. 3:39:17–3:39:22Thus having resolved, I was eager to depart, but, remembering that holy men should be reverenced
2665. 3:39:22–3:39:28by all, I made an obeisance to him with eyes turned to his face, eyelashes motionless,
2666. 3:39:28–3:39:33not glancing downwards, my cheek uncorrest by the flowers dancing in my ears, my garland
2667. 3:39:33–3:39:38tossing on my waving hair, and my jeweled earrings swinging on my shoulders.
2668. 3:39:38–3:39:43As I thus bent, the irresistible command of love, the inspiration of the spring, the
2669. 3:39:43–3:39:48The charm of the place, the forwardness of youth, the unsteadiness of the senses, the
2670. 3:39:48–3:39:53impatient longing for earthly goods, the fickleness of the mind, the destiny that rules events
2671. 3:39:53–3:39:59backslash, in a word, my own cruel fate, and the fact that all my trouble was caused by
2672. 3:39:59–3:39:59him.
2673. 3:40:00–3:40:30विश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्वाविश्�
2674. 3:40:30–3:40:36turned the spot to a very lotus grove, so that the ten regions were filled by the long rays coming forth like.
2675. 3:40:37–3:40:43Masses of open lotuses that had of their own accord left the Akkota Lake and were rising to the sky, double quotes.
2676. 3:40:44–3:40:49By the manifest change in him my love was redoubled, and I fell that moment into a state
2677. 3:40:49–3:40:52I cannot describe, all unworthy of my caste.
2678. 3:40:53–3:40:59Surely, I reflected, Kama himself teaches this play of the eye, though generally after a long happy love
2679. 3:41:00–3:41:06else whence comes this ascetic's gaze. For his mind is unversed in the mingled feelings of earthly joys,
2680. 3:41:06–3:41:12and yet his eyes, though they have never learnt the art, pour forth the stream of love's sweetness,
2681. 3:41:12–3:41:18rain-nector, are half-closed by joy, are slow with distress, heavy with sleep, roaming with
2682. 3:41:18–3:41:23pupils tremulous and languid with the weight of gladness, and yet bright with the play of his
2683. 3:41:23–3:41:29eyebrows. Whence comes this exceeding skill that tells the heart's longing wordlessly by a glance
2684. 3:41:29–3:41:36alone. Impelled by these thoughts I advanced, and bowing to the second young ascetic, his companion,
2685. 3:41:36–3:41:42I asked, what is the name of? His reverence. Of what ascetic is he the sun?
2686. 3:41:43–3:41:50From what tree is this garland woven? For it sent, hitherto unknown, and of rare sweetness,
2687. 3:41:50–3:41:57kindles great curiosity in me. With a slight smile, he replied, Maiden, what needs this question?
2688. 3:41:57–3:42:05but I will enlighten thy curiosity. Listen, double quotes. There dwells in the world of
2689. 3:42:05–3:42:11gods a great sage, Khvetikidu, his noble character is famed through the universe, his feet are honored
2690. 3:42:11–3:42:18by bands of Siddhas, gods, and demons, his beauty, exceeding that of Nalukubra, is dear to the
2691. 3:42:18–3:42:24three worlds, and gladdens the hearts of goddesses. Once upon a time, when seeking lotuses for the
2692. 3:42:24–3:42:29worship of the gods, he went down to the heavenly Ganges, which lay white as Sivis'
2693. 3:42:29–3:42:35smile, while its water was studded as with peacock's eyes by the icor of Aravada.
2694. 3:42:35–3:42:41Straightway Lakshmi, enthroned on a thousand-pedaled white lotus close by, beheld him coming down
2695. 3:42:41–3:42:46among the flowers, and looking on him, she drank in his beauty with eyes half closed
2696. 3:42:46–3:42:50by love, and quivering with weight of joyous tears, and with her slender fingers laid on
2697. 3:42:50–3:42:56her softly opening lips, and her heart was disturbed by love, by her glance alone she
2698. 3:42:56–3:42:58won his affection.
2699. 3:42:58–3:43:03A son was born, and taking him in her arms with the words, Take him, for he is thine,
2700. 3:43:03–3:43:08she gave him to Quediquitou, who performed all the rites of a son's birth, and called
2701. 3:43:08–3:43:12him Ponderica, because he was born in a Ponderica lotus.
2702. 3:43:12–3:43:18Moreover, after initiation, he led him through the whole circle of the arts.
2703. 3:43:18–3:43:21This is Pandurika whom you see.
2704. 3:43:21–3:43:25And this spray comes from the parahata tree, which rose when the milky ocean was churned
2705. 3:43:25–3:43:28by gods and demons.
2706. 3:43:28–3:43:33How it gained a place in his ear contrary to his vow, I will now tell.
2707. 3:43:33–3:43:37This being the fourteenth day of the month, he started with me from heaven to worship
2708. 3:43:37–3:43:40Siva, who had gone to Kailasa.
2709. 3:43:40–3:43:46On the way, near the Nindana wood, a nymph, drunk with the juice of flowers, wearing fresh
2710. 3:43:46–3:43:50mango shoots in her ear, veiled completely by garlands falling to the knees,
2711. 3:43:50–3:43:55girt with cassara flowers, and resting on the fair hand lent her by the Lakshmi of spring,
2712. 3:43:55–3:44:00took this spray of parahata, and bending low, thus addressed Pundarika,
2713. 3:44:00–3:44:05Sir, let, I pray, this thy form, that gladdens the eyes of the universe.
2714. 3:44:05–3:44:11Have this spray as its fitting adornment, let it be placed on the tip of thy ear, for it has.
2715. 3:44:11–3:44:16us. But the playfulness that belongs to a garland, let the birth of the parahata now reap its
2716. 3:44:16–3:44:22full blessing. At her words, his eyes were cast down in modesty at the praise he so well
2717. 3:44:22–3:44:27deserved, and he turned to depart without regarding her, but as I saw her following us,
2718. 3:44:27–3:44:34I said, What is the harm, friend? Let her courteous gift be accepted, and so by force,
2719. 3:44:34–3:44:40against his will, the spray adorns his ear. Now all has been told, who he is, whose
2720. 3:44:40–3:44:47sun and what this flower is and how it has been raised to his ear. When he had thus spoken,
2721. 3:44:47–3:44:53Ponderika said to me with a slight smile, ah, curious maiden, why didst thou take the trouble
2722. 3:44:53–3:45:00to ask this? If the flower, with its sweet scent, please thee, do thou accept it, and it ve-
2723. 3:45:00–3:45:30आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आप आ� आप आप आप आप आप आ� आ� आ� आ� आ� आ� आ� आप आ� आप
2724. 3:45:30–3:45:35like all others, while I learnt the joy of having my neck clasped, as it were, by his
2725. 3:45:35–3:45:41arm. As our hearts were thus occupied with each other, my umbrella-bearer addressed me,
2726. 3:45:41–3:45:49Princess, the Queen has bathed. It is nearly time to go home. Do thou, therefore, also
2727. 3:45:49–3:45:55bathe? At her words, like a newly caught elephant, rebellious at the first touch of the new
2728. 3:45:55–3:46:00book, I was unwillingly dragged away, and as I went down to bathe, I could hardly withdraw
2729. 3:46:00–3:46:06my eyes, for they seemed to be drowned in the ambrosial beauty of his face, or caudanna.
2730. 3:46:06–3:46:11Thicket of my thrilling cheek, or pinned down by love shafts, or sewn fast by the cords
2731. 3:46:11–3:46:18of his charms. Meanwhile, the second young ascetic, seeing that he was losing his self-control,
2732. 3:46:18–3:46:23gently up-braided him, dear Ponderica, this is unworthy of thee. This is the way
2733. 3:46:23–3:46:31trodden by common men. For the good are rich in self-control. Why dost thou, like a man
2734. 3:46:31–3:46:37of low caste, fail to restrain the turmoil of thy soul? Whence comes this hitherto unknown
2735. 3:46:37–3:46:43assault of the senses, which so transforms thee? Where is thine old firmness? Where thy
2736. 3:46:43–3:46:51conquest of the senses? Where thy self-control? Where thy calm of mind, thine inherited holiness,
2737. 3:46:51–3:46:53Your kindness is the most important thing.
2738. 3:46:53–3:46:55Your kindness is the most important thing.
2739. 3:46:55–3:46:57Your kindness is the most important thing.
2740. 3:46:57–3:46:59Your kindness is the most important thing.
2741. 3:46:59–3:47:01Your kindness is the most important thing.
2742. 3:47:01–3:47:03Your kindness is the most important thing.
2743. 3:47:03–3:47:05Your kindness is the most important thing.
2744. 3:47:05–3:47:07Your kindness is the most important thing.
2745. 3:47:07–3:47:09Your kindness is the most important thing.
2746. 3:47:09–3:47:11Your kindness is the most important thing.
2747. 3:47:11–3:47:13Your kindness is the most important thing.
2748. 3:47:13–3:47:15Your kindness is the most important thing.
2749. 3:47:15–3:47:17Your kindness is the most important thing.
2750. 3:47:17–3:47:19Your kindness is the most important thing.
2751. 3:47:19–3:47:25learning leads to not, since even men like thee are stained by the touch of passion and overcome by folly.
2752. 3:47:26–3:47:31Thou dost not even see that thy rosary has fallen from thy hand and has been carried away.
2753. 3:47:32–3:47:34Alas!
2754. 3:47:34–3:47:36How good sense fails in men thus struck down!
2755. 3:47:37–3:47:42Hold back this heart of thine, for this worthless girl is seeking to carry it away.
2756. 3:47:43–3:47:49To these words he replied, with some shame, dear Kapunjala, why dost thou thus misunderstand me?
2757. 3:47:49–3:47:55me. I am not one to endure this reckless girl's offense in taking my rosary, and with his
2758. 3:47:55–3:47:59moon-like face beautiful in its famed wrath, and adorned the more by the dread frown he
2759. 3:47:59–3:48:05tried to assume, while his lip trembled with longing to kiss me, he said to me, Playful
2760. 3:48:05–3:48:11maiden, thou shalt not move a step from this place without giving back my rosary. Thereupon
2761. 3:48:11–3:48:15I loosed from my neck a single row of pearls as the flower offering that begins a dance
2762. 3:48:15–3:48:21in comma's honor, and placed it in his outstretched hand, while his eyes were fixed on my face,
2763. 3:48:21–3:48:23and his mind was far away.
2764. 3:48:23–3:48:28I started to bathe, but how I started I know not, for my mother and my companions could
2765. 3:48:28–3:48:33hardly lead me away by force, like a river driven backwards, and I went home thinking
2766. 3:48:33–3:48:36only of him, double quotes.
2767. 3:48:36–3:48:40And entering the maiden's dwelling, I began straightway to ask myself in my grief at
2768. 3:48:40–3:48:44his loss, am I really back, or still there?
2769. 3:48:44–3:48:47Am I alone, or with my maidens?
2770. 3:48:47–3:48:50Am I silent, or beginning to speak?
2771. 3:48:50–3:48:53Am I awake or asleep?
2772. 3:48:53–3:48:56Do I weep or hold back my tears?
2773. 3:48:56–3:49:03Is this joy or sorrow, longing or despair, misfortune or gladness, day or night?
2774. 3:49:03–3:49:06Are these things pleasures or pains?
2775. 3:49:06–3:49:08All this I understood not.
2776. 3:49:08–3:49:15In my ignorance of love's course, I knew not whither to go, what to do, hear, see, or speak,
2777. 3:49:15–3:49:18whom to tell, nor what remedy to seek.
2778. 3:49:18–3:49:24Entering the maiden's palace, I dismissed my friends at the door, and shut out my attendance,
2779. 3:49:24–3:49:29and then, putting aside all my occupations, I stood alone with my face against the jeweled
2780. 3:49:29–3:49:30window.
2781. 3:49:30–3:49:35I gazed at the region which, in its possession of him, was richly decked, endowed with
2782. 3:49:35–3:49:40great treasure, overflowed by the ocean of nectar, adorned with the rising of the full
2783. 3:49:40–3:49:45moon, and most fair to behold, I longed to ask his doings even of the breeze wafted from
2784. 3:49:45–3:49:50dense, or of the scent of the woodland flowers, or of the song of the birds.
2785. 3:49:50–3:49:55I envied even the toils of penance for his devotion to them.
2786. 3:49:55–3:49:59For his sake, in the blind adherents of love, I took a vow of silence.
2787. 3:50:00–3:50:15I attributed grace to the ascetic garb, because he accepted it, beauty to youth because he owned it, charm to the parahata flower because it touched his ear, delight to heaven because he dwelt there, an invincible power to love because he was so fair.
2788. 3:50:15–3:50:23Though far away, I turned towards him as the lotus bed to the sun, the tide to the moon, or the peacock to the cloud.
2789. 3:50:23–3:50:29I bore on my neck his rosary, like a charm against the loss of the life stricken by his absence.
2790. 3:50:29–3:50:35I stood motionless, though a thrill made the down on my cheek like a Kadamba flower earring,
2791. 3:50:35–3:50:39as it rose from the joy of being touched by his hand, and from the parahata spray in my
2792. 3:50:39–3:50:43ear, which spoke sweetly to me of him, double quotes.
2793. 3:50:43–3:50:49Now my beetle bearer, Terallica, had been with me to bathe, she came back after me rather
2794. 3:50:49–3:50:55late, and softly addressed me in my sadness, Princess, one of those godlike aesthetics
2795. 3:50:55–3:51:00we saw on the bank of Lake Okota backslash, he by whom this spray of the heavenly tree
2796. 3:51:00–3:51:05was placed in thy ear backslash, as I was following thee, eluded the glance of his other
2797. 3:51:05–3:51:09self, and approaching me with soft steps between the branches of a flowering creeper, asked
2798. 3:51:09–3:51:16me concerning thee, saying, Damsel, who is this maiden? Whose daughter is she? What
2799. 3:51:16–3:51:23is her name? And with her goes she. I replied, she is sprung from gory, an absauras of
2800. 3:51:23–3:51:29moon race, and her father Hamza is king of all the gondarves, the nails of his feet are
2801. 3:51:29–3:51:34burnished by the tips of the jeweled egrets on the turbans of all the gondarves, his tree-like
2802. 3:51:34–3:51:38arms are marked by the cosmetics on the cheeks of his gondarve wives, and the lotus hand
2803. 3:51:38–3:51:41of Lakshmi forms his footstool.
2804. 3:51:41–3:51:46The princess is named Mahakvita, and she has set out now for the hill of Hemakuta,
2805. 3:51:46–3:51:48the abode of the gondarves.
2806. 3:51:48–3:51:53When this tale had been told by me, he thought silently for a moment, and then looking
2807. 3:51:53–3:51:58long at me with a steady gaze, as if gently in treating me, he said,
2808. 3:51:58–3:52:05Damsel, thy form, young as thou art, is of fair promise, and augurs truth in steadfastness.
2809. 3:52:05–3:52:08Grant me, therefore, one request.
2810. 3:52:08–3:52:14Curiously raising my hands, I reverently replied, Wherefore say this?
2811. 3:52:14–3:52:15Who am I?
2812. 3:52:15–3:52:20When great-souled men such as thou, meet for the honor of the whole universe,
2813. 3:52:20–3:52:25to cast even their sin-removing glance on one like me, their act wins merit-backslash,
2814. 3:52:25–3:52:30much more if they give a command. Say, therefore, freely what is to be done.
2815. 3:52:31–3:52:37Let me be honored by thy bidding. Thus addressed, he saluted me with a kindly glance,
2816. 3:52:37–3:52:43as a friend, a helper, or a giver of life, in taking a shoot from a tamala tree hard by,
2817. 3:52:43–3:52:48he crushed it on the stones of the bank, broke off a piece from his upper bark garment as a
2818. 3:52:48–3:52:53tablet, and with the tamala juice, sweet as the icor of a ganda elephant, wrote with the
2819. 3:52:53–3:52:58nail of the little finger of his lotus hand, and placed it in my hand, saying, Let this
2820. 3:52:58–3:53:03letter be secretly given by thee to that maiden when alone.
2821. 3:53:03–3:53:08With these words she drew it from the beetle box and showed it to me, double quotes.
2822. 3:53:08–3:53:12As I took from her hand that bark letter, I was filled with this talk about him,
2823. 3:53:12–3:53:17which, though but a sound, produced the joy of contact, and though for the years alone,
2824. 3:53:17–3:53:23its pervading presence in all my limbs manifested by a thrill, as if it were a spell to invoke
2825. 3:53:23–3:53:28love, and in his letter I beheld these lines, a handsaw on the monest lake, lured by a creeper's
2826. 3:53:28–3:53:34treacherous shine, my heart is led a weary chase, lured by that pearly wreath of thine.
2827. 3:53:34–3:53:36Double Quotes
2828. 3:53:36–3:53:40By the reading of this, an even greater change for the worse was wrought in my lovesick
2829. 3:53:40–3:53:46mind, as in one who has lost his way, by also losing his bearings, as in a blind
2830. 3:53:46–3:53:51man by a night of the dark fortnight, as in a dumb man by cutting out the tongue, as in
2831. 3:53:51–3:53:57an ignorant man by a conjurer's waving fan, as in a confused talker by the delirium of
2832. 3:53:57–3:54:04fever, as in one poisoned by the fatal sleep, as in a wicked man by atheistic philosophy,
2833. 3:54:04–3:54:10as in one distraught by strong drink, or as in one possessed by the action of the
2834. 3:54:10–3:54:15possessing demon so that in the turmoil it created in me I was tossed like a river
2835. 3:54:15–3:54:22in flood. I honoured Turalika for having seen him again, as one who had acquired great merit,
2836. 3:54:22–3:54:26or who had tasted the joys of heaven, or had been visited by a god, or had her highest
2837. 3:54:26–3:54:32boon granted, or had drunk nectar, or had been anointed queen of the three worlds.
2838. 3:54:32–3:54:38I spoke to her reverently, as if, though always by me, she were a rare visitant, and though
2839. 3:54:38–3:54:44my familiar friend, she were hitherto unknown. I looked on her, though behind me, as above
2840. 3:54:44–3:54:49Of the world, I tenderly caressed the curls on her cheek, and entirely said it not the
2841. 3:54:49–3:54:54condition of mistress and maid, again and again asking, How was he seen by thee?
2842. 3:54:54–3:54:56What did he say to thee?
2843. 3:54:56–3:54:59How long worked thou there?
2844. 3:54:59–3:54:59How far did he fall?
2845. 3:55:00–3:55:03विश्विमर्शक विश्विमर्शक विश्विमर्शक विश्विमर्शक
2846. 3:55:03–3:55:06विश्विमर्शक विश्विमर्शक विश्विमर्शक विश्विमर्शक
2847. 3:55:06–3:55:09विश्विमर्शक विश्विमर्शक विश्विमर्शक विश्विमर्शक
2848. 3:55:09–3:55:13the sky. Became crimson, sharing my heart's glow, the
2849. 3:55:13–3:55:19Lakshmi of sunlight longing for the sight of the flushed sun, and preparing her lotus couch,
2850. 3:55:19–3:55:24turned pale as though faint with love, the sunbeams, rosy as they fell on waters died
2851. 3:55:24–3:55:30with red chalk, rose from the lotus beds clustering like herds of woodland elephants, the day,
2852. 3:55:30–3:55:34with an echo of the joyous naing of the steeds of the sun's chariot longing to rest
2853. 3:55:34–3:55:39after their descent of the sky, entered the caves of Mount Meru, the lotus beds, as the
2854. 3:55:39–3:55:41bees.
2855. 3:55:41–3:55:45Entered the folded leaves of the red lilies, seemed to close their eyes as though their
2856. 3:55:45–3:55:49hearts were darkened by a swoon at the sun's departure, the pairs of Kakravaka's, each
2857. 3:55:49–3:55:54taking the other's heart, safely hidden in the hollow lotus stalks whereof they had
2858. 3:55:54–3:55:59eaten together, were now parted, and my umbrella-bearer approaching me, said as follows,
2859. 3:55:59–3:56:04Princess, one of those youthful hermits is at the door, and says he has come to beg for
2860. 3:56:04–3:56:06a rosary.
2861. 3:56:06–3:56:11At the hermit's name, though motionless, I seem to approach the door, and suspecting the
2862. 3:56:11–3:56:18reason of his coming, I summon another chamberlain, whom I sent, saying, go and admit him.
2863. 3:56:18–3:56:22A moment later I beheld the young ascetic Copangala, who is to ponderica as youth
2864. 3:56:22–3:56:28to beauty, love to youth, spring to love, southern breezes to spring, and who is indeed
2865. 3:56:28–3:56:34a friend worthy of him, he followed the hoary chamberlain as sun-like after moonlight.
2866. 3:56:34–3:56:39As he drew near his appearance betrayed to me trouble, sadness, distraction, entreaty,
2867. 3:56:39–3:56:42and the yearning unfulfilled.
2868. 3:56:42–3:56:46With a reverence I rose and respectfully brought him a seat, and when he was reluctantly forced
2869. 3:56:46–3:56:51to accept it, I washed his feet and dried them on the silken edge of my upper robe,
2870. 3:56:51–3:56:54and then sat by him on the bare ground.
2871. 3:56:54–3:57:01For a moment he waited, as if eager to speak, when he cast his eyes on Turalica close by.
2872. 3:57:01–3:57:06Knowing his desire at a glance, I said, Sir, she is one with me.
2873. 3:57:06–3:57:08Speak fearlessly.
2874. 3:57:08–3:57:13At my words Copangala replied, Princess, what can I say?
2875. 3:57:13–3:57:17For through shame my voice does not reach the sphere of utterance.
2876. 3:57:17–3:57:21How far is the passionless ascetic who lives on roots in the woods from the illusion
2877. 3:57:21–3:57:26of passion that finds its home in restless souls, and is stained with longing for earthly
2878. 3:57:26–3:57:30pleasures and filled with the manifold sports of the love God.
2879. 3:57:30–3:57:34See how unseemly all this is.
2880. 3:57:34–3:57:36What has fate begun?
2881. 3:57:36–3:57:39God easily turns us into a laughing stock.
2882. 3:57:39–3:57:45I know not if this be fitting with bark garments or seemly formatted locks, or meet for penance,
2883. 3:57:45–3:57:48or consonant with the teaching of holiness.
2884. 3:57:48–3:57:51Such a mockery was never known.
2885. 3:57:51–3:57:54I needs must tell you the story.
2886. 3:57:54–3:58:00No other course is visible, no other remedy is perceived, no other refuge is at hand, no
2887. 3:58:00–3:58:02other way is before me.
2888. 3:58:02–3:58:06If it remains untold, even greater trouble will arise.
2889. 3:58:06–3:58:11A friend's life must be saved even at the loss of our own, so I will tell the tale, it
2890. 3:58:11–3:58:16was in my presence that I sternly rebuked Pundarika, and after that speech I left him in anger
2891. 3:58:16–3:58:21and went to another place, leaving my task of gathering flowers.
2892. 3:58:21–3:58:26With I departure, I remained apart a short time, and then, becoming anxious as to what
2893. 3:58:26–3:58:31he was doing, I turned back and examined the spot from behind a tree.
2894. 3:58:31–3:58:36As I did not see him there, the thought arose within me, his mind was enslaved by love,
2895. 3:58:36–3:58:41and perchance he followed her, and now that she is gone, he has regained his senses,
2896. 3:58:41–3:58:46and is ashamed to come within my sight, or he has gone for me in wrath, or departed
2897. 3:58:46–3:58:49hence to another place in search of me.
2898. 3:58:49–3:58:54Just thinking, I waited some time, but, troubled by an absence I had never since my birth suffered
2899. 3:58:54–3:59:00for a moment, I again thought, it may be that, in shame at his failure and firmness, he
2900. 3:59:00–3:59:07will come to some harm, for shame makes everything possible, he must not, then, be left alone.
2901. 3:59:07–3:59:11With this resolve, I earnestly made search for him.
2902. 3:59:11–3:59:15But as I could not see him, though I sought on all sides, made anxious by love for
2903. 3:59:15–3:59:22my friend, I pictured this or that misfortune, and wandered long, examining glades of trees,
2904. 3:59:22–3:59:27creeper bowers among the sandal avenues, and the banks of lakes, carefully glancing on
2905. 3:59:27–3:59:31every side. At length I beheld him in a thicket.
2906. 3:59:31–3:59:37Of creepers near a lake, a very birthplace for spring, most fair, and in its close growth
2907. 3:59:37–3:59:43appearing to be made holy of flowers, of bees, of cuckoos, and of peacocks. From
2908. 3:59:43–3:59:49From his entire absence of employment, he was as one painted, or engraved, or paralyzed,
2909. 3:59:49–3:59:53or dead, or asleep, or in a trance of meditation.
2910. 3:59:53–3:59:59He was motionless, yet wandering from his right course, alone, yet possessed by love,
2911. 3:59:59–4:00:00all aglow, yet f-
2912. 4:00:00–4:00:05रेक। रेक। रेक। विचार-विमर्शक रेक। विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
2913. 4:00:05–4:00:09विचार-विमर्शक रेक। विचार-विमर्शक रेक। विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
2914. 4:00:09–4:00:13विचार-विमर्शक रेक। विमर्शक रेक। विमर्शक रेक।
2915. 4:00:13–4:00:18Tormented by Kama, who yet, in fear of many a curse, remained unseen.
2916. 4:00:18–4:00:23By his great stillness he appeared to be deserted by the senses which had entered into him to
2917. 4:00:23–4:00:27behold the love that dwelt in his heart, and had fainted in fear at its unbearable
2918. 4:00:27–4:00:31heat, or had left him in wrath at the tossing of his mind.
2919. 4:00:31–4:00:37From eyes steadily closed, and dimmed within by the smoke of love's keen fire, he ceaselessly
2920. 4:00:37–4:00:41poured forth a storm of tears trickling down through his eyelashes.
2921. 4:00:41–4:00:45The filaments of the creepers near-trembled in the sighs which rushed out, bearing the
2922. 4:00:45–4:00:51redness of his lips like the upstarting ruddy flame of comma burning his heart.
2923. 4:00:51–4:00:56As his hand rested on his left cheek, his brow, from the clear rays of his nails rising
2924. 4:00:56–4:01:01upwards, seemed to have a fresh mark of sandal very pure, from the late removal of his earring,
2925. 4:01:01–4:01:06the parahata flower, his ear was endowed with a tamala shoot or a blue lotus by the
2926. 4:01:06–4:01:10bees that murmured a charm to be which love, under the guise of their soft hum as they
2927. 4:01:10–4:01:14crept up and longing for what remained of that fragrance.
2928. 4:01:14–4:01:19Under the guise of his hair rising in a passionate thrill he seemed to bear on his limbs a mass
2929. 4:01:19–4:01:25of broken points of the flowery darts of love's arrows discharged into his pores.
2930. 4:01:25–4:01:29With his right hand he bore on his breast a string of pearls that, by being interlaced
2931. 4:01:29–4:01:33with the flashing rays of his nails, seemed bristling in joy at the pleasure of touching
2932. 4:01:33–4:01:38his palm, and that was, as it were, a banner of recklessness.
2933. 4:01:38–4:01:43He was pelted by the trees with pollen, like a powder to subdue love.
2934. 4:01:43–4:01:47He was caressed by a coca-shoots tossed by the wind, and transferring to him their rosy
2935. 4:01:47–4:01:48glow.
2936. 4:01:48–4:01:53He was besprinkled by woodland laxmi with honey dew from clusters of fresh flowers, like
2937. 4:01:53–4:01:54waters to crown love.
2938. 4:01:54–4:02:00He was struck by love with campak buds, which, as their fragrance was drunken by bees,
2939. 4:02:00–4:02:02were like fiery barbs all smoking.
2940. 4:02:02–4:02:07He was rebuked by the south wind, as if by the hum of the bees maddened by the
2941. 4:02:07–4:02:14many sense of the. Wood, he was bewildered by the honeymoon, as by cries of all hail,
2942. 4:02:14–4:02:20to spring raised by the cuckoos in their melodious ecstasy. Like the risen moon, he was robed
2943. 4:02:20–4:02:25in paleness, like the stream of Ganges in summer, he had dwindled to meagerness, like
2944. 4:02:25–4:02:30a sandal tree with a fire at its heart, he was fading away. He seemed to have entered
2945. 4:02:30–4:02:36on another birth, and was as another man, strange and unfamiliar, he was changed into
2946. 4:02:36–4:02:43another shape. As one entered by an evil spirit, ruled by a great demon, possessed by a strong
2947. 4:02:43–4:02:49devil, drunk, deluded, blind, deaf, dumb, all merged in joy and love, he had reached the
2948. 4:02:49–4:02:54climax of the mind slavery when possessed by love, and his old self could no longer be
2949. 4:02:54–4:03:01known. As with a steady glance I long examined his sad state, I became despondent, and thought
2950. 4:03:01–4:03:06But in my trembling heart, this is of a truth that love whose force none can resist, for
2951. 4:03:06–4:03:11by him ponderica has been in a moment brought to a state for which there is no cure.
2952. 4:03:11–4:03:16For how else could such a storehouse of learning become straightway unavailing?
2953. 4:03:16–4:03:18It is, alas!
2954. 4:03:18–4:03:23A miracle in him who from childhood has been firm of nature and unswerving in conduct,
2955. 4:03:23–4:03:27and whose life was the envy of myself and the other young ascetics.
2956. 4:03:27–4:03:33Here, like a mean man, despising knowledge, condemning the power of penance, he has rooted
2957. 4:03:33–4:03:38up his deep steadfastness, and is paralyzed by love.
2958. 4:03:38–4:03:41A youth which has never swerved is indeed rare.
2959. 4:03:41–4:03:46I went forward, and sitting down by him on the same stone, with my hand resting on his
2960. 4:03:46–4:03:53shoulder, I asked him, though his eyes were still closed, dear Pundarika, tell me what
2961. 4:03:53–4:03:55this means.
2962. 4:03:55–4:04:00Then with great difficulty and effort he opened his eyes, which seemed fastened together by
2963. 4:04:00–4:04:04their long closing, and which were red from incessant weeping and overflowing with tears
2964. 4:04:04–4:04:09as if shaken and in pain, while their color was that of a red lotus bed veiled in white
2965. 4:04:09–4:04:10silk.
2966. 4:04:10–4:04:15He looked at me long with a very languid glance, and then, deeply sighing, in accents
2967. 4:04:15–4:04:21broken by shame, he slowly and with pain murmured, Dear Copangala, why ask me what
2968. 4:04:21–4:04:23thou knowest?
2969. 4:04:23–4:04:29this, and thinking that Pandarika was suffering in this way a cureless ill, but that still,
2970. 4:04:29–4:04:33as far as possible, a friend who is entering a wrong course should be held back to the utmost
2971. 4:04:33–4:04:38by those who love him, I replied, Dear Pandarika, I know it well.
2972. 4:04:38–4:04:43I will only ask this question, is this course you have begun taught by your gurus, or
2973. 4:04:43–4:04:46read in the holy books?
2974. 4:04:46–4:04:50Or is this a way of winning holiness, or a fresh form of penance, or a path to
2975. 4:04:50–4:04:57heaven or a mystic vow or a means of salvation or any other kind of discipline. Is this fitting
2976. 4:04:57–4:04:59for the even to imagine, much less to see?
2977. 4:05:00–4:05:04विचार-विमर्शक रेक। विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
2978. 4:05:04–4:05:06विचार-विमर्शक रेक। विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
2979. 4:05:06–4:05:08विचार-विमर्शक रेक। विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
2980. 4:05:08–4:05:10विचार-विमर्शक रेक। विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
2981. 4:05:10–4:05:16For what is thy hope of happiness in such things as are honored by the base, but blamed by the good?
2982. 4:05:16–4:05:22He truly waters a poison tree under the idea of duty, or embraces the sword plant for a lotus
2983. 4:05:22–4:05:28wreath, or lays hold on a black snake, taking it for a line of smoke of black aloes, or touches
2984. 4:05:28–4:05:33a burning coal for a jewel, or tries to pull out the club-like tusk of a wild elephant,
2985. 4:05:33–4:05:38thinking it a lotus fiber, he is a fool who places happiness in the pleasures of sense
2986. 4:05:38–4:05:44which end in sorrow. And thou, though knowing the real nature of the senses, why dost thou
2987. 4:05:44–4:05:49carry thy knowledge as the firefly his light, only to be concealed, in that thou restrain
2988. 4:05:49–4:05:53est not thy senses when they start out of their course like streams turbid in their passionate
2989. 4:05:53–4:06:02onrush. Nor dost thou curb thy tossing mind. Who, forsooth, is this love God? Relying
2990. 4:06:02–4:06:08on thy firmness, do thou revile this miscreant? As I thus spoke he wiped with his hand his
2991. 4:06:08–4:06:14eyes streaming with tears poured through his eyelashes, and while he yet lent on me, replied,
2992. 4:06:14–4:06:18rebuking my speech, friend, what need of many words.
2993. 4:06:18–4:06:21Thou at least art untouched.
2994. 4:06:21–4:06:27Thou hast not fallen within the range of loved shafts, cruel with the poison of snakes.
2995. 4:06:27–4:06:29It is easy to teach another.
2996. 4:06:29–4:06:34And when that other has his senses in his mind, and sees, hears, and knows what he
2997. 4:06:34–4:06:40he has heard, and can discern good and evil, he is then fit for advice.
2998. 4:06:40–4:06:46But all this is far from me, all talk of stability, judgment, firmness, reflection, has come to
2999. 4:06:46–4:06:48an end.
3000. 4:06:48–4:06:51How do I even breathe but by strong effort?
3001. 4:06:51–4:06:54The time for advice is long past.
3002. 4:06:54–4:06:59The opportunity for firmness has been let slip, the hour for reflection is gone, the season
3003. 4:06:59–4:07:03for stability and judgment has passed away.
3004. 4:07:03–4:07:08Who but thee could give advice at this time, Or could attempt to restrain my wandering?
3005. 4:07:08–4:07:10To whom but thee should I listen?
3006. 4:07:10–4:07:14Or who else in the world is a friend like thee?
3007. 4:07:14–4:07:16What ails me that I cannot restrain myself?
3008. 4:07:16–4:07:20Thou sawest in a moment my wretched plight.
3009. 4:07:20–4:07:24The time, then, for advice is now past.
3010. 4:07:24–4:07:29While I breathe, I long for some cure for the fever of love, violent as the rays of
3011. 4:07:29–4:07:32twelve suns at the end of the world.
3012. 4:07:32–4:07:38My limbs are baked, my heart is seething, my eyes are burning, and my body on fire.
3013. 4:07:38–4:07:42Do, therefore, what the time demands.
3014. 4:07:42–4:07:47He then became silent, and after this speech I tried again and again to rouse him, but
3015. 4:07:47–4:07:51as he did not listen even when tenderly and affectionately exhorted in the words of the
3016. 4:07:51–4:07:55pure teaching of the castors full of cases like his own, together with the legendary
3017. 4:07:55–4:08:01histories, I thought, he is gone too far, he cannot be turned back.
3018. 4:08:01–4:08:06Ice is now useless, so I will make an effort just to preserve his life.
3019. 4:08:06–4:08:11With this resolve I rose and went, and tore up some juicy lotus fibers from the lake,
3020. 4:08:11–4:08:16then, taking some lotus petals marked by water, I plucked lotuses of all kinds, sweet
3021. 4:08:16–4:08:21with the fragrance of the aromatic pollen within, and prepared a couch on that same
3022. 4:08:21–4:08:23rock in the bower.
3023. 4:08:23–4:08:28And as he rested there at ease, I crushed soft twigs of the sandal trees hard by, and
3024. 4:08:28–4:08:33with its juice, naturally sweet and cold as ice, made a mark on his brow, and anointed
3025. 4:08:33–4:08:35him from head to foot.
3026. 4:08:35–4:08:40I allayed the perspiration by camphor dust powdered in my hand, broken from the interstices
3027. 4:08:40–4:08:44of the split bark of the trees near, and fanned him with a plant and leaf dripping with
3028. 4:08:44–4:08:49pure water, while the bark robe he wore was moist with the sandal placed on his
3029. 4:08:49–4:08:54breast, and as I again and again strewed fresh lotus couches, and anointed him with
3030. 4:08:54–4:09:00sandal, and removed the perspiration, and constantly fanned him, the thought arose in my mind.
3031. 4:09:00–4:09:03Surely nothing is too hard for love.
3032. 4:09:03–4:09:08For how far apart would seem Pandarika, by nature simple and content with his woodland
3033. 4:09:08–4:09:14home, like a fawn, and Mahakvita, the Gondar of Princess, a galaxy of graces, surely there
3034. 4:09:14–4:09:20is nothing for love in the world hard, or difficult, or unsubdued, or impossible.
3035. 4:09:20–4:09:25He scornfully attempts the hardest tasks, nor can any resist him.
3036. 4:09:25–4:09:30For why speak of beings endowed with sense when, if it so pleas him, he can bring together
3037. 4:09:30–4:09:33even things without sense?
3038. 4:09:33–4:09:37For the night Lotus bed falls in love with the sun's ray, and the day Lotus leaves
3039. 4:09:37–4:09:42her hatred of the moon, and night is joined to day, and moonlight waits on darkness,
3040. 4:09:42–4:09:46and shade stands in the face of light, and lightning stays firm in the cloud, and
3041. 4:09:46–4:09:52old age accompanies youth, and what more difficult thing can there be than that one like Pundarika,
3042. 4:09:52–4:09:58who is an ocean of unfathomable depth, should thus be brought to the likeness of grass.
3043. 4:09:58–4:09:59Where is his former penance, and where his
3044. 4:10:00–4:10:07present state. Truly it is a cureless ill that has befallen him. What must I now do or attempt,
3045. 4:10:07–4:10:14or wither go, or what refuge or resource, or help or remedy, or plan, or recourse, is thereby
3046. 4:10:14–4:10:20which his life may be sustained? Or by what skill, or device, or means, or support, or
3047. 4:10:20–4:10:27thought, or solace, may he yet live? These and other such thoughts arose in my downcast
3048. 4:10:27–4:10:55But again I thought, what avails dwelling on this useless thought? His life must be preserved by any means, good or bad, and there is no other way to save it but by her union with him, and as he is timid by reason of his youth, and moreover thinks the affairs of love contrary to his vow, unseemly, and a mockery in himself, he certainly, even at his last breath, will not gratify his longing by himself approaching her.
3049. 4:10:55–4:11:00This his disease of love admits no delay.
3050. 4:11:00–4:11:04Good men always hold that a friend's life must be saved even by a blame or the deed,
3051. 4:11:04–4:11:10so that though this is a shameful and wrong action, it has yet become imperative for me.
3052. 4:11:10–4:11:12What else can be done?
3053. 4:11:12–4:11:14What other course is there?
3054. 4:11:14–4:11:16I will certainly go to her.
3055. 4:11:16–4:11:19I will tell her his state.
3056. 4:11:19–4:11:23Thus thinking, I left the place on some pretext, and came hither without telling
3057. 4:11:23–4:11:28him, lest perchance he should feel that I was engaged in an unseemly employment, and should
3058. 4:11:28–4:11:31in shame hold me back.
3059. 4:11:31–4:11:36This being the state of affairs, thou, lady, art the judge of what action is needful for
3060. 4:11:36–4:11:42the time, worthy of so great a love, fitting for my coming, and right for thyself.
3061. 4:11:42–4:11:47With these words he became silent, fixing his eyes on my face to see what I should
3062. 4:11:47–4:11:48say.
3063. 4:11:48–4:11:54But I, having heard him, was plunged, as it were, into a lake of ambrosial joy, or immersed
3064. 4:11:54–4:11:59in an ocean of the sweets of love, floating above all joys, mounting to the pinnacle of
3065. 4:11:59–4:12:04all desires, resting at the utmost bound of gladness.
3066. 4:12:04–4:12:10I showed my happiness by joyful tears pouring clear, large, and heavy, because my eyelashes
3067. 4:12:10–4:12:15were not closed, strung like a garland by their unceasing succession, and not touching
3068. 4:12:15–4:12:20my cheek, because my face was somewhat bent in sudden shame, and I thought at once, zero
3069. 4:12:20–4:12:25joy, that love entangles him as well as me, so that even while tormenting me, he has in
3070. 4:12:25–4:12:31part showed me kindness, and if ponderica is indeed in such a plight, what help has not
3071. 4:12:31–4:12:36love given me, or what has he not done for me, or what?
3072. 4:12:36–4:12:40Friend is like him, or how could a false tale, even in sleep, pass the lips of the
3073. 4:12:40–4:12:42the calm-sold Copangala.
3074. 4:12:42–4:12:48And if this be so, what must I do, and what must I say in his presence?
3075. 4:12:48–4:12:54While I was thus deliberating, a fortress hastily entered, and said to me, Princess, the Queen
3076. 4:12:54–4:12:58has learned from her attendance that thou art ill, and is now coming.
3077. 4:12:58–4:13:04On hearing this, Copangala, fearing the contact of a great throng, quickly rose, saying,
3078. 4:13:04–4:13:08Princess, a cause of great delay has arisen.
3079. 4:13:08–4:13:15The sun, the crest jewel of the three worlds, is now sinking, so I will depart.
3080. 4:13:15–4:13:19But I raise my hands in salutation as a slight offering for the saving of my dear friend's
3081. 4:13:19–4:13:22life, that is my greatest treasure.
3082. 4:13:22–4:13:28Then, without awaiting my reply, he with difficulty departed, for the door was blocked by the
3083. 4:13:28–4:13:32entrance of the attendants that heralded my lady mother.
3084. 4:13:32–4:13:36There were the fortresses bearing golden staves, the chamberlands with ungwants,
3085. 4:13:36–4:13:42medics, flowers, and beetle, holding waving cowries, and in their train were humpbacks,
3086. 4:13:42–4:13:48barbarians, deaf men, eunuchs, dwarfs, and deaf mutes.
3087. 4:13:48–4:13:53Then the queen came to me, and after a long visit, went home, but I observed nothing of
3088. 4:13:53–4:13:59what she did, said, or attempted while with me, for my heart was far away.
3089. 4:13:59–4:14:04When she went the sun, with his steeds bright as heratolapigeons, lord of life to the
3090. 4:14:04–4:14:09Lotuses, and friend of the Cochravacas, had sunk to rest, and the face of the West was
3091. 4:14:09–4:14:14growing crimson, and the lotus beds were turning green, and the East was darkening to blue,
3092. 4:14:14–4:14:19and the world of mortals was overcome by a blackness like a wave of the ocean of final
3093. 4:14:19–4:14:22destruction turbid with the mud of hell.
3094. 4:14:22–4:14:27I knew not what to do, and asked Teralica, sayest thou not, Teralica, how confused
3095. 4:14:27–4:14:29is my mind.
3096. 4:14:29–4:14:33My senses are bewildered with uncertainty, and I am unable myself to see in the
3097. 4:14:33–4:14:40least what I should do. Do thou tell me what is right to do, for Copangala is now gone,
3098. 4:14:40–4:14:46and he told his tale in thy presence. What if, like a base-born maiden, I cast away
3099. 4:14:46–4:14:52shame, relinquish self-control, desert modesty, contend the reproach of men, transgress good
3100. 4:14:52–4:14:57behavior, trample on conduct, despise noble birth, accept the disgrace of a coarse-blinded
3101. 4:14:57–4:14:59by love and without my father's leave.
3102. 4:15:00–4:15:03अव विश्वाविमर्शक रेक।
3103. 4:15:03–4:15:05विश्वाविमर्शक रेक।
3104. 4:15:05–4:15:07विश्वाविमर्शक रेक।
3105. 4:15:07–4:15:09विश्वाविमर्शक रेक।
3106. 4:15:09–4:15:11विश्वाविमर्शक रेक।
3107. 4:15:11–4:15:13विश्वाविमर्शक रेक।
3108. 4:15:13–4:15:15विश्वाविमर्शक रेक।
3109. 4:15:15–4:15:17विश्वाविमर्शक रेक।
3110. 4:15:17–4:15:21so I shall break the heart of his reverence Copangala, who loved him first, and who came
3111. 4:15:21–4:15:24hither of his own accord.
3112. 4:15:24–4:15:28And again, if perchance that man's death is brought about by my deed in destroying his
3113. 4:15:28–4:15:33hopes, then causing the death of an ascetic would be a grave sin.
3114. 4:15:33–4:15:37While I thus considered, the east became gray with the glimmering light of moonrise,
3115. 4:15:37–4:15:41like a line of woods in spring with the pollen of flowers.
3116. 4:15:41–4:15:45And in the moonlight the eastern quarter showed white as if with the powdered pearls
3117. 4:15:45–4:15:50from the frontal bone of the elephant of darkness torn open by the lion moon, or pale with sandal
3118. 4:15:50–4:15:55dust falling from the breast of the nymphs of the eastern mountain, or light with the rising of sand
3119. 4:15:55–4:16:00in an island left by the tide, stirred by the wind on the waves of the ever-moving ocean.
3120. 4:16:01–4:16:06Slowly the moonlight glided down, and made bright the face of night, as if it were the flash of
3121. 4:16:06–4:16:11her teeth as she softly smiled at the sight of the moon, then evening shone with the moon's orb,
3122. 4:16:11–4:16:17as if it were the circle of seshes hoods breaking through the earth as it rose from hell, after that,
3123. 4:16:17–4:16:22night became fair with the moon, the gladdener of the world of mortals, the delight of lovers,
3124. 4:16:22–4:16:28now leaving its childhood behind and becoming the ally of love, with a youthful glow arising within it,
3125. 4:16:28–4:16:35the only fitting light for the enjoyment of love's pleasures, ambrosial, climbing the sky like youth
3126. 4:16:35–4:16:40impersonate. Then I beheld the risen moon as if flushed with the coral of the ocean it had just
3127. 4:16:40–4:16:46left, crimson with the blood of its deer struck by the paw of the lion of the eastern mountain,
3128. 4:16:46–4:16:50marked with the lack of Rohini's feet, as she spurned her lord in a love quarrel, and ruddy
3129. 4:16:50–4:16:53with his newly kindled glow.
3130. 4:16:53–4:16:58And I, though the fire of love burnt within me, had my heart darkened, though my body
3131. 4:16:58–4:17:03rested on the lap of Turalica, I was a captive in the hands of love, though my eyes were
3132. 4:17:03–4:17:07fixed on the moon, I was looking on death, and I straightway thought, there are the
3133. 4:17:07–4:17:12the honey-month, the Malaya winds, and all other such things brought together, and in
3134. 4:17:12–4:17:17the same place to have this evil miscreant moon cannot be endured.
3135. 4:17:17–4:17:19My heart cannot bear it.
3136. 4:17:19–4:17:24Its rising now is like a shower of coals to one consumed by fever, or a fall of snow
3137. 4:17:24–4:17:29to one ill from cold, or the bite of a black snake to one faint with the swelling of
3138. 4:17:29–4:17:30poison.
3139. 4:17:30–4:17:35And as I thus thought, a swoon closed my eyes, like the sleet brought by moonlight
3140. 4:17:35–4:17:41that withers the lotuses of the day. Soon, however, I regained consciousness by means
3141. 4:17:41–4:17:46of the fanning and sandalum wince of the bewildered Turalica, and I saw her weeping,
3142. 4:17:46–4:17:51her face dimmed with ceaseless tears, pressing the point of a moist moonstone to my brow,
3143. 4:17:51–4:17:57and seeming possessed by despair and personate. As I opened my eyes, she fell at my feet
3144. 4:17:57–4:18:01and said, raising hands yet wet with the thick sandalointment,
3145. 4:18:01–4:18:08Princess, why think of shame or disrespect to parents? Be kind, send me, and I will fetch the
3146. 4:18:08–4:18:15beloved of thy heart, rise, or go thither thyself. Henceforth thou canst not bear this love that is
3147. 4:18:15–4:18:19an ocean whose manifold passionate waves are swelling at the rise of a strong moon.
3148. 4:18:20–4:18:27To this speech I replied, Mad girl, what is love to me? The moon it is, even the Lord of
3149. 4:18:27–4:18:33of the night lotuses, who removes all scruples, undermines all search for means of escape,
3150. 4:18:33–4:18:39conceals all difficulties, takes away all doubts, condemns all fears, roots out all shame, bales
3151. 4:18:39–4:18:45the sinful levity of going myself to my lover, avoids all delay, and has come merely to lead
3152. 4:18:45–4:18:47me either to ponderica or to death.
3153. 4:18:47–4:18:53Rise, therefore, for while I have life I will follow him and honor him who, dear
3154. 4:18:53–4:18:55as he is, tortures my heart.
3155. 4:18:55–4:19:01Thus saying, I rose, leaning on her, for my limbs were yet unsteady with the weakness
3156. 4:19:01–4:19:06of the swoon caused by love, and as I rose my right I throbbed, presaging ill, and in
3157. 4:19:06–4:19:11sudden terror I thought, what new thing is this threatened by destiny?
3158. 4:19:11–4:19:14The firmament was now flooded with.
3159. 4:19:14–4:19:19Moonlight, as if the moon's orb, which had not yet risen far, was, like the water pipe
3160. 4:19:19–4:19:24of the Temple of the Universe, discharging a thousand streams of the heavenly Ganges,
3161. 4:19:24–4:19:30pouring forth the waves of an ambrosial ocean, shedding many a cascade of sandal juice, and
3162. 4:19:30–4:19:34bearing floods of nectar, the world seemed to learn what life was in the white continent,
3163. 4:19:34–4:19:37and the pleasures of seeing the land of Soma.
3164. 4:19:37–4:19:41The round earth was being poured out from the depths of a milky ocean by the moon,
3165. 4:19:41–4:19:43which was like.
3166. 4:19:43–4:19:47The rounded tusk of the great bore, the moonrise offerings were being presented in every
3167. 4:19:47–4:19:52house by the women with sandal water fragrant with open lotuses, the highways were crowded
3168. 4:19:52–4:19:57with thousands of women messengers sent by fair ladies, girls going to meet their lovers
3169. 4:19:57–4:20:00ran hither and hither, veiled in blue silk.
3170. 4:20:00–4:20:30नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक �
3171. 4:20:30–4:20:32mirth and of tenderness.
3172. 4:20:32–4:20:36Evening was pleasant with the murmur of peacock's garrulous and gladness at the cascade that
3173. 4:20:36–4:20:39fell from the water pipes of moonstone.
3174. 4:20:39–4:20:46Turallica accompanied me, holding powders, perfumes, umblents, beetle, and various flowers,
3175. 4:20:46–4:20:50and I had also that napkin, wet with the sandallointment which had been applied in
3176. 4:20:50–4:20:54my swoon, and which had its nap slightly disordered and gray with the partly dried
3177. 4:20:54–4:20:59mark of sandalwood clinging to it, the rosary was on my neck, the parahata spray was
3178. 4:20:59–4:21:05kissing the tip of my ear, veiled in red silk that seemed fashion from rays of rubies, I
3179. 4:21:05–4:21:12went down from the top of that palace, unseen by any of my devoted attendance.
3180. 4:21:12–4:21:17On my way I was pursued by a swarm of bees, which hastened, leaving lotus beds and deserting
3181. 4:21:17–4:21:22gardens, drawn by the scent of the perihata spray, sportively forming a blue veil round
3182. 4:21:22–4:21:24me.
3183. 4:21:24–4:21:28I departed through the door of the pleasure grove and set out to meet Ponderica.
3184. 4:21:28–4:21:34As I went, I thought, seeing myself attended by Terallica only, what needs pomp of retinue
3185. 4:21:34–4:21:37when we seek our dearest?
3186. 4:21:37–4:21:42Surely our servants then but play a mockery of attendance, for love follows me with shaft
3187. 4:21:42–4:21:48fitted to the strung bow, the moon, stretching out a long ray, draws me on like a hand, passion
3188. 4:21:48–4:21:53supports me at every step from fear of a fall, my heart rushes on with the senses, leaving
3189. 4:21:53–4:21:58shame behind, longing has gained certainty, and leads me on.
3190. 4:21:58–4:22:04I said, Oh, Turalika, would that this miscreant moon would with its beam seize him by the
3191. 4:22:04–4:22:10hair and draw him forward like myself? As I thus spoke, she smilingly replied, Thou art
3192. 4:22:10–4:22:15foolish, my princess. What does the moon want with Ponderica?
3193. 4:22:15–4:22:21Nay, rather, he himself, as though wounded by love, does all these things for thee, for
3194. 4:22:21–4:22:26under the guise of his image he kisses thy cheeks marked with drops of perspiration,
3195. 4:22:26–4:22:32With trembling ray he falls on thy fair breast, He touches the gems of thy girdle, entangled
3196. 4:22:32–4:22:37in thy bright nails, He falls at thy feet, moreover, the form of this lovesick moon wears
3197. 4:22:37–4:22:43the pallor of a sandal-ungwun dried by fever, He stretches out his rays white as lotus fibers,
3198. 4:22:43–4:22:47Under the guise of his reflection he falls on.
3199. 4:22:47–4:22:51Crystal pavements, with rays gray as the dust from the filaments inside the kataki, he
3200. 4:22:51–4:22:57He plunges into lotus pools, he touches with his beams the moon-stones wet with spray, he
3201. 4:22:57–4:23:01hates the day lotus groves with their pairs of cockroachas once severed.
3202. 4:23:01–4:23:06With such discourse fitting for the time I approached that spot in her company.
3203. 4:23:06–4:23:11I then bathe my feet, gray with pollen from the creeper flowers on our path, in a spot
3204. 4:23:11–4:23:17near Copangala's abode which had a stream of moon-stone, liquefied by moon-rise, flowing
3205. 4:23:17–4:23:22from Kailasa's slope, and there, on the left bank of the lake, I heard the sound of a man's
3206. 4:23:22–4:23:29weeping, softened by distance. Some fear had arisen within me at first, from the quivering
3207. 4:23:29–4:23:35of my right eye, and now that my heart was yet more torn by this cry, as if my downcast
3208. 4:23:35–4:23:40mind were telling some dreadful tidings within, I cried in terror, Terallica, what
3209. 4:23:40–4:23:44means this? And with trembling limbs I breathlessly hastened
3210. 4:23:44–4:23:52on. Then I heard afar a bitter cry, clear in the calm of night, alas, I am undone. I am
3211. 4:23:52–4:24:02consumed. I am deceived. What is this that has befallen me? What has happened? I am uprooted.
3212. 4:24:02–4:24:10Cruel demon love, evil and pitiless, what shameful deed hast thou brought to pass? Ah, wicked,
3213. 4:24:10–4:24:13Evil, wanton maha-khvita, how had he harmed thee?
3214. 4:24:13–4:24:19Ah, evil, wanton, monstrous moon, thou hast gained thy desire.
3215. 4:24:19–4:24:25Cruel soft breeze of the south, thy softness is gone, and thy will is fulfilled.
3216. 4:24:25–4:24:28That which was to be done is done.
3217. 4:24:28–4:24:30Go now as thou wilt.
3218. 4:24:30–4:24:35Ah, venerable Khvedakitu, tender to thy son, thou knowest not that thy life is stolen
3219. 4:24:35–4:24:37from thee.
3220. 4:24:37–4:24:39Dharma, thou art dispossessed.
3221. 4:24:39–4:24:42Penance, thou art protectorless.
3222. 4:24:42–4:24:45Elegance, thou art widowed.
3223. 4:24:45–4:24:48Truth, thou art lordless.
3224. 4:24:48–4:24:51Heaven, thou art void.
3225. 4:24:51–4:24:53Friend, protect me.
3226. 4:24:53–4:24:55Yet I will follow thee.
3227. 4:24:55–4:24:59I cannot remain even a moment without thee, alone.
3228. 4:25:00–4:25:06How canst thou now suddenly leave me, And go thy way like a stranger on whom my eyes had never rested?
3229. 4:25:06–4:25:09Whence comes this thy great hardness?
3230. 4:25:09–4:25:13Say, wither, without thee, shall I go.
3231. 4:25:13–4:25:15Whom shall I implore?
3232. 4:25:15–4:25:18What refuge shall I seek?
3233. 4:25:18–4:25:20I am blinded.
3234. 4:25:20–4:25:22For me space is empty.
3235. 4:25:22–4:25:27Life is aimless, penance vain, The world void of joy.
3236. 4:25:27–4:25:32With whom shall I wander, to whom speak, with whom hold converse?
3237. 4:25:32–4:25:36Do thou arise? Grant me an answer.
3238. 4:25:36–4:25:39Friend, where is thine old love to me?
3239. 4:25:39–4:25:43Where that smiling welcome that never failed me?
3240. 4:25:43–4:25:48Such were the words I heard Copangala utter, and as I heard them I uttered a loud cry,
3241. 4:25:48–4:25:55while yet far off, as if my life had fallen, and with my silk cloak torn as it clung to the creepers by the Lake's bank,
3242. 4:25:55–4:25:59and my feet placed on the ground regardless of its being rough or even, and as hastily
3243. 4:25:59–4:26:05as I could, I went on to that place, stumbling at every step, and yet as if led on by one
3244. 4:26:05–4:26:07who lifted me up again.
3245. 4:26:07–4:26:12There I beheld Ponderica lying on a couch made on a slab of moonstone wet with showers
3246. 4:26:12–4:26:17of cool spray, close to the lake, it was made of lotus fibers like a garland of tender
3247. 4:26:17–4:26:21flowers from all lilies, and seemed to be formed wholly of the points of love's
3248. 4:26:21–4:26:23arrows.
3249. 4:26:23–4:26:28Dharika seemed from his great stillness to be listening for the sound of my step.
3250. 4:26:28–4:26:32He seemed to have gained a moment's happiness in sleep, as if love's pain had been quenched
3251. 4:26:32–4:26:38by inward wrath, he seemed engaged in a yoga penance of holding his breath, as an atonement
3252. 4:26:38–4:26:43for his breach of ascetic duty, he seemed to murmur, with bright yet trembling lip,
3253. 4:26:43–4:26:46by thy deed a might come to this pass.
3254. 4:26:46–4:26:50He seemed pierced by the moonbeams which, under the guise of his bright fingernails
3255. 4:26:50–4:26:55placed on a heart-throbbing with love's fire, fell on his back as he lay averted in hatred
3256. 4:26:55–4:27:01of the moon. He bore a mark on his brow of a line of sandal, which, by its being pale
3257. 4:27:01–4:27:07from dryness, was like a digit of love's waning moon pretending his own destruction.
3258. 4:27:07–4:27:13Life seemed to leave him in anger, saying, Fool, another is dearer to thee than I.
3259. 4:27:13–4:27:17His eyes were not wholly closed, their pupils were slightly turned to look, they were red
3260. 4:27:17–4:27:23with ceaseless weeping, they seemed to drop blood, since by failure of breath his tears were exhausted,
3261. 4:27:23–4:27:30and they were partly curved in pain at love's darts. He now experienced the pain of unconsciousness,
3262. 4:27:30–4:27:34as if together with the torment of love he were also yielding life itself,
3263. 4:27:34–4:27:39he seemed to meditate a new version of love's mystery, and to practice an unwanted retention
3264. 4:27:39–4:27:45of breath. His life seemed to be carried off as a prize by love, who had in kindness arranged
3265. 4:27:45–4:27:52my coming. On his brow was a sandal-tripundraka mark, he wore a sacrificial thread of juicy
3266. 4:27:52–4:27:57lotus fiber, his dress clung to his shoulder beautiful as the leaf that enchieves a plantain,
3267. 4:27:57–4:28:02his rosary had only the thickness of a single row, the ashes on his brow were of abundant
3268. 4:28:02–4:28:07white camphor powder, he was fair with the string of lotus fiber, bound on his arm as
3269. 4:28:07–4:28:11an amulet, he seemed to wear the garb of love's vow, as if completing a charm for
3270. 4:28:11–4:28:16my coming. With his eye he tenderly uttered the reproach, heart-hearted.
3271. 4:28:16–4:28:23I was but followed by one glance, and never again received thy favour.
3272. 4:28:23–4:28:28His lips were slightly open, so that his form gleamed white in the rays of his teeth, which
3273. 4:28:28–4:28:32came forth as if they were moonbeams that had entered him to take away his life, with his
3274. 4:28:32–4:28:37left hand placed on a heart breaking with the pain of love, he seemed to say, Be kind,
3275. 4:28:37–4:28:43part not with my life, thou that art dear as life, and so to hold me firmly in his heart,
3276. 4:28:43–4:28:48his right hand, which from the uneven rays of his nails jutting forth seemed to drop sandal,
3277. 4:28:48–4:28:52was raised as if to ward off the moonlight.
3278. 4:28:52–4:28:57Near him stood his pitcher, the friend of his penance, with neck upright, as if it gazed
3279. 4:28:57–4:29:02at the path by which his life was just rising, the garland of lotus fibers which adorned
3280. 4:29:02–4:29:06his neck bound him as if with a rope of moonbeams to lead him to another world, and
3281. 4:29:06–4:29:13Then, at the sight of me, Kapunjala, with a cry of help, help, raised his hands, and crying
3282. 4:29:13–4:29:18aloud with redoubled tears, fell on his neck, at that very moment I, wicked and ill-fated
3283. 4:29:18–4:29:23as I was, beheld that noble youth yield up his life.
3284. 4:29:23–4:29:28The darkness of a swoon came upon me, and I descended into hell, nor knew I anything
3285. 4:29:28–4:29:32of whither I then went, or what I did or said.
3286. 4:29:32–4:29:36Neither knew I why my life did not at that moment leave me, whether from the utter
3287. 4:29:36–4:29:40hardness of my stupefied heart, or from the callousness to bear thousands of troubles of
3288. 4:29:40–4:29:46my wretched body, or from being fated to endure a long grief, or from being a vessel of evil
3289. 4:29:46–4:29:51earned in another birth, or from the skill of my cruel destiny in bestowing sorrow,
3290. 4:29:51–4:29:55or from the singular perversity of malign accursed love.
3291. 4:29:55–4:29:59Only this I know, that when at length in my misery I regained consciousness, I found
3292. 4:29:59–4:29:59myself
3293. 4:30:00–4:30:02विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3294. 4:30:02–4:30:04विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3295. 4:30:04–4:30:06विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3296. 4:30:06–4:30:08विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3297. 4:30:08–4:30:10विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3298. 4:30:10–4:30:12विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3299. 4:30:12–4:30:14विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3300. 4:30:14–4:30:16विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3301. 4:30:16–4:30:25I exclaimed, Ah, my Lord, Thou who upholdest my life, speak to me.
3302. 4:30:25–4:30:30Wither goest thou, pitilessly leaving me alone and protectorless.
3303. 4:30:30–4:30:34Ask Turalika what I have suffered for thy sake.
3304. 4:30:34–4:30:39Hardly have I been able to pass the day, drawn out into a thousand ages.
3305. 4:30:39–4:30:41Be gracious.
3306. 4:30:41–4:30:43Utter but one word.
3307. 4:30:43–4:30:46No tenderness to her that loves thee.
3308. 4:30:46–4:30:49Look but a little on me.
3309. 4:30:49–4:30:50Fulfill my longing.
3310. 4:30:50–4:30:52I am wretched.
3311. 4:30:52–4:30:54I am loyal.
3312. 4:30:54–4:30:56I am thine in heart.
3313. 4:30:56–4:30:59I am lordless.
3314. 4:30:59–4:31:00I am young.
3315. 4:31:00–4:31:02I am helpless.
3316. 4:31:02–4:31:04I am unhappy.
3317. 4:31:04–4:31:07I am bereft of other refuge.
3318. 4:31:07–4:31:10I am vanquished by love.
3319. 4:31:10–4:31:13Why showest thou no pity?
3320. 4:31:13–4:31:17Say what I have done or left undone, What command I have neglected, or in what thing
3321. 4:31:17–4:31:22pleasing to thee I have not shown affection, That thou art Roth.
3322. 4:31:22–4:31:28Fearst thou not the reproach of men in that thou goest, deserting me, thy handmaid, without
3323. 4:31:28–4:31:29cause?
3324. 4:31:29–4:31:34Yet why think of me, perverse and wicked, And skilled to deceive by false shows of
3325. 4:31:34–4:31:35love?
3326. 4:31:35–4:31:37Alas, I yet live.
3327. 4:31:37–4:31:41Alas, I am accursed and undone.
3328. 4:31:41–4:31:48Or why? I have neither thee, nor honor, nor kinsfolk, nor heaven.
3329. 4:31:48–4:31:54Shame on me, a worker of evil deeds, for whose sake this fate hath befallen thee.
3330. 4:31:54–4:31:58There is none of so murderous a heart as I who went home, leaving one so pureless as
3331. 4:31:58–4:32:05thou. What to me were home, mother, father, kinsfolk, followers?
3332. 4:32:05–4:32:11Alas, to what refuge shall I flee? Fate, show pity to me.
3333. 4:32:11–4:32:19I entreat thee. Lady of destiny, give me a boon of mercy. Show compassion. Protect a lordless
3334. 4:32:19–4:32:29lady. Ye woodland goddesses, be kind. Give back his life. Help, earth, that bringest favors
3335. 4:32:29–4:32:37to all. Knight, showest thou no mercy. Father Kailasa, by protection I implore. Show thy
3336. 4:32:37–4:32:44wanted pity. Such were my laments, so far as I remember, and I murmured incoherently as
3337. 4:32:44–4:32:50one held by a demon, or possessed or mad, or struck down by an evil spirit. In the tears
3338. 4:32:50–4:32:55that fell in torrents upon me I was turned to water, I melted away, I took upon me a
3339. 4:32:55–4:33:00shape of water, my laments, followed by the sharp rays of my teeth, fell as if with
3340. 4:33:00–4:33:06showers of tears, my hair, with its flowers ever falling, seemed to shed teardrops, and
3341. 4:33:06–4:33:10my very ornaments by the tears of pure gem-light that sprang from them seemed to raise their
3342. 4:33:10–4:33:11lament.
3343. 4:33:11–4:33:17I long for my own death as for his life, I yearn to enter his heart with my whole soul,
3344. 4:33:17–4:33:21dead though he were, with my hand I touched his cheeks, and his brow with the roots of
3345. 4:33:21–4:33:26his hair, white with dry sandal, and his shoulders with the lotus fibers on them, and his heart
3346. 4:33:26–4:33:30covered with lotus leaves and flecks of sandal juice.
3347. 4:33:30–4:33:34With the tender reproach, thou art cruel, ponderica.
3348. 4:33:34–4:33:37thou carest not that I am thus wretched.
3349. 4:33:37–4:33:40I again sought to win him back.
3350. 4:33:40–4:33:45I again embraced him, I again clasped his neck, and wept aloud.
3351. 4:33:45–4:33:51Then I rebuked that string of pearls, saying, Ah, wicked one, couldst not even thou have
3352. 4:33:51–4:33:54preserved his life till my coming?
3353. 4:33:54–4:33:59Then again I fell at Copangala's feet with the prayer, Be kind, my Lord, restore him to
3354. 4:33:59–4:34:04life, and again, clinging to Turalica's neck, I wept.
3355. 4:34:04–4:34:09Even now, when I think of it, I know not how these piteous, tender words came forth for
3356. 4:34:09–4:34:16my ill-fated heart-backslash, words all unthought, unlearned, untaught, unseen before, nor whence
3357. 4:34:16–4:34:21these utterances arose, nor whence these heart-rending cries of despair.
3358. 4:34:21–4:34:24My whole being was changed.
3359. 4:34:24–4:34:29For there rose a deluge wave of inward tears, the springs of weeping were set loose, the
3360. 4:34:29–4:34:34buds of wailing came forth, the peaks of sorrow grew lofty and a long line of madness
3361. 4:34:34–4:34:40was begun. And so, as she thus told her own tale, she seemed again to taste the bitterness
3362. 4:34:40–4:34:47of that former plight, so cruel, and so hardly endured, and a swoon bereft her of sense.
3363. 4:34:47–4:34:52In the force of her swoon she fell on the rock, and Candrapida hastily stretched out
3364. 4:34:52–4:34:57his hand, like her servant, and supported her, full of sorrow. At length he brought her
3365. 4:34:57–4:35:00back to consciousness by fanning her with a little bit of a little bit of a little
3366. 4:35:00–4:35:30विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विमर्शक विमर्शक विमर्शक विमर्शक
3367. 4:35:30–4:35:34as if we ourselves were living through it. Thou wilt not therefore surely place on the
3368. 4:35:34–4:35:41fire of grief that life so precious and so hardly preserved. Thus addressed, with a long,
3369. 4:35:41–4:35:47hot sigh and eyes dissolved in tears, she despairingly replied, Prince, even in that dreadful night
3370. 4:35:47–4:35:53my hated life did not desert me, it is not likely that it will leave me now. Even blessed
3371. 4:35:53–4:35:57death turns away his eyes from one so ill-fated and wicked.
3372. 4:35:57–4:36:05could one so hard-hearted feel grief. All this can be but feigned in a nature so vile. But
3373. 4:36:05–4:36:10be that as it may, that shameless heart has made me chief among the shameless. For to
3374. 4:36:10–4:36:15one so adamant in as to have seen love in all his power, and yet to have lived through
3375. 4:36:15–4:36:20this, what can mere speaking of it matter? Or what could there be harder to tell than
3376. 4:36:20–4:36:25this very thing, which is supposed to be impossible to hear or say? I will at least
3377. 4:36:25–4:36:30Just briefly tell the marvel that followed on that thunderbolt, and I will tell, too,
3378. 4:36:30–4:36:35what came as a tiny dim cause of my prolonging my life, which by its mirage so deludes me
3379. 4:36:35–4:36:41that I bear about a hated body, almost dead, alien to me, burdensome, unfitted to my needs,
3380. 4:36:41–4:36:44and thankless for my care.
3381. 4:36:44–4:36:46That shall suffice.
3382. 4:36:46–4:36:51Afterwards, in a sudden change of feeling, with resolve firmly set on death, lamenting
3383. 4:36:51–4:36:58Literally, I cried to Turalica, rise, cruel-hearted girl, how long wilt thou weep?
3384. 4:36:58–4:37:01Bring together wood and make a pile.
3385. 4:37:01–4:37:04I will follow the Lord of my life.
3386. 4:37:04–4:37:09Straight way of being swiftly left the moon's orb and descended from the sky.
3387. 4:37:09–4:37:14Behind him he trailed a silk investor hanging from his crest, white as the foam of nectar,
3388. 4:37:14–4:37:17and waving in the wind, his cheeks were reddened with the bright gems that swayed
3389. 4:37:17–4:37:22in his ears, on his breast he bore a radiant necklace, from the size of its pearls like
3390. 4:37:22–4:37:28a cluster of stars, his turban was tied with strips of white silk, his head was thick with
3391. 4:37:28–4:37:33curling locks and dark as bees, his earring was an open moon lotus, on his shoulder was
3392. 4:37:33–4:37:39the impress of the saffron lines that adorned his wives. He was white as a moon lotus,
3393. 4:37:39–4:37:45lofty in stature, endowed with all the marks of greatness, and godlike in form,
3394. 4:37:45–4:37:49He seemed to purify space by the light shed round him clear as pure water, and to anoint
3395. 4:37:49–4:37:54it as by a thick frost with a dewy ambrosial shower that created a chill as he shed it
3396. 4:37:54–4:37:59from his limbs, cool and fragrant, and to besprinkle it with a rich store of Gosirshah
3397. 4:37:59–4:38:02sandal juice, double quotes.
3398. 4:38:02–4:38:06With arms sturdy as the trunk of Aravada, and fingers wide as lotus fibers and cool
3399. 4:38:06–4:38:12to the touch, he lifted my dead lord, and, in a voice deep as a drum, he said to
3400. 4:38:12–4:38:19me, Mahakvita, my child, thou must not die, for thou shalt again be united with him.
3401. 4:38:19–4:38:24And with these words, tender as a father's, he flew into the sky with ponderica, double
3402. 4:38:24–4:38:26quotes.
3403. 4:38:26–4:38:31But this sudden event filled me with fear, dismay, and eager anxiety, and with a praised face
3404. 4:38:31–4:38:34I asked Kapunjala what it might mean.
3405. 4:38:34–4:38:41He, however, started up hastily without replying, and with the cry, monster, with her goest
3406. 4:38:41–4:38:46thou with my friend, with uplifted eyes and sudden wrath he hastily gird up his loins,
3407. 4:38:46–4:38:51and following him in his flight, in hot pursuit he rose into the sky, and while I yet gazed
3408. 4:38:51–4:38:54they all entered amongst the stars.
3409. 4:38:54–4:38:58But the departure of Copangala was to me like a second death of my beloved, and it
3410. 4:38:58–4:39:02redoubled my grief, so that my heart was rent asunder.
3411. 4:39:02–4:39:08Bewildered what to do, I cried to Terallica, Noesth thou not?
3412. 4:39:08–4:39:10Tell me what this means.
3413. 4:39:10–4:39:15But she, with all a woman's timidity at the sight, was at that very moment trembling in
3414. 4:39:15–4:39:20all her limbs, overcome by a fear stronger than her grief, and was frightened, moreover,
3415. 4:39:20–4:39:26by the dread of my death, and so with downcast heart she piteously replied, Princess, wretch
3416. 4:39:26–4:39:29that I am, I know not.
3417. 4:39:29–4:39:31Yet this is a great miracle.
3418. 4:39:31–4:39:36The man is of no mortal mold, and thou wert pideingly comforted by him in his flight
3419. 4:39:36–4:39:38as by a father.
3420. 4:39:38–4:39:43Such godlike beings are not wont to deceive us, even in sleep, much less face to face,
3421. 4:39:43–4:39:48and when I think it over I cannot see the least cause for his speaking.
3422. 4:39:48–4:39:49Falsely.
3423. 4:39:49–4:39:55It is meat, therefore, that thou shouldst weigh it, and restrain thy longing for death.
3424. 4:39:55–4:40:00In thy presence stated is in truth a great ground for comfort.
3425. 4:40:00–4:40:04विचार-विमर्शक रेक। विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3426. 4:40:04–4:40:08विचार-विमर्शक रेक। विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3427. 4:40:08–4:40:12विचार-विमर्शक रेक। विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3428. 4:40:12–4:40:16विचार-विमर्शक रेक। विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3429. 4:40:16–4:40:20that exceeds thought, then thou canst devote thyself either to life or death.
3430. 4:40:21–4:40:28For when death is resolved upon, it is easy to compass. But this can wait, for Copangala,
3431. 4:40:28–4:40:33if he lives, will certainly not rest without seeing thee, therefore let thy life be preserved
3432. 4:40:33–4:40:41till his return. Thus saying, she fell at my feet. And I, from the thirst for life that mortals
3433. 4:40:41–4:40:46find so hard to overcome, and from the weakness of woman's nature, and from the illusion his
3434. 4:40:46–4:40:51words had created, and from my anxiety for Kapunjala's return, thought that that plan
3435. 4:40:51–4:40:54was best for the time, and did not die.
3436. 4:40:54–4:40:57For what will not hope achieve?
3437. 4:40:57–4:41:01That night I spent in Turalica's company on the bank of the lake.
3438. 4:41:01–4:41:06To my wretchedness it was like a night of doom, drawn out to a thousand years, all torment,
3439. 4:41:06–4:41:10all grief, all hell, all fire.
3440. 4:41:10–4:41:15was rooted out, and I tossed on the ground, my face was hidden by the loosen and disheveled
3441. 4:41:15–4:41:20tresses that clung to my cheeks, wet with tears and gray with dust, and my throat was weak,
3442. 4:41:20–4:41:25for my voice failed, broken with piteous weeping, double quotes.
3443. 4:41:25–4:41:31At dawn I arose and bathed in the lake, and having formed my resolve, I took, for love
3444. 4:41:31–4:41:36of Ponderica, his pitcher and his barked garments and his rosary, for I clearly knew the
3445. 4:41:36–4:41:38worthlessness of the world.
3446. 4:41:38–4:41:43I perceived my own lack of merit, I pictured to myself the remedyless cruelty of the blows
3447. 4:41:43–4:41:49of fate, I pondered the inevitableness of grief, I beheld the harshness of destiny, I meditated
3448. 4:41:49–4:41:55the course of love, rich and sorrow, I learnt the inconstancy of earthly things, I considered
3449. 4:41:55–4:41:58the frailness of all joys.
3450. 4:41:58–4:42:03Father and mother were disregarded, kinsfolk and followers abandoned, the joys of earth
3451. 4:42:03–4:42:07were banished from my mind, the senses held in firm restraint.
3452. 4:42:07–4:42:12I took the ascetic vow and sought the protection of Siva, Lord of the three worlds and helper
3453. 4:42:12–4:42:14of the helpless.
3454. 4:42:14–4:42:21Next day my father came, having somehow learnt my story, bringing with him my mother and kinsfolk.
3455. 4:42:21–4:42:27Long he wept and strove with all his might and by every means backslash, prayers, admonitions,
3456. 4:42:27–4:42:32and tender words of every kind backslash, to lead me home.
3457. 4:42:32–4:42:35And when he understood my firm resolve and knew that I could not be turned from that
3458. 4:42:35–4:42:41infatuation, he could not, even though without hope, part with his love for his child, and
3459. 4:42:41–4:42:47though I often bade him go, he stayed for some days, and went home at length full of grief,
3460. 4:42:47–4:42:50and with his heart hot within him, double quotes.
3461. 4:42:50–4:42:55After his going, it was only by empty tears that I could show my gratitude to my Lord,
3462. 4:42:55–4:43:01by many appennance I wasted my hated body, worn away by love of him, rich and ill, devoid
3463. 4:43:01–4:43:06of shame, illomant, and the home of a thousand tortures of grief, I lived but on water and
3464. 4:43:06–4:43:11the roots and fruits of the wood, under the guise of telling my beads I counted his virtues,
3465. 4:43:11–4:43:16thrice a day I bathed in the lake, I daily worshipped Siva, and in this cell I dwelt with
3466. 4:43:16–4:43:25Turalica, tasting the bitterness of a long grief. Such am I, evil, illomant, shameless,
3467. 4:43:25–4:43:33cruel, cold, murderous, contemptible, useless, fruitless, helpless, and joyless.
3468. 4:43:33–4:43:38Why should one so noble as Thou dain to look on or speak with me, the doer of that monstrous
3469. 4:43:38–4:43:41crime, the slaughter of a brahmin?
3470. 4:43:41–4:43:46Thus saying, she covered her face with the white edge of her bark garment, as if veiling
3471. 4:43:46–4:43:50the moon with a fleck of autumn cloud, and, unable to quell the irresistible torrent
3472. 4:43:50–4:43:56of her tears, she gave way to her sobs, and began to weep loud and long.
3473. 4:43:56–4:44:01From the very first Kendrapada had been filled with reverence by her beauty, modesty, and
3474. 4:44:01–4:44:07courtesy, by the charm of her speech, her unselfishness and her austerity, and by her
3475. 4:44:07–4:44:11serenity, humility, dignity, and purity.
3476. 4:44:11–4:44:17But now he was carried away both by the story of her life, which showed her noble character,
3477. 4:44:17–4:44:21by her devoted spirit, and a fresh tenderness arose in him.
3478. 4:44:21–4:44:26With softened heart he gently said, Lady, those may weep who fear pain, and are devoid
3479. 4:44:26–4:44:32of gratitude, and love pleasure, for they are unable to do anything worthy of love, and
3480. 4:44:32–4:44:35show their affection merely by vain tears.
3481. 4:44:35–4:44:42But thou who hast done all rightly, what duty of love hast thou left undone, that thou weepest?
3482. 4:44:42–4:44:47For Ponderica's sake, thy kinsfolk who from thy birth have been around thee, dear as they
3483. 4:44:47–4:44:51were, have been forsaken as if they were strangers.
3484. 4:44:51–4:44:56Birthly pleasures, though at thy feet, have been despised and reckoned like his grass.
3485. 4:44:56–4:44:59The joys of power, though their riches excelled the empire,
3486. 4:45:00–4:45:30विंद्र, अब भिन रेजाण। ताइ फोर्म अजिएड़ाद बज़ाद प्श्विश्विमर्शक नाटक विचार-विमर्शक नाटक विचार-विमर्शक नाटक विचार-विमर्शक नाटक विचार-विमर्शक नाटक विचार-विमर्शक नाटक विचार-विमर्शक ना
3487. 4:45:30–4:45:37to death is most vain. It is a path followed by the ignorant. It is a mere freak of madness,
3488. 4:45:37–4:45:43a path of ignorance, an enterprise of recklessness, a view of baseness, a sign of utter thoughtlessness,
3489. 4:45:43–4:45:49and a blunder of folly, that one should resign life on the death of father, brother, friend,
3490. 4:45:49–4:45:56or husband. If life leaves us not of itself, we must not resign it. For this leaving of
3491. 4:45:56–4:46:01life, if we examine it, is merely for our own interest, because we cannot bear our own cureless
3492. 4:46:01–4:46:08pain. To the dead man it brings no good whatever. For it is no means of bringing him back to
3493. 4:46:08–4:46:14life, or heaping up merit, or gaining heaven for him, or saving him from hell, or seeing
3494. 4:46:14–4:46:20him again, or being reunited with him. For he is led helplessly, irresistibly to another
3495. 4:46:20–4:46:25steak meat for the fruits of his own deeds. And yet he shares in the guilt of the friend
3496. 4:46:25–4:46:31who has killed himself. But a man who lives on can help greatly, by offerings of water
3497. 4:46:31–4:46:37and the like, both the dead man and himself, but by dying he helps neither.
3498. 4:46:37–4:46:42Remember how Rithi, the soul and beloved wife of love, when her noble husband, who won the
3499. 4:46:42–4:46:48hearts of all women, was burnt up by the fire of Siva, yet did not yield her life,
3500. 4:46:48–4:46:53and remember also Kuthi, of the race of Rishni, daughter of Surasena, for her lord
3501. 4:46:53–4:46:57was panda the wise, his seat was perfumed by the flowers and the crests of all the kings
3502. 4:46:57–4:47:02whom he had conquered without an effort, and he received the tribute of the whole earth,
3503. 4:47:02–4:47:08and yet when he was consumed by Kindama's curse she still remained alive.
3504. 4:47:08–4:47:14Uthara II, the young daughter of Varada, on the death of Abhimanyu, gentle and heroic,
3505. 4:47:14–4:47:18and joyful to the eyes as the young moon, yet lived on.
3506. 4:47:18–4:47:24And Akalia, too, daughter of Driter Astra, tenderly cared for by her hundred brothers,
3507. 4:47:24–4:47:29when Jayadratha, king of Sindhu, was slain by Arjuna, fair as he was and great as he
3508. 4:47:29–4:47:34had become by Sivas gift, yet made no resignation of her life.
3509. 4:47:34–4:47:41And others are told of by thousands, daughters of rauchesses, gods, demons, ascetics, mortals,
3510. 4:47:41–4:47:46Siddhas and Gandharvas, who when bereft of their husbands yet preserved their lives.
3511. 4:47:46–4:47:51Still, where reunion is doubtful, life might be yielded.
3512. 4:47:51–4:47:56But for thee, thou hast heard from that great being a promise of reunion.
3513. 4:47:56–4:48:00What doubt can there be in a matter of thine own experience, and how could falsehood find
3514. 4:48:00–4:48:06a place in the words of such noble truth-speaking saints, even when there might be greater cause?
3515. 4:48:06–4:48:10And what union could there be between the dead and the living?
3516. 4:48:10–4:48:14Therefore of a surety that wondrous being was filled with pity and carried away ponderica
3517. 4:48:14–4:48:20to heaven solely to bring him back to life. For the power of great men transcends thought.
3518. 4:48:21–4:48:29Life has many aspects. Destiny is manifold. Those skilled in penance are fitted for wondrous miracles.
3519. 4:48:30–4:48:37Many are the forms of power gained by previous actions. Moreover, however subtly we may consider
3520. 4:48:37–4:48:42the matter, what other cause can we imagine for pondericas being taken away, but the gift of
3521. 4:48:42–4:48:51fresh life. And this, thou must know, is not impossible. It is a path often trodden. For
3522. 4:48:51–4:48:56Pramodvara, daughter of Vikvavesu, king of the Gandharvas in Manaka, lost her life through
3523. 4:48:56–4:49:01a poisonous snake at the hermitage of Stolikika, and the young ascetic Ruru, son of Pramodhi
3524. 4:49:01–4:49:07and grandson of the Brighus Ayavana, provided her with half his own life. And when Arjuna
3525. 4:49:07–4:49:12Krishna was following the Akvamita steed, he was pierced in the van of the battle by an
3526. 4:49:12–4:49:18arrow from his own son Babruvahana, and a Nagamaden, a lupa, brought him back to life.
3527. 4:49:18–4:49:24When Parikshit, Abhimanyu's son, was consumed by Akvathama's fiery dart, though he had already
3528. 4:49:24–4:49:31died at birth, Krishna, filled with pity by Utharaslamenth, restored his precious life.
3529. 4:49:31–4:49:35Anetaj Jayani, he whose steps are honored by the three worlds, carried off from the
3530. 4:49:35–4:49:42city of death the son of Sanda Pani the Brahman and brought him back. And in thy case, too,
3531. 4:49:42–4:49:48the same will somehow come to pass. For by thy present grief, what is affected or what
3532. 4:49:48–4:49:56one? Fate is all-powerful. Destiny is strong. We cannot even draw a breath at our own
3533. 4:49:56–4:50:00will. The freaks of that accursed and most harsh destiny
3534. 4:50:00–4:50:30नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप नाटक आप ना
3535. 4:50:30–4:50:36drunker misfortune. With such gentle and soothing words he consoled her, and made her, albeit
3536. 4:50:36–4:50:42reluctantly, bathe her face with water brought in his joined hands from the cascade. Straightway
3537. 4:50:42–4:50:47the sun began to sink, as if he were leaving the day's duties from grief at hearing Mahakvita's
3538. 4:50:47–4:50:53story. Then day faded away, the sun hung shining red as the pollen of a cluster of Priyangu
3539. 4:50:53–4:50:58in full blossom, the quarters of space were losing the glow of sunset soft as silk died
3540. 4:50:58–4:51:04in the juice of many lotuses, the sky was tinged with red, glowing like the pupils of a partridge,
3541. 4:51:04–4:51:10while its blue was hidden, twilight was reddening and lighting up the earth, tawny as a pigeon's
3542. 4:51:10–4:51:15eye, the clusters of stars shone forth, vying with each other, the darkness of night was
3543. 4:51:15–4:51:20deepening into black and stealing away. The broad path of the stars with its form
3544. 4:51:20–4:51:25dark as a forest buffalo, the woodland avenues seemed massed together as their green was
3545. 4:51:25–4:51:31hidden by deep gloom, the wind wandered cool by night due, with its path tracked by the
3546. 4:51:31–4:51:36perfume of the wild flowers as it stirred the tangle of trees and creepers, and when night
3547. 4:51:36–4:51:42had its birds all still and sleep Mahakvita slowly rose, and saying her evening prayers,
3548. 4:51:42–4:51:46washed her feet with water from the pitcher and sat down with a hot, sorrowful sigh on
3549. 4:51:46–4:51:48her bark.
3550. 4:51:48–4:51:49Couch
3551. 4:51:49–4:51:55Kendrapida, too, rose and poured a libation of water strewn with flowers, said his evening
3552. 4:51:55–4:52:00prayer, and made a couch on the other rock with soft creeper boughs.
3553. 4:52:00–4:52:04As he rested upon it he went over Mahakvita's story again in his mind.
3554. 4:52:04–4:52:10This evil love, thought he, has a power hard alike to cure and to endure.
3555. 4:52:10–4:52:15For even great men, when overcome by him, regard not the course of time, but suddenly
3556. 4:52:15–4:52:19lose all courage and surrender life.
3557. 4:52:19–4:52:24Yet all hail to love, whose rule is honored throughout the three worlds.
3558. 4:52:24–4:52:29And again he asked her, She that was thy handmaiden, thy friend in the resolve to dwell in the
3559. 4:52:29–4:52:34woods, and the sharer of the ascetic vow taken in thy sorrow-backslash, Turalika, where is
3560. 4:52:34–4:52:35she?
3561. 4:52:35–4:52:40Noble Sir, she replied, From the race of apse races sprung from ambrosia of which
3562. 4:52:40–4:52:46I told you, there was born a feride daughter named Madeira, who married King Satreitha,
3563. 4:52:46–4:52:51the king whose footstool was formed of the buds and the crests of all the Gandharvas.
3564. 4:52:51–4:52:56Charmed by her countless virtues, he showed his favor by giving her the title of chief
3565. 4:52:56–4:53:02queen, bearing with it cowry, scepter, and umbrella, marked by a golden throne, and placing
3566. 4:53:02–4:53:07all the Zenana below her backslash, a woman's rarest glory.
3567. 4:53:07–4:53:11And as they pursued together the joys of youth in their utter devotion to each other,
3568. 4:53:11–4:53:16A priceless daughter was in due time born to them, by name Kadambari, most wondrous, the
3569. 4:53:16–4:53:22very life of her parents, and of the whole Gandharv race, and even of all living beings.
3570. 4:53:22–4:53:27From her birth she was the friend of my childhood, and shared with me seat, couch, meat and
3571. 4:53:27–4:53:33drink, on her my deepest love was set, and she was the home of all my confidence, and
3572. 4:53:33–4:53:35like my other heart.
3573. 4:53:35–4:53:39Together we learned to dance and sing, and our childhood passed away free from restraint
3574. 4:53:39–4:53:45in the sports that belong to it. From sorrow at my unhappy story she made a resolve that
3575. 4:53:45–4:53:49she would in no wise accept a husband while I was still in grief, and before her girlfriend
3576. 4:53:49–4:53:55she took an oath, saying, If my father shouldn't any wise or at any time wish to marry me against
3577. 4:53:55–4:54:02my will and by force, I will end my life by hunger, fire, cord, or poison.
3578. 4:54:02–4:54:06Satreretha himself heard all the resolution of his daughter, spoken of positively in the
3579. 4:54:06–4:54:11repeated gossip of her attendance, and as time went on, seeing that she was growing to full
3580. 4:54:11–4:54:17youth, he became prey to great vexation, and for a time took pleasure in nothing, and yet,
3581. 4:54:17–4:54:22as she was his only child and he dearly loved her, he could say nothing to her, though he
3582. 4:54:22–4:54:25saw no other resource.
3583. 4:54:25–4:54:29But as he deemed the time now ripe, he considered the matter with Queen Madeira, and sent the
3584. 4:54:29–4:54:34herald Charoda to me at early dawn with the message, Dear Mahakvita, our hearts were
3585. 4:54:34–4:54:40already burnt up by thy sad fate, and now this new thing has come upon us.
3586. 4:54:40–4:54:43To thee we look to win back Kadambari.
3587. 4:54:43–4:54:48Thereupon, in reverence to the words of one so respected, and in love to my friend, I
3588. 4:54:48–4:54:53sent Terallika with Ksharota to bid Kadambari not add grief to one already sad enough, for
3589. 4:54:53–4:54:58if she wished me to live she must fulfill her father's words, and ere Terallika had
3590. 4:54:58–4:55:00been long gone, thou, nitha.
3591. 4:55:00–4:55:30नोबल स्वर, केमस तो दिस्वाप। तो शावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावा
3592. 4:55:30–4:55:34sleep, and quietly lay down himself on his leafy couch and fell asleep while thinking
3593. 4:55:34–4:55:39what Vaikampayana and sorrowing Patralaka and his princely compiers would then be imagining
3594. 4:55:39–4:55:44about him. Then at dawn, when Mahakvita had honored the twilight and was murmuring the
3595. 4:55:44–4:55:49Agamarshana, and Kendrapada had said his morning prayer, Turallaka was seen coming with a
3596. 4:55:49–4:55:56gondar of boy named Kiyuraka. As she drew near, she looked long at Kendrapada, wondering
3597. 4:55:56–4:56:02who he might be, and approaching Mahakvita, she bowed low and sat respectfully by her.
3598. 4:56:02–4:56:08Then Kayuraka, with head low bent even from afar, took his place on a rock some way off,
3599. 4:56:08–4:56:12assigned to him by a glance from Mahakvita, and was filled with wonder at the sight of
3600. 4:56:12–4:56:18Kendrapada's marvelous beauty, rare, mocking that of God's, demon's, gondarves, and
3601. 4:56:18–4:56:22vidyat-haras, and surpassing even the God of love.
3602. 4:56:22–4:56:27When she had finished her prayers, Mahakvita asked Terallika, Didst thou see my dear Kadambari
3603. 4:56:27–4:56:29well?
3604. 4:56:29–4:56:31And will she do as I said?
3605. 4:56:31–4:56:37Princess, said Terallika, in a very sweet voice, with head respectfully inclined, I
3606. 4:56:37–4:56:42saw Princess Kadambari well in all respects, and told her all thine advice, and what
3607. 4:56:42–4:56:46was her reply, when with a continuous stream of thick tears she had heard it, that her
3608. 4:56:46–4:56:51Her loot player Kayurika, whom she has sent, shall tell thee, and as she ceased Kayurika
3609. 4:56:51–4:56:58said, Princess Mahakvita, my lady Kadambari, with a close embrace, sends this message, is
3610. 4:56:58–4:57:04this, that Terallika has been sent to tell me, said to please my parents or to test my
3611. 4:57:04–4:57:10feelings or to subtly reproach me for my crime and dwelling at home, or is it a desire
3612. 4:57:10–4:57:17to break our friendship, or a device to desert one who loves her, or is it simply anger?
3613. 4:57:17–4:57:21Thou knowest that my heart overflows with a love that wasn't born in me.
3614. 4:57:21–4:57:24How would Thou not ashamed to send so cruel a message?
3615. 4:57:24–4:57:30Thou, erst so soft of speech, from whom hast Thou learned to speak unkindness and utter
3616. 4:57:30–4:57:32reproach?
3617. 4:57:32–4:57:36Who in his senses would, even if happy, make up his mind to undertake even a slight
3618. 4:57:36–4:57:39matter that would end in pain?
3619. 4:57:39–4:57:44How much less one like me, whose heart is struck down by deep grief?
3620. 4:57:44–4:57:49For in a heart worn by a friend's sorrow, what hope is there of joy, what contentment,
3621. 4:57:49–4:57:52what pleasures, or what mirth?
3622. 4:57:52–4:57:58How should I fulfill the desire of love, poisonous, pitiless, unkind, who has brought my dear
3623. 4:57:58–4:58:00friend to so sad a plight?
3624. 4:58:00–4:58:05Even the hen-cock-ra-vaka, when the lotus beds are widowed by the sun setting, renounces
3625. 4:58:05–4:58:10from the friendship that arises from dwelling among them, the joys of union with her Lord,
3626. 4:58:10–4:58:14how much more, then, should women?
3627. 4:58:14–4:58:18While my friend dwells day and night sorrowing for the loss of her Lord and avoiding the sight
3628. 4:58:18–4:58:21of mankind, how could anyone else enter my heart?
3629. 4:58:21–4:58:25And while my friend in her sorrow tortures herself with penances and suffers great pain,
3630. 4:58:25–4:58:30how could I think so lightly of that as to seek my own happiness and accept a husband,
3631. 4:58:30–4:58:33or how could any happiness befall me?
3632. 4:58:33–4:58:37from love of thee I have in this matter accepted disgrace by embracing an independent life
3633. 4:58:37–4:58:44contrary to the wound of maidens. I have despised noble breeding, transgressed my parents' commands,
3634. 4:58:44–4:58:50said it not the gossip of mankind, thrown away modesty, but women's inborn grace, how,
3635. 4:58:50–4:58:56tell me, should such a one go back? Therefore I salute thee, I bow before thee, I embrace
3636. 4:58:56–4:59:03thy feet, be gracious to me. As thou hast gone hence into the forest, taking my life
3637. 4:59:03–4:59:08with thee, make not this request in thy mind, even in a dream."
3638. 4:59:08–4:59:14Thus having said, he became silent, and Mahakvita thought long, and then dismissed Kaurika,
3639. 4:59:14–4:59:18saying, Do thou depart, I will go to her and do what is fitting.
3640. 4:59:18–4:59:23On his departure she said to Kendrapada, Prince, Hemakuta is pleasant and the royal
3641. 4:59:23–4:59:29city of Satreratha marvelous, the Kanara country is curious, the Gondar of world beautiful,
3642. 4:59:29–4:59:32and Kadambari is noble and generous of heart.
3643. 4:59:32–4:59:37If thou deemest not the journey too tedious, if no serious business is hindered, if thy
3644. 4:59:37–4:59:43mind is curious to behold rare sights, if thou art encouraged by my words, if the sight of
3645. 4:59:43–4:59:48wonders gives thee joy, if thou wilt deign to grant my request, if thou thinkest me worthy
3646. 4:59:48–4:59:53of not being denied, if any friendship has grown up between us, or if I am deserving
3647. 4:59:53–4:59:58of thy favor, then thou canst not disdain to fulfill this prayer.
3648. 4:59:58–4:59:59How can'ts go hence with me?
3649. 5:00:00–5:00:04आप विचार-विमर्शक रेक। आप विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3650. 5:00:04–5:00:06विचार-विमर्शक रेक। आप विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3651. 5:00:06–5:00:08विचार-विमर्शक रेक। आप विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3652. 5:00:08–5:00:10विचार-विमर्शक रेक। आप विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3653. 5:00:10–5:00:16and return hither the next morn. For by the sight of Thy kindness so freely given, my grief has
3654. 5:00:16–5:00:22become bearable, since I have told thee my story, breathed out as it was from a heart long overwhelmed
3655. 5:00:22–5:00:27with the darkness of grief. For the presence of the good gives joy even to those who are sad at
3656. 5:00:27–5:00:32heart, and a virtue springs from such as Thou art that holy tends to make others happy.
3657. 5:00:32–5:00:38Lady, replied Candrapada, from the first moment of seeing thee I have been devoted to Thy service.
3658. 5:00:38–5:00:45Let thy will be imposed without hesitation, so saying, he started in her company.
3659. 5:00:45–5:00:50In due time he reached Himakuta, the royal city of the Gondarves, and passing through
3660. 5:00:50–5:00:55the seven inner courts with their golden arches, the prince approached the door of the maiden's
3661. 5:00:55–5:00:56dwelling.
3662. 5:00:56–5:01:01Escorted by porters, who ran forward at the side of Mahakvita, bowing while yet far
3663. 5:01:01–5:01:06off, and holding their golden staves, he entered and beheld the inside of the maiden's
3664. 5:01:06–5:01:07palace.
3665. 5:01:07–5:01:12It seemed a new woman's world, consisting wholly of women in countless numbers, as if the
3666. 5:01:12–5:01:17woman kind of the three worlds had been gathered together to make such a total, or it might
3667. 5:01:17–5:01:22be a fresh manless creation, a yet unborn continent of girls, of fifth women's.
3668. 5:01:22–5:01:28Era, a fresh race created by Prajapati out of hatred for men, or a treasury of women
3669. 5:01:28–5:01:31prepared for the making of many yugas.
3670. 5:01:31–5:01:36The wave of girlish beauty which surrounded it on all sides, which flooded space,
3671. 5:01:36–5:01:42nectar on the day, rain splendor on the interstices of the world, and Shul Mustris as an emerald,
3672. 5:01:42–5:01:48made the place all aglow as if with thousands of moons. It seemed modeled in moonlight,
3673. 5:01:48–5:01:53jewels made another sky, service was done by bright glances, every part was made for youthful
3674. 5:01:53–5:01:59pleasures, here was an assemblage for wreath-y sports, a material for love's practice, here
3675. 5:01:59–5:02:06the entrance of all was made. Smooth by love, here all was affection, beauty, the supreme deity
3676. 5:02:06–5:02:13of passion, the arrows of love, here all was wonder, marvel, and tenderness of youth.
3677. 5:02:13–5:02:17When he had gone a little way in he heard the pleasant talk of the maidens round Kadambari
3678. 5:02:17–5:02:20as they wandered hither and thither.
3679. 5:02:20–5:02:24Such as, Lavalika, decked the Lavali trenches with Kitaki pollen.
3680. 5:02:24–5:02:29Sakraka, sprinkled jewel dust in the tanks of scented water.
3681. 5:02:29–5:02:34Murnalaka, inlay with saffron dust the pairs of toy cockavocas in the artificial lotus
3682. 5:02:34–5:02:36beds.
3683. 5:02:36–5:02:40Makarika, sent the potpourri with camphor juice.
3684. 5:02:40–5:02:45Rajanaka, placed jeweled lamps in the dark tamala avenues.
3685. 5:02:45–5:02:50Kamutika, cover the pomegranates with pearly nets to keep off the birds.
3686. 5:02:50–5:02:55Nipinaka, draw saffron lines on the breasts of the jeweled dolls.
3687. 5:02:55–5:03:00Ut Palika, sweep with golden brooms the emerald arbor in the plain-tane house.
3688. 5:03:00–5:03:05Khazarika, sprinkle with wine the houses of buckle flowers.
3689. 5:03:05–5:03:10Malatika, redden with red lead the ivory roof of Kama shrine.
3690. 5:03:10–5:03:14Nalinika, give the tane Callahems his lotus honey to drink.
3691. 5:03:14–5:03:18Cadalika, take the tane peacocks to the shower bath.
3692. 5:03:18–5:03:24Kamalinika, give some sap from the lotus fibers to the young Kakhravakas.
3693. 5:03:24–5:03:28Cutilatica give the caged pigeons their meal of mango buds.
3694. 5:03:28–5:03:34Palavica distribute to the tame Heratola pigeons some topmost leaves of the pepper tree.
3695. 5:03:34–5:03:40Lavangica throw some pieces of pipoli leaves into the partridge's cages.
3696. 5:03:40–5:03:43Madhukarica make some flowery ornaments.
3697. 5:03:43–5:03:48Mayurica dismiss the pairs of canaras in the singing room.
3698. 5:03:48–5:03:53Kendalica bring up the pairs of partridges to the top of the playing hill.
3699. 5:03:53–5:03:57Horinica, give the caged parrots and manas their lesson.
3700. 5:03:57–5:04:02Then he beheld Kadambari herself in the midst of her pavilion encircled by a bevy of maiden
3701. 5:04:02–5:04:07sitting by her, whose glittering gems made them like a cluster of culpa trees.
3702. 5:04:07–5:04:12She was resting on her bent arms, which lay on a white pillow placed on a small couch
3703. 5:04:12–5:04:17covered with blue silk, she was fan by caraberrers, that in the motion of their waving arms
3704. 5:04:17–5:04:22were like swimmers in the white flowing stream of her beauty, as if it covered the earth,
3705. 5:04:22–5:04:26which was only held up by the tusks of Mahavaraha.
3706. 5:04:26–5:04:31And as her reflection fell, she seemed on the jeweled pavement below to be borne away by
3707. 5:04:31–5:04:35serpents, on the walls hard by to be led by the guardians of space, on the roof above
3708. 5:04:35–5:04:41to be cast upwards by the gods, to be received by the pillars into their inmost heart, to
3709. 5:04:41–5:04:45be drunk in by the palace mirrors, to be lifted to the sky by the vidyatthara scattered
3710. 5:04:45–5:04:50in the pavilion, looking down from the roof, to be surrounded by the universe concealed
3711. 5:04:50–5:04:54in the guise of pictures, all thronning together to see.
3712. 5:04:54–5:04:59Her, to be gazed at by the palace itself, which had gained a thousand eyes to behold
3713. 5:04:59–5:04:59her.
3714. 5:05:00–5:05:04तो आजिए आजिए आजिए पीकोख तेले विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3715. 5:05:04–5:05:06विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3716. 5:05:06–5:05:08विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3717. 5:05:08–5:05:10विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3718. 5:05:10–5:05:12विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3719. 5:05:12–5:05:14विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3720. 5:05:14–5:05:16विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
3721. 5:05:16–5:05:22promise, and she seemed to be casting childhood aside like a thane of no worth. Such was Kadambari
3722. 5:05:22–5:05:29as the prince beheld her. Before her was seated Kayuraka, loud in praise of Khandrapada's beauty,
3723. 5:05:29–5:05:36as Kadambari questioned him, saying, Who is he, and what are his parentage, name, appearance, and age?
3724. 5:05:37–5:05:42What did he say, and what didst thou reply? How long didst thou see him?
3725. 5:05:42–5:05:47How has he become so close a friend to Mahakvita?
3726. 5:05:47–5:05:49And why is he coming hither?
3727. 5:05:49–5:05:53Now, on beholding the moon-like.
3728. 5:05:53–5:05:58Beauty of Kadambari's face, the prince's heart was stirred like the tide of ocean.
3729. 5:05:58–5:06:04Why, thought he, did not the Creator make all my senses into sight, or what noble deed
3730. 5:06:04–5:06:07has my eye done that it may look on her unchecked?
3731. 5:06:07–5:06:09Surely it is a wonder.
3732. 5:06:09–5:06:13The Creator has here made a home for every charm.
3733. 5:06:13–5:06:17Whence have the parts of this exceeding beauty been gathered?
3734. 5:06:17–5:06:21Surely from the tears that fell from the Creator's eyes and the labor of thought, as He gently
3735. 5:06:21–5:06:27molded her with His hands, all the lotuses in the world have their birth.
3736. 5:06:27–5:06:31And as He thus thought His eye met hers, and she, thinking, this is He of whom
3737. 5:06:31–5:06:36Kayurika spoke, let her glance, widened by wonder of His exceeding beauty, dwell
3738. 5:06:36–5:06:39long and quietly on Him.
3739. 5:06:39–5:06:44by the sight of Kadambari, yet illumined by the brightness of her gaze, he stood for a
3740. 5:06:44–5:06:50moment like a rock, while at the sight of him a thrill rose in Kadambari, her jewels clashed,
3741. 5:06:50–5:06:52and she half rose.
3742. 5:06:52–5:06:57Then love caused a glow, but the excuse was the effort of hastily rising, trembling hindered
3743. 5:06:57–5:07:03her steps backslash, the hances around, drawn by the sound of the anklets, got the blame,
3744. 5:07:03–5:07:07the heaving of a sigh stirred her robe backslash, it was thought due to the wind of the
3745. 5:07:07–5:07:12stories. Her hand fell on her heart, as if to touch can drape it as image that had entered
3746. 5:07:12–5:07:18in backslash, it pretended to cover her bosom. She let fall tears of joy backslash. The excuse
3747. 5:07:18–5:07:22was the pollen falling from the flowers in her ear.
3748. 5:07:22–5:07:26Shane choked her voice backslash, the swarm of bees hastening to the lotus sweetness of
3749. 5:07:26–5:07:31her mouth was the cause, the pain of the first touch of love's arrow caused a sigh
3750. 5:07:31–5:07:36backslash, the pain of the kataki thorns amidst the flowers shared the guilt, a tremor
3751. 5:07:36–5:07:41Shukur hand backslash, keeping off the fortress who had come with a message was her pretense,
3752. 5:07:41–5:07:47and while love was thus entering into Kadambari, a second love, as it were, arose, who with
3753. 5:07:47–5:07:50her entered the heart of Kendrapada.
3754. 5:07:50–5:07:54For he thought the flash of her jewels but a veil, her entrance into his heart a favor,
3755. 5:07:54–5:08:00the tinkling of her gems a conversation, her capture of all his senses a grace, and contact
3756. 5:08:00–5:08:04with her bright beauty the fulfillment of all his wishes.
3757. 5:08:04–5:08:09Meanwhile Kadambari, advancing with difficulty a few steps, affectionately and with yearning
3758. 5:08:09–5:08:14embraced her friend, who also yearned for the sight of her so long delayed, and Mahakvita
3759. 5:08:14–5:08:19returned her embrace yet more closely, and said, Dear Kadambari, in the land of Bharata
3760. 5:08:19–5:08:25there is a king named Trapada, who wards off all grief from his subjects, and who has
3761. 5:08:25–5:08:30impressed his seal on the four oceans by the edge of the hoofs of his noble steeds, and
3762. 5:08:30–5:08:34This his son, named Candrapada, decked with the orb.
3763. 5:08:34–5:08:40Of earth resting on the support of his own rock-like arms, has, in pursuit of world conquest,
3764. 5:08:40–5:08:45approached this land, and he, from the moment I first beheld him, has instinctively become
3765. 5:08:45–5:08:49my friend, though there was not to make him so, and, though my heart was cold from its
3766. 5:08:49–5:08:54resignation of all ties, yet he has attracted it by the rare and innate nobility of his
3767. 5:08:54–5:08:56character.
3768. 5:08:56–5:09:01For it is rare to find a man of keen mind who is at once true of heart, unselfish in friendship,
3769. 5:09:01–5:09:04and wholly swayed by courtesy.
3770. 5:09:04–5:09:09Wherefore, having beheld him, I brought him hither by force.
3771. 5:09:09–5:09:13For I thought thou should'st behold as I have done a wonder of Brahma's workmanship,
3772. 5:09:13–5:09:18a peerless owner of beauty, a supplanter of Lakshmi, birth's joy in a noble lord, the
3773. 5:09:18–5:09:23surpassing of gods by mortals, the full fruition of woman's eyes, the only meeting place
3774. 5:09:23–5:09:29of all graces, the empire of nobility, and the mirror of courtesy for men. And my dear
3775. 5:09:29–5:09:35friend has often been spoken of to him by me. Therefore dismiss shame on the ground of his
3776. 5:09:35–5:09:41being unseen before, lay aside diffidence as to his being a stranger, cast away suspicion
3777. 5:09:41–5:09:47rising from his character being unknown, and behave to him as to me. He is thy friend,
3778. 5:09:47–5:09:53thy kinsman, and thy servant. At these words of hers can drape it abound low before Kadambari,
3779. 5:09:53–5:10:00and as she glanced sideways at him affectionately there fell from her eyes, with their beautiful pupils turned towards the corner
3780. 5:10:00–5:10:04अछि।
3781. 5:10:30–5:10:34the couch with Mahakvita, and the attendants quickly brought a stool with gold feet and
3782. 5:10:34–5:10:38a covering of white silk, and placed it near.
3783. 5:10:38–5:10:42The couch and khandrapada took his seat thereon.
3784. 5:10:42–5:10:47To please Mahakvita, the Portresses, knowing Kadambari's wishes, and having by a hand
3785. 5:10:47–5:10:52placed on closed lips received in order to stop all sounds, checked on every side the
3786. 5:10:52–5:10:58sound of pipe, lute and song, and the maghada women's cry of, All hail.
3787. 5:10:58–5:11:03When the servants had quickly brought water, Kadambari herself washed Mahakvita's feet
3788. 5:11:03–5:11:08and, drying them with her robe, sat on the couch again, and Madhulika, a friend worthy
3789. 5:11:08–5:11:14of Kadambari, dear as her own life and the home of all her confidence, insisted on washing
3790. 5:11:14–5:11:18Kandrapati's feet, unwilling though he were.
3791. 5:11:18–5:11:22Mahakvita meanwhile asked Kadambari how she was, and lovingly touched with her
3792. 5:11:22–5:11:26hand the corner of her friend's eyes, which shone with the reflective light of her
3793. 5:11:26–5:11:32earrings, she lifted the flowers in Kadambari's ear, all covered with bees, and softly stroked
3794. 5:11:32–5:11:37the coils of her hair, roughened by the wind of the cowries.
3795. 5:11:37–5:11:42And Kadambari, ashamed, from love to her friend, of her own well-being, as though feeling that
3796. 5:11:42–5:11:47in still dwelling at home she had committed a crime, said with an effort that all was
3797. 5:11:47–5:11:48well with her.
3798. 5:11:48–5:11:53Then, though filled with grief and intent on gazing at Mahakvita's face, yet her
3799. 5:11:53–5:11:59eye, with its pupil dark and quivering as it looked out sideways, was, under the influence
3800. 5:11:59–5:12:04of love, with bow fully bent, irresistibly drawn by Kendrapeda's face, and she could
3801. 5:12:04–5:12:06not turn it away.
3802. 5:12:06–5:12:10At that same moment she felt jealousy of his being pictured on the cheek of her friend
3803. 5:12:10–5:12:15standing near backslash, the pain of absence as his reflection faded away on her own
3804. 5:12:15–5:12:19breast, pierced by a thrill backslash, the anger of a rival wife as the image of the
3805. 5:12:19–5:12:25statues fell on him backslash, the sorrow of despair as he closed his eyes, and blindness
3806. 5:12:25–5:12:29as his image was veiled by tears of joy.
3807. 5:12:29–5:12:33At the end of a moment Mahakvita said to Kadambari as she was intent on giving Beatle,
3808. 5:12:33–5:12:38Dear Kadambari, the moment has approached for us to show honor to our newly arrived
3809. 5:12:38–5:12:41guest, Kendrapada.
3810. 5:12:41–5:12:43Therefore give him some.
3811. 5:12:43–5:12:48But averting her bent face, Kadambari replied slowly and indistinctly, Dear friend, I
3812. 5:12:48–5:12:52I am ashamed to do so, for I do not know him.
3813. 5:12:52–5:12:57Do thou take it, for thou canst without the forwardness there would be in me, and give
3814. 5:12:57–5:13:02it him, and it was only after many persuasions, that with difficulty, and like a village maiden,
3815. 5:13:02–5:13:05she resolved to give it.
3816. 5:13:05–5:13:10Her eyes were never drawn for Mahak Vita's face, her limbs trembled, her glance wavered,
3817. 5:13:10–5:13:15she sighed deeply, she was stunned by love with his shaft, and she seemed to pray to
3818. 5:13:15–5:13:19terror as she stretched forth her hand, holding the beetle as if trying to cling to something
3819. 5:13:19–5:13:26under the idea she was falling. The hand-candrapita stretched out, by nature-pink, as if red-lead
3820. 5:13:26–5:13:30had fallen upon it from the flapping of his triumphal elephant, was darkened by the scars
3821. 5:13:30–5:13:35of the boasting, and seemed to have drops of chalyrium clinging to it from touching
3822. 5:13:35–5:13:39the eyes of his enemies' Lakshmi, weeping as he drew her by the hair, its fingers
3823. 5:13:39–5:13:45by the fourth flashing rays of his nails seemed to run up hastily, to grow long and to laugh,
3824. 5:13:45–5:13:51and the hands seemed to raise five other fingers in the five senses that, in desire, to touch
3825. 5:13:51–5:13:55her, had just made their entry full of love.
3826. 5:13:55–5:13:59Then contending feelings took possession of Kadambari as if they had gathered together
3827. 5:13:59–5:14:03in curiosity to see the grace at that moment so easy of access.
3828. 5:14:03–5:14:08Her hand, as she did not look with her it was going, was stretched vainly forth,
3829. 5:14:08–5:14:13And the rays of its nails seemed to hasten forward to seek Kendrapida's hand, and with
3830. 5:14:13–5:14:18the murmur of the line of bracelet stirred by her trembling, it seemed to say, as drops
3831. 5:14:18–5:14:23of moisture arose on it, let this slave offered by love be accepted, as if she were offering
3832. 5:14:23–5:14:28herself, and, henceforth it is in thy hand, as if she were making it into a living being,
3833. 5:14:28–5:14:31and so she gave the beetle.
3834. 5:14:31–5:14:35And in drawing back her hand she did not notice the fall of her bracelet, which had
3835. 5:14:35–5:14:40slipped down her arm in eagerness to touch him, like her heart pierced by love shaft, and taking
3836. 5:14:40–5:14:46another piece of beetle, she gave it to Mahakvita. Then there came up with hasty steps of Meena,
3837. 5:14:46–5:14:53a very flower, in that. Her feet were yellow as lotus filaments, her beak was like a campak
3838. 5:14:53–5:14:57butt and her wings blue as a lotus petal.
3839. 5:14:57–5:15:00Close behind her came a parrot, slow in gait.
3840. 5:15:00–5:15:02आमरोलडविंड, विछ आभिक लाग्विख।
3841. 5:15:02–5:15:04अछि।
3842. 5:15:04–5:15:06अछि।
3843. 5:15:06–5:15:08आग्विली दवेणा बिगान, प्रिंशेस काधमभारि,
3844. 5:15:08–5:15:10विज़ास्त ताउ नाध रेष्ट्डविश्ड,
3845. 5:15:10–5:15:12इल्मनध, किन्षीटड बि़द फ्रुविश्द,
3846. 5:15:12–5:15:17married, conceded bird from following me. If thou overlookest my being oppressed by him,
3847. 5:15:17–5:15:23I will certainly destroy myself. I swear it truly by thy lotus feet."
3848. 5:15:23–5:15:29At these words Kadambari smiled, but Mahakvita, not knowing the story, asked Madalika what
3849. 5:15:29–5:15:34she was saying, and she told the following tale, this manna, Colony, is a friend of
3850. 5:15:34–5:15:41Princess Kadambari, and was given by her solemnly in marriage to Parahasa, the parrot.
3851. 5:15:41–5:15:46And today, ever since she saw him reciting something at early dawn to Kadambari's beetle-bearer,
3852. 5:15:46–5:15:52Tamalaka, alone, she has been filled with jealousy, and in fowardness of wrath will not go near
3853. 5:15:52–5:15:57him or speak or touch or look at him, and though we have all tried to soothe her, she will
3854. 5:15:57–5:15:59not be soothed.
3855. 5:15:59–5:16:04There at a smile spread over Kendrapita's face, and he softly laughed and said, This
3856. 5:16:04–5:16:06is the course of gossip.
3857. 5:16:06–5:16:11It is heard in the court, by a succession of ears the attendance pass it on, the outside
3858. 5:16:11–5:16:16world repeats it, the tale wanders to the ends of the earth, and we too hear how this
3859. 5:16:16–5:16:22parrot-parahasa has fallen in love with Princess Cottonbury's beetle-bear, and, enslaved by
3860. 5:16:22–5:16:25love, knows nothing of the past.
3861. 5:16:25–5:16:31Away with this ill-behaved, shameless deserter of his wife, and away with her too.
3862. 5:16:31–5:16:35But is it fitting in the princess not to restrain her giddy slave?
3863. 5:16:35–5:16:40her cruelty, however, was shown at the first in giving poor Colony to this ill-conducted
3864. 5:16:40–5:16:45bird. What can she do now? For women feel that a shared
3865. 5:16:45–5:16:50wifehood is the bitterest matter for indignation, the chief cause for estrangement, and the
3866. 5:16:50–5:16:56greatest possible insult. Colony has been only too patient that in the aversion caused
3867. 5:16:56–5:17:02by this weight of grief she has not slain herself by poison, fire, or famine. For nothing
3868. 5:17:02–5:17:08makes a woman more despised, and if, after such a crime, she is willing to be reconciled
3869. 5:17:08–5:17:11and to live with him again, shame on her.
3870. 5:17:11–5:17:13Enough of her.
3871. 5:17:13–5:17:16Let her be banished and cast out in scorn.
3872. 5:17:16–5:17:21Who will speak to her or look at her again, and who will mention her name?
3873. 5:17:21–5:17:26A laugh arose among Kadambari's women as they heard his mirthful words.
3874. 5:17:26–5:17:32Parahasa, hearing his jesting speech, said, Cunning Prince, she is clever.
3875. 5:17:32–5:17:38Unsteady as she is, she is not to be taken in by thee or anyone else.
3876. 5:17:38–5:17:41She knows all these crooked speeches.
3877. 5:17:41–5:17:43She understands a jest.
3878. 5:17:43–5:17:47Her mind is sharpened by contact with the court.
3879. 5:17:47–5:17:49Cease thy jests.
3880. 5:17:49–5:17:52She is no subject for the talk of bold men.
3881. 5:17:52–5:17:59For, soft of speech as she is, she knows well the time, cause, measure, object, and topic
3882. 5:17:59–5:18:01for wrath and for peace.
3883. 5:18:01–5:18:07Meanwhile, a herald came up and said to Mahakvita, Princess, King Satrāratha and Queen Madhira
3884. 5:18:07–5:18:14sent to see thee, and she, eager to go, asked Kadambari, friend, where should Kandrapada
3885. 5:18:14–5:18:15stay?
3886. 5:18:15–5:18:19The latter, inwardly smiling at the thought that he had already found a place in the
3887. 5:18:19–5:18:25heart of thousands of women, said aloud, Dear Mahakvita, why speak thus?
3888. 5:18:25–5:18:29Since I beheld him I have not been mistress of myself, far less than of my palace and
3889. 5:18:29–5:18:31my servants.
3890. 5:18:31–5:18:35Let him stay wherever it pleases him in my dear friend's heart.
3891. 5:18:35–5:18:39Thereon Mahakvita replied, Let him stay in the jeweled house on the playing hill of
3892. 5:18:39–5:18:44the royal garden near thy palace, and went to see the king.
3893. 5:18:44–5:18:49Kendrapada went away at her departure, followed by maidens, sent for his amusement by the
3894. 5:18:49–5:18:54portraits at Kadambari's bidding, players on loot and pipe, singers, skillful dice and
3895. 5:18:54–5:18:59draft players, practiced painters and reciders of graceful verses, he was led by his old
3896. 5:18:59–5:19:04acquaintance Kayuraka to the jeweled hall on the playing hill.
3897. 5:19:04–5:19:08When he was gone the gondar of princess dismissed her girlfriends in attendance, and followed
3898. 5:19:08–5:19:12only by a few, went into the palace.
3899. 5:19:12–5:19:17There she fell on her couch, while her maiden stayed some way off, full of respect,
3900. 5:19:17–5:19:24tried to comfort her. At length she came to herself and remaining alone, she was filled
3901. 5:19:24–5:19:32with shame. For modesty censured her, like one, what has thou begun? Self-respect reproached
3902. 5:19:32–5:19:37her, Don-Nerve Princess, how is this fitting for thee? Simplicity mocked her, where has
3903. 5:19:37–5:19:44thy childhood gone before its day was over? Youth warned her, Wilful girl, do not carry
3904. 5:19:44–5:19:47out alone any wild plan of thine own.
3905. 5:19:47–5:19:53Dignity rebuked her, timid child, this is not the course of a high-born maiden.
3906. 5:19:53–5:19:58Conduct blamed her, reckless girl, avoid this unseemly behavior.
3907. 5:19:58–5:19:59High birth admonished her.
3908. 5:20:00–5:20:03वूलश्वान, लव बव लड़ दींट लगनिस।
3909. 5:20:03–5:20:09Steadfastness cried shame on her, whence comes thine unsteadiness of nature.
3910. 5:20:09–5:20:15Nobility rebuked her, self-willed, my authority is said it not by thee.
3911. 5:20:15–5:20:20And she thought within herself, what shameful conduct is this of mine, in that I cast away
3912. 5:20:20–5:20:25all fear, and show my unsteadiness and am blinded by folly.
3913. 5:20:25–5:20:30In my audacity I never thought he was a stranger, in my shamelessness I did not consider that
3914. 5:20:30–5:20:34he would think me light of nature, I never examined his character, I never thought in
3915. 5:20:34–5:20:39my folly if I were worthy of his regard, I had no dread of an unexpected rebuff, I had
3916. 5:20:39–5:20:43no fear of my parents, no anxiety about gossip.
3917. 5:20:43–5:20:49Nay, more, I did not in my unkindness remember that Mahakvita was in sorrow, in my stupidity
3918. 5:20:49–5:20:54I did not notice that my friends stood by and beheld me, in my utter dullness I did
3919. 5:20:54–5:20:58not see that my servants behind were observing me.
3920. 5:20:58–5:21:03Even grave minds would mark such utter forgetfulness of seamliness, how much more Mahakvita, who
3921. 5:21:03–5:21:08knows the course of love, and my friends skilled in all its ways, and my attendants who know
3922. 5:21:08–5:21:13all its symptoms, and whose wits are sharpened by life at court.
3923. 5:21:13–5:21:17The slaves of a Zenana have keen eyes in such matters.
3924. 5:21:17–5:21:20My evil fate has undone me.
3925. 5:21:20–5:21:24Better were it for me now to die than live a shameful life.
3926. 5:21:24–5:21:29What will my father and mother and the Gandharvas say when they hear this tale?
3927. 5:21:29–5:21:31What can I do?
3928. 5:21:31–5:21:33What remedy is there?
3929. 5:21:33–5:21:35How can I cover this error?
3930. 5:21:35–5:21:40To whom can I tell this folly of my undisciplined senses, and where shall I go, consumed by
3931. 5:21:40–5:21:43Kama, the five-erode God?
3932. 5:21:43–5:21:48I had made a promise in Mahakvita's sorrow, I had announced it before my friends, I had
3933. 5:21:48–5:21:52sent a message of it by the hands of Kiyuraka, and how it has now come about that that
3934. 5:21:52–5:21:58beguiling Candrapada has been brought hither, and no not, ill-fated that I am, whether it
3935. 5:21:58–5:22:04be by cruel fate or proud love, or nemesis of my former deeds, or a cursed death, or anything
3936. 5:22:04–5:22:12else. But some power unseen, unknown, unheard of, unthought of and unimagined before, has
3937. 5:22:12–5:22:17come to delude me. At the mere sight of him I am a captive in bonds, I am cast into
3938. 5:22:17–5:22:23a cage and hand it over by my senses, I am enslaved and led to him by love, I am sent
3939. 5:22:23–5:22:28away by affection, I am sold at a price by my feelings, I am made as a household chattel
3940. 5:22:28–5:22:30by my heart.
3941. 5:22:30–5:22:34I will have nothing to do with this worthless one.
3942. 5:22:34–5:22:36Thus for a moment she resolved.
3943. 5:22:36–5:22:41But having made this resolve, she was mocked by Kendrapida's image stirred by the trembling
3944. 5:22:41–5:22:47of her heart, if thou, in thy false reserve, will have not to do with me, I will go.
3945. 5:22:47–5:22:52She was asked by her life, which clung to her in a farewell embrace before starting at the
3946. 5:22:52–5:22:56moment of her determination to give up Kendrapida, she was addressed by a tear that rose at
3947. 5:22:56–5:23:01that moment, let him be seen once more with clearer eyes, whether he be worthy of rejection
3948. 5:23:01–5:23:06or no, she was chidden by love, saying, I will take away thy pride together with
3949. 5:23:06–5:23:11thy life, and so her heart was again turned to Kendrapida.
3950. 5:23:11–5:23:16Overwhelmed, when the force of her meditation had collapsed, by the access of love, she
3951. 5:23:16–5:23:22rose, under its sway, and stood looking through the window at the playing hill.
3952. 5:23:22–5:23:28And there, as if bewildered by a veil of joyful tears, she saw with her memory, not her eyes.
3953. 5:23:28–5:23:34As if fearing to soil with a hot-hander picture, she painted with her fancy, not with her brush,
3954. 5:23:34–5:23:38dreading the intervention of a thrill, she offered an embrace with her heart, not her
3955. 5:23:38–5:23:43breast, unable to bear his delay in coming, she sent her mind, not her servants, to
3956. 5:23:43–5:23:45meet him.
3957. 5:23:45–5:23:51Meanwhile, Kendrappita willingly entered the jeweled house, as if it were a second heart
3958. 5:23:51–5:23:53of Kadambari.
3959. 5:23:53–5:23:57On the rock was strewn a blanket, with pillows piled on it at either end, and thereon he
3960. 5:23:57–5:24:02lay down, with his feet in Kayuraka's lap, while the maiden sat round him in the places
3961. 5:24:02–5:24:05appointed for them.
3962. 5:24:05–5:24:09With a heart in turmoil he betook himself to reflection, are these graces of Princess
3963. 5:24:09–5:24:15cotton barry, that steal all men's hearts, innate in her, or has love, with kindness
3964. 5:24:15–5:24:19one by no service of mine, ordained them for me.
3965. 5:24:19–5:24:23For she gave me a side-long glance with loving, reddened eyes half-curved as if they were
3966. 5:24:23–5:24:28covered with the pollen of love's flowery darts as they fell on her heart.
3967. 5:24:28–5:24:33She modestly veiled herself with a bright smile fair as silk as I looked at her.
3968. 5:24:33–5:24:38She offered the mirror of her cheek to receive my image, as in shame at my gaze she averted
3969. 5:24:38–5:24:44her face. She sketched on the couch with her nail the first trace of willfulness of a heart
3970. 5:24:44–5:24:49that was giving me entrance. Her hand, moist with the fatigue of bringing me the beetle,
3971. 5:24:49–5:24:54seemed in its trembling to fan her hot face, as if it were a tamala branch she had taken,
3972. 5:24:54–5:24:59for a swarm of bees hovered round it, mistaking it for a rosy lotus.
3973. 5:25:00–5:25:05Perhaps, he went on to reflect, the light readiness to hope so common among mortals is now deceiving
3974. 5:25:05–5:25:11me with a throng of vain desires, and the glow of youth, devoid of judgment, or love himself,
3975. 5:25:11–5:25:16makes my brain real, whence the eyes of the young, as though struck by cataract, magnify
3976. 5:25:16–5:25:23even a small spot, and a tiny speck of affection is spread far by youthful ardor as by water.
3977. 5:25:23–5:25:28An excited heart like a poet's imagination is bewildered by the throng of fancies that
3978. 5:25:28–5:25:32it calls up of itself, and draws likenesses from everything, youthful feelings in the
3979. 5:25:32–5:25:38hand of cunning love are as a brush, and shrink from painting nothing, in imagination, proud
3980. 5:25:38–5:25:42of her suddenly gained beauty, turns in every direction.
3981. 5:25:42–5:25:45Longing shows as in a dream what I have felt.
3982. 5:25:45–5:25:50Hope, like a conjurer's wand, sets before us what can never be.
3983. 5:25:50–5:25:56Why, then, thought he again, should I thus weary my mind in vain?
3984. 5:25:56–5:26:01If this bright-eyed maiden is indeed thus inclined towards me, love, who is so kind without
3985. 5:26:01–5:26:05my asking, will ere long make it plain to me.
3986. 5:26:05–5:26:08He will be the decider of this doubt.
3987. 5:26:08–5:26:13Having at length come to this decision, he rose, then sat down, and merrily joined the
3988. 5:26:13–5:26:19damsels in gentle talk and graceful amusements backslash, with dice, song, lute, taber,
3989. 5:26:19–5:26:23concerts of mingled sound, and murmur of tender verse.
3990. 5:26:23–5:26:28After resting a short time he went out to see the park and climbed to the top of the Pleasure
3991. 5:26:28–5:26:29Hill.
3992. 5:26:29–5:26:35Kadambari saw him and bade that the window should be open to watch for Mahakvita's return,
3993. 5:26:35–5:26:40saying, she tarries long and, with a heart tossed by love, mounted to the roof of the
3994. 5:26:40–5:26:41palace.
3995. 5:26:41–5:26:47There she stayed with a few attendants, protected from the heat by a gold-handled umbrella,
3996. 5:26:47–5:26:52white as the full moon, and fanned by the waving of four yak's tails pure as foam.
3997. 5:26:52–5:26:57She seemed to be practicing in a dormant fit for going to meet Kendrapida, by means of
3998. 5:26:57–5:27:01the bees which hovered round her head, eager for the scent of the flowers, which veiled
3999. 5:27:01–5:27:04her even by day in darkness.
4000. 5:27:04–5:27:08Now she leaned on the point of the cowrie, now on the stick of the umbrella.
4001. 5:27:08–5:27:14Now she laid her hands on Tamalaka's shoulder, now she clung to Matalika, now she hit herself
4002. 5:27:14–5:27:17amidst her maidens, looking with side long glance.
4003. 5:27:17–5:27:19Now she turned herself round.
4004. 5:27:19–5:27:22Now she laid her cheek on the tip of the fortress's staff.
4005. 5:27:22–5:27:27Now with a steady hand she placed beetle on her fresh lips, now she laughingly ran a few
4006. 5:27:27–5:27:33steps in pursuit of her maiden scattered by the blows of the lotuses she threw at them.
4007. 5:27:33–5:27:37And in looking at the prince, and being gazed at by him, she knew not how long a time had
4008. 5:27:37–5:27:39passed.
4009. 5:27:39–5:27:45At last a fortress announced Mahakvita's return, and she went down, and albeit unwilling,
4010. 5:27:45–5:27:50yet to please Mahakvita she bathed and performed the wanted duties of the day.
4011. 5:27:50–5:27:56But Kendrapada went down, and dismissing Kadambari's followers, performed the rites of bathing,
4012. 5:27:56–5:27:59and worshipped the deity on earth throughout the mountain, and did all the duties of the
4013. 5:27:59–5:28:03day, including his meal, on the Pleasure Hill.
4014. 5:28:03–5:28:08There he sat on an emerald seat which commanded the front of the Pleasure Hill, pleasant,
4015. 5:28:08–5:28:13green as a pigeon, bedewed with foam from the chewing of fawns, shining like Yamanah's
4016. 5:28:13–5:28:18water standing still in fear of Borahmah's plough, glowing crimson with black juice
4017. 5:28:18–5:28:23from the girl's feet, sanded with flower dust, hidden in a bower, a concert house of peacocks.
4018. 5:28:24–5:28:30He suddenly beheld day eclipsed by a stream of white radiance, rich in glory, light drunk up as
4019. 5:28:30–5:28:36by a garland of lotus fibers, birth flooded as by a milky ocean, space bedoed as by a storm of
4020. 5:28:36–5:28:43sandal juice, and the sky painted as with white chunam, double quotes. What, thought he, is our
4021. 5:28:43–5:28:49Our Lord, the Moon, King of Plants, suddenly risen, or are a thousand shower baths set
4022. 5:28:49–5:28:53going with their white streams let loose by a spring, or is it the heavenly Ganges,
4023. 5:28:53–5:28:58widening the earth with her wind-tossed spray, that has come down to earth in curiosity?
4024. 5:28:58–5:29:04Then, turning his eyes in the direction of the light, he beheld Kadambari, and with her
4025. 5:29:04–5:29:09Matalika and Terallika bearing a pearl necklace on a tray covered with white silk.
4026. 5:29:09–5:29:14Marapan Kendrapada decided that it was this necklace that eclipsed moonlight, and was
4027. 5:29:14–5:29:19the cause of the brightness, and by rising while she was yet far off, and by all wanted
4028. 5:29:19–5:29:23courtesies, he greeted the approach of Matalika.
4029. 5:29:23–5:29:28For a moment she rested on that emerald seat, and then, rising, anointed him with sandal
4030. 5:29:28–5:29:33perfume, put on him two white robes, crowned him with mulady flowers, and then gave
4031. 5:29:33–5:29:39him the necklace, saying, This thy gentleness, my prince, so devoid of pride, must need
4032. 5:29:39–5:29:41subjugate every heart.
4033. 5:29:41–5:29:46Thy kindness gives an opening even to one like me, by thy form thou art Lord of life
4034. 5:29:46–5:29:51to all, by that tenderness shown even where there is no claim on thee, thou throwest on
4035. 5:29:51–5:29:56all a bond of love, the innate sweetness of thy bearing makes every man thy friend, these
4036. 5:29:56–5:30:00thy virtues, manifested with such natural gentleness, give
4037. 5:30:00–5:30:02विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
4038. 5:30:02–5:30:04विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
4039. 5:30:04–5:30:06विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
4040. 5:30:06–5:30:08विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
4041. 5:30:08–5:30:10विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
4042. 5:30:10–5:30:12विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
4043. 5:30:12–5:30:14विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
4044. 5:30:14–5:30:16विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
4045. 5:30:16–5:30:21our very praise would display our boldness, our subservience would manifest lightness,
4046. 5:30:21–5:30:27our love self-deception, our speech to the audacity, our service and pertinence, our gift and insult.
4047. 5:30:27–5:30:33Nay, more, thou hast conquered our hearts, what is left for us to give thee?
4048. 5:30:33–5:30:36Thou art Lord of our life, what can we offer thee?
4049. 5:30:36–5:30:42Thou hast already bestowed the great favor of thy presence, what return could we make?
4050. 5:30:42–5:30:47thou by thy sight hast made our life worth having, how can we reward thy coming?
4051. 5:30:47–5:30:53Therefore Kadambari with this excuse shows her affection rather than her dignity.
4052. 5:30:53–5:30:56Noble hearts admit no question of mine in thine.
4053. 5:30:56–5:31:02Away with the thought of dignity. Even if she accepted slavery to one like thee,
4054. 5:31:02–5:31:06she would do no unworthy act, even if she gave herself to thee,
4055. 5:31:06–5:31:11she would not be deceived, if she gave her life, she would not repent.
4056. 5:31:11–5:31:17The generosity of a noble heart is always bent on kindness and does not willingly reject
4057. 5:31:17–5:31:21affection and askers are less shame-faced than givers.
4058. 5:31:21–5:31:25But it is true that Kadambari knows she has offended thee in this matter.
4059. 5:31:25–5:31:31Now, this necklace, called Sessha, because it was the only jewel left of all that rose
4060. 5:31:31–5:31:35at the churning of nectar, was for that reason greatly valued by the Lord of Ocean
4061. 5:31:35–5:31:39and was given by him to Verna on his return home.
4062. 5:31:39–5:31:44By the latter it was given to the gone-nerve king, and by him to Kadambari.
4063. 5:31:44–5:31:49And she, thinking thy form worthy of this ornament, in that not the earth, but the sky, is the
4064. 5:31:49–5:31:53home of the moon, hath sent it to thee.
4065. 5:31:53–5:31:58And though men like thee, who bear no ornament but a noble spirit, find it irksome to where
4066. 5:31:58–5:32:02the gems honored by meaner men, yet here Kadambari's affection is a reason for thee
4067. 5:32:02–5:32:04to do so.
4068. 5:32:04–5:32:07Did not Vishnu show his?
4069. 5:32:07–5:32:12by wearing on his breast the Kaustubha gem, because it rose with Lakshmi, and yet he
4070. 5:32:12–5:32:17was not greater than thee, nor did the Kaustubha gem in the lease surpass the sessha in worth,
4071. 5:32:17–5:32:24nor, indeed, does Lakshmi approach in the slightest degree to imitating Kadambari's beauty.
4072. 5:32:24–5:32:29And in truth, if her love is crushed by thee, she will grieve Mahakvita with a thousand
4073. 5:32:29–5:32:32reproaches, and will slay herself.
4074. 5:32:32–5:32:37Mahagvita therefore sends Turallaka with the necklace to thee, and bids me say thus, let
4075. 5:32:37–5:32:44not Kadambari's first impulse of love be crushed by thee, even in thought, most noble prince.
4076. 5:32:44–5:32:49Thus having said, she fastened on his breast the necklace that rested like a bevy of stars
4077. 5:32:49–5:32:52on the slope of the Golden Mountain.
4078. 5:32:52–5:32:57Filled with amazement, Kendrapida replied, What means this, Madalika?
4079. 5:32:57–5:33:02Thou art clever, and knowest how to win acceptance for thy gifts.
4080. 5:33:02–5:33:07By leaving me no chance of a reply, thou hast shown skill in oratory.
4081. 5:33:07–5:33:13Nay, foolish maiden, what are we in respect of thee, or of acceptance and refusal, truly
4082. 5:33:13–5:33:15this talk is not.
4083. 5:33:15–5:33:21Having received kindness from ladies so rich in courtesy, let me be employed in any matter,
4084. 5:33:21–5:33:23whether pleasing or displeasing to me.
4085. 5:33:23–5:33:28But truly there lives not the man whom the virtues of the most courteous lady Kadambari do not
4086. 5:33:28–5:33:31discourteously enslave.
4087. 5:33:31–5:33:36Thus saying, after some talk about Kadambari, he dismissed Madalika, and ere she had long
4088. 5:33:36–5:33:42gone the daughter of Satreith that dismissed her attendance, rejected the insignia of Wand,
4089. 5:33:42–5:33:47Umbrella and Kauri, and accompanied only by Tamalaka, again mounted to the roof of
4090. 5:33:47–5:33:52her palace to behold Kendrapada, bright with pearls, silk raiment and sandal, go
4091. 5:33:52–5:33:57go to the pleasure hill, like the moon to the mount of rising. There, with passionate glances
4092. 5:33:57–5:34:04imbued with every grace, she stole his heart. And when it became too dark to see, she descended
4093. 5:34:04–5:34:11from the roof and kendrapida, from the slope of the hill. Then the moon, source of nectar,
4094. 5:34:11–5:34:15gladdener of all eyes, arose with his rays gathered in, he seemed to be worshiped by
4095. 5:34:15–5:34:20the night lotuses, to calm the quarters whose faces were dark as if with anger, and
4096. 5:34:20–5:34:25To avoid the day lotuses as if from fear of waking them, under the guise of his mark he
4097. 5:34:25–5:34:29wore night on his heart, he bore in the glow of rising the lack that had clung to him from
4098. 5:34:29–5:34:35the spurning of Rohini's feet, he pursued the sky, in its dark blue veil, like a mistress,
4099. 5:34:35–5:34:41and by reason of his great goodwill spread beauty everywhere.
4100. 5:34:41–5:34:46And when the moon, the umbrella of the supreme rule of Kama, the lord of the lotuses, the
4101. 5:34:46–5:34:51ivory earring that decks the night had risen, and when the world was turned to whiteness,
4102. 5:34:51–5:34:57as though overlaid with ivory, can drape it a lay down on a cool moonlit slab, pearl white,
4103. 5:34:57–5:34:59pointed out by cottonbary servants.
4104. 5:35:00–5:35:04विश्वाष्छत कर्ष्छाण्छ, गर्लिन्दिद विप्य।
4105. 5:35:04–5:35:10flowers, and carved round with a leafy tracery of lotus petals. It lay on the shore of a
4106. 5:35:10–5:35:14palace lotus tank, that seen from the full moonlight to be made of night lotuses, with
4107. 5:35:14–5:35:20steps white with bricks washed by the waves, as it wafted a breeze fanned by the ripples,
4108. 5:35:20–5:35:25pairs of hamsas lay there asleep, and pairs of kakravakas kept up their dirge of separation
4109. 5:35:25–5:35:30thereon. And while the prince yet rested there Kayurika approached him, and told
4110. 5:35:30–5:35:36him that Princess Khadimbari had come to see him. Then Khandrapada rose hastily, and beheld
4111. 5:35:36–5:35:42Khadimbari drawing near. Few of her friends were with her, all her royal insignia were
4112. 5:35:42–5:35:47removed, she was as it were a new self, in a single necklace she wore, her slender form
4113. 5:35:47–5:35:53was white with the purest sandal juice, an earring hung from one ear, she wore a lotus
4114. 5:35:53–5:35:57petal in the ear, soft as a budding digit of the moon, she was clad in robes of
4115. 5:35:57–5:36:02the culpa tree, clear as moonlight, and in the garb that consorted with that hour she
4116. 5:36:02–5:36:08stood revealed like the very goddess of moonrise, as she rested on the hand offered by.
4117. 5:36:08–5:36:12Madalika Drawing near, she showed a grace prompted
4118. 5:36:12–5:36:17by love, and took her seat on the ground, where servants are wont to sit, like a maiden
4119. 5:36:17–5:36:22of low degree, and Kendrapida, too, though often entreated by Madalika to sit on the
4120. 5:36:22–5:36:25rocky seat, took his place on.
4121. 5:36:25–5:36:31The ground by Matalika, and when all the women were seated he made an effort to speak, saying,
4122. 5:36:31–5:36:36Princess, to one who is thy slave, and whom even a glance gladdens, there needs not the
4123. 5:36:36–5:36:40favor of speech with thee, far less so great a grace as this.
4124. 5:36:40–5:36:46For, deeply as I think, I cannot see in myself any worth that this height of favor may be
4125. 5:36:46–5:36:47fit.
4126. 5:36:47–5:36:52Most noble and sweet in its laying aside of pride is this thy courtesy, in that such
4127. 5:36:52–5:36:56grace is shown to one but newly thy servant.
4128. 5:36:56–5:37:00Perchance thou thinkest me a churl that must be one by gifts.
4129. 5:37:00–5:37:04Blessed, truly, is the servant over whom is thy sway.
4130. 5:37:04–5:37:10How great honor is bestowed on the servants deemed worthy of the bestowal of thy commands.
4131. 5:37:10–5:37:15But the body is a gift at the service of any man, and life is light as grass, so that
4132. 5:37:15–5:37:19I am ashamed in my devotion to greet thy coming with such a gift.
4133. 5:37:19–5:37:24Here am I, hear my body, my life, my senses.
4134. 5:37:24–5:37:28Do thou, by accepting one of them, raise it to honor?"
4135. 5:37:28–5:37:31Matalika smilingly replied to this speech of his,
4136. 5:37:31–5:37:33Enough, Prince.
4137. 5:37:33–5:37:38My friend Kadambari is pained by thy two great ceremony.
4138. 5:37:38–5:37:40Why speakest thou thus?
4139. 5:37:40–5:37:44She accepts thy words without further talk.
4140. 5:37:44–5:37:49And why, too, is she brought to suspense by these two flattering speeches, and then,
4141. 5:37:49–5:37:55Waiting a short time, she began afresh, how is King Tarapida, how Queen Villasavati, how
4142. 5:37:55–5:37:58the noble Kokonasa?
4143. 5:37:58–5:38:01What is Ujjaini like, and how far off is it?
4144. 5:38:01–5:38:04What is the land of Bharata?
4145. 5:38:04–5:38:06And is the world of mortals pleasant?
4146. 5:38:06–5:38:09So she questioned him.
4147. 5:38:09–5:38:15After spending some time in such talk, Kadambari rose, and summoning Kayuraka, who was lying
4148. 5:38:15–5:38:21near Kendrapada, and her attendance, she went up to her sleeping chamber. There she adorned
4149. 5:38:21–5:38:27a couch-strewn with a coverlet of white silk. Kendrapada, however, on his rock passed the
4150. 5:38:27–5:38:32night like a moment in thinking, while his feet were rubbed by Kayurika, of the humility,
4151. 5:38:32–5:38:38beauty, and depth of Kadambari's character, the causeless kindness of Mahakvita, the courtesy
4152. 5:38:38–5:38:43of Madhulika, the dignity of the attendance, the great splendor of the Gandharv world,
4153. 5:38:43–5:38:46the charm of the Kimperusha land.
4154. 5:38:46–5:38:52Then the moon, lord of stars, weary of being kept awake by the sight of Kadambari, descended,
4155. 5:38:52–5:38:58as if to sleep, to the forest on the shore, with its palms and tamalas, talus, banyans,
4156. 5:38:58–5:39:03and candelas, cool with the breeze from the hardly stirred ripples.
4157. 5:39:03–5:39:07As though with the feverish size of a woman grieving for her lover's approaching absence,
4158. 5:39:07–5:39:10the moonlight faded away.
4159. 5:39:10–5:39:16Lakshmi, having passed the night on the moon-lotuses, lay on the sun-lotuses, as though love had
4160. 5:39:16–5:39:19sprung up in her at the sight of Kendrapada.
4161. 5:39:19–5:39:24At the close of night, when the palace lamps grew pale, as if dwindling and longing as
4162. 5:39:24–5:39:29they remembered the blows of the lotuses and maiden's ears, the breezes of dawn, fragrant
4163. 5:39:29–5:39:33with creeper flowers, were wafted, sportive with the size of love weary from ceaselessly
4164. 5:39:33–5:39:39discharging his shafts, the stars were eclipsed by the rising dawn, and took their abode,
4165. 5:39:39–5:39:44through fear in the thick creeper bowers of Mount Mandara.
4166. 5:39:44–5:39:48Then when the sun arose, with its orb crimson as if a glow remained from dwelling in the
4167. 5:39:48–5:39:54hearts of the Kakravakas, Kendrapada, rising from the rock, bathed his lotus face, said
4168. 5:39:54–5:39:58his morning prayer, took his beetle, and then bathed Kyuraka see whether Princess
4169. 5:39:58–5:40:00Kadambari was awake.
4170. 5:40:00–5:40:02नाटक अछि।
4171. 5:40:02–5:40:04नाटक अछि।
4172. 5:40:04–5:40:06नाटक अछि।
4173. 5:40:06–5:40:08नाटक अछि।
4174. 5:40:08–5:40:10नाटक अछि।
4175. 5:40:10–5:40:12नाटक अछि।
4176. 5:40:12–5:40:14नाटक अछि।
4177. 5:40:14–5:40:16नाटक अछि।
4178. 5:40:16–5:40:18नाटक अछि।
4179. 5:40:18–5:40:20नाटक अछि।
4180. 5:40:20–5:40:22नाटक अछि।
4181. 5:40:22–5:40:24नाटक अछि।
4182. 5:40:24–5:40:26नाटक अछि।
4183. 5:40:26–5:40:28नाटक अछि।
4184. 5:40:28–5:40:33with mineral dyes, bound to wear red cloth, robed in a ruddy bark of white coconuts,
4185. 5:40:33–5:40:39or girdled with thick white cloth, with fans of white cloth, with staves, matted locks,
4186. 5:40:39–5:40:45deer skins, and bark dresses, with the marks of male ascetics, reciting.
4187. 5:40:45–5:40:51The Pure Praises of Siva, Durga, Kartike, Vikravesa, Krishna, Avalokitekvara, the
4188. 5:40:51–5:40:54Arhat, Varinka.
4189. 5:40:54–5:40:56Mahak Vita
4190. 5:40:56–5:41:01herself was showing honor to the elder kinswomen of the king, the foremost of the Zenana, by
4191. 5:41:01–5:41:07salutes, kurdya speeches, by rising to meet them and placing reed seats for them.
4192. 5:41:07–5:41:12He beheld Kadambari also giving her attention to the recitation of the Mahabharata that
4193. 5:41:12–5:41:17transcends all good omens, by Narada's sweet-voiced daughter, with an accompaniment of flutes
4194. 5:41:17–5:41:22soft as the murmur of bees, played by a pair of kenara sitting behind her.
4195. 5:41:22–5:41:27She was looking in a mirror fixed before her at her lip, pale as beeswax when the honey
4196. 5:41:27–5:41:32is gone, bathed in the moonlight of her teeth, though within it was darkened by beetle.
4197. 5:41:32–5:41:36She was being honored by a sun-wise turn and departing by a tame goose wandering like
4198. 5:41:36–5:41:41the moon in a fixed circle, with wide eyes raised to her serice earrings in its longing
4199. 5:41:41–5:41:44for valesniria.
4200. 5:41:44–5:41:50Here the prince approached, and, saluting her, sat down on a seat placed on the dais.
4201. 5:41:50–5:41:54After a short stay he looked at Mahakvita's face with a gentle smile that dimpled his
4202. 5:41:54–5:42:00cheek, and she, at once knowing his wish, said to Kadambari, Dear friend, Kendrapada
4203. 5:42:00–5:42:06is softened by thy virtues as the moon-stone by the moon, and cannot speak for himself.
4204. 5:42:06–5:42:11He wishes to depart, for the court he has left behind is thrown into distress, not knowing
4205. 5:42:11–5:42:12what has happened.
4206. 5:42:12–5:42:18Moreover, however far apart you may be from each other, this your love, like that
4207. 5:42:18–5:42:22of the sun and the day lotus, or the moon and the night lotus, will last till the day of
4208. 5:42:22–5:42:23doom.
4209. 5:42:23–5:42:25Therefore let him go."
4210. 5:42:25–5:42:31"'Dear Mahakvita,' replied Kadambari, I in my retinue belong as holy to the prince
4211. 5:42:31–5:42:33as his own soul.
4212. 5:42:33–5:42:36Why, then, this ceremony?'
4213. 5:42:36–5:42:41So saying, and summoning the Gannerv princes, she bade them escort the prince to his own
4214. 5:42:41–5:42:47place, and he, rising, bowed before Mahakvita first, and then Kadambari, and was greeted
4215. 5:42:47–5:42:54by her with eyes and heart softened by affection, and with the words, Lady, what shall I say?
4216. 5:42:54–5:42:58For men distrust the multitude of words.
4217. 5:42:58–5:43:02Let me be remembered in the talk of thy retinue, he went out of the Zenana, and all the maidens
4218. 5:43:02–5:43:08but Kadambari, drawn by reverence for Kendrapada's virtues, followed him on his way like his
4219. 5:43:08–5:43:10subjects to the Outer Gate.
4220. 5:43:10–5:43:16On their return, he mounted the steed brought by Kayurika, and, escorted by the Gondar
4221. 5:43:16–5:43:19of princes, turned to leave Himacuda.
4222. 5:43:19–5:43:24His whole thoughts on the way were about Kadambari in all things both within and without.
4223. 5:43:24–5:43:29With a mind wholly imbued with her, he beheld her behind him, dwelling within him in his
4224. 5:43:29–5:43:35bitter grief for the cruel separation, or before him, stopping him in his path, or cast on
4225. 5:43:35–5:43:39the sky, as if by the force of longing in his heart troubled by parting, so that he
4226. 5:43:39–5:43:44could perfectly see her face, he beheld her very self-resting on his heart, as if her
4227. 5:43:44–5:43:50mind were wounded with his loss. When he reached Mahakvita's hermitage, he therebe held his
4228. 5:43:50–5:43:55own camp, which had followed the tracks of Andrayata. Dismissing the gondar of princes,
4229. 5:43:55–5:44:02he entered his own abode amidst the salutations of his troops full of joy, curiosity, and wonder,
4230. 5:44:02–5:44:06and after greeting the rest of the court, he spent the day mostly in talk with Vaikampayana
4231. 5:44:06–5:44:13and Patralaka, saying, Thus said Mahakvita, thus Kadambari, thus Madalika, thus Tamalaka,
4232. 5:44:13–5:44:19Thus K'Yurika. No longer did royal glory, envious at the sight of Kadambari's beauty,
4233. 5:44:19–5:44:23find in him her joy, for him night passed in wakefulness as he thought,
4234. 5:44:23–5:44:27with a mind in ceaseless longing, of that bright-eyed maiden.
4235. 5:44:28–5:44:33Next morning at sunrise, he went to his pavilion with his mind still fixed on her,
4236. 5:44:33–5:44:37and suddenly saw K'Yurika entering with a doorkeeper, and as the latter,
4237. 5:44:37–5:44:42while yet far off, cast himself on the ground, so that his crest swept the floor,
4238. 5:44:42–5:44:48can drape it a-cry'd, come, come, greeting him first with a side-long glance, then with his heart,
4239. 5:44:48–5:44:54then with a thrill. Then at last he hastened forward to give him a hearty and frank embrace,
4240. 5:44:54–5:44:59and made him sit down by himself. Then, in words brightened by the nectar of a
4241. 5:45:00–5:45:02नाटक आप विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
4242. 5:45:02–5:45:04नाटक आप विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
4243. 5:45:04–5:45:10asked, say, Keurika, is the Lady Kadambari well, and her friends, and her retinue, and
4244. 5:45:10–5:45:12the Lady Mahakvita?
4245. 5:45:12–5:45:16With a low bow, Keurika, as.
4246. 5:45:16–5:45:21Though he had been bathed, anointed, and refreshed by the smile that the prince's deep affection
4247. 5:45:21–5:45:27had prompted, replied respectfully, she is now well, in that my lord asks for her.
4248. 5:45:27–5:45:32And then he showed a folded lotus leaf, wrapped in wet cloth, with its opening closed by
4249. 5:45:32–5:45:38lotus filaments, and a seal of tender lotus filaments set in a paste of wet sandal. This
4250. 5:45:38–5:45:44he opened, and showed the token sent by Khadambari, such as milky beetle nuts of emerald hue, with
4251. 5:45:44–5:45:49their shells removed and surrounded with fresh sprays, beetle leaves pale as the cheek
4252. 5:45:49–5:45:53of a hen parrot, camphor like a solid piece of civis moon, and sandall ointment pleasant
4253. 5:45:53–5:45:59with rich musk scent. The lady Khadambari, said he, salutes thee with folded hands
4254. 5:45:59–5:46:04that kiss her crest, and that are rosy with the rays of her tender fingers, Mahakvita
4255. 5:46:04–5:46:09with a greeting and embrace, Madhulika with a reverence and a brow bathed in the moonlight
4256. 5:46:09–5:46:13of the crest gem she has let fall, the maidens with the points of the fish ornaments and
4257. 5:46:13–5:46:18the parting of their hair resting on the ground, and Turallaka, with a prostration to touch
4258. 5:46:18–5:46:24the dust of thy feet. Mahakvita sends thee this message, happy truly are they from whose
4259. 5:46:24–5:46:31eyes thou art never absent. For in truth thy virtues, snowy, cold as the moon when thou art by,
4260. 5:46:31–5:46:37in thine absence burn like sunlight. Truly all yearn for the past day as though it were
4261. 5:46:37–5:46:43that day were on fate with such toil brought forth Emerita. Without thee the royal gondorf
4262. 5:46:43–5:46:48city is languid as at the end of a feast. Thou knowest that I have surrendered all
4263. 5:46:48–5:46:55things, yet my heart, in my despite, desires to see thee who art so undeservedly kind.
4264. 5:46:55–5:46:59Kadambari, moreover, is far from well.
4265. 5:46:59–5:47:02She recalls thee with thy smiling face like love himself.
4266. 5:47:02–5:47:09Thou, by the honor of thy return, canst make her proud of having some virtues of her own.
4267. 5:47:09–5:47:13For respect shown by the noble must needs confer honor.
4268. 5:47:13–5:47:17And thou must forgive the trouble of knowing such as we.
4269. 5:47:17–5:47:21For thine own nobility gives this boldness to our address.
4270. 5:47:21–5:47:26And here is this sessha necklace, which was left by thee on thy couch.
4271. 5:47:26–5:47:31So saying, he loosed it from his band, where it was visible by reason of the long rays
4272. 5:47:31–5:47:35that shot through the interstices of the fine thread, and placed it in the fanbearer's
4273. 5:47:35–5:47:37hand, double quotes.
4274. 5:47:37–5:47:43This, indeed, is the reward of doing homage at Mahakvita's feet, that the lady Kadambari
4275. 5:47:43–5:47:48should lay so great a weight of honor on her slave as to remember him, said Kendrapida,
4276. 5:47:48–5:47:54as he placed all on his head and accepted it. The necklace he put round his neck, after
4277. 5:47:54–5:47:58anointing it with an ointment cool, pleasant, and fragrant, as it were with the beauty
4278. 5:47:58–5:48:04of Kadambari's cheeks distilled, or the light of her smile liquefied, or her heart melted,
4279. 5:48:04–5:48:10or her virtues throbbing forth. Taking some beetle, he rose and stood, with his left
4280. 5:48:10–5:48:14arm on Keurika's shoulder, and then dismissed the courtiers, who were gladly paying their
4281. 5:48:14–5:48:19wanted homage, and at length went to see his elephant Ganhamadana.
4282. 5:48:19–5:48:24There he stayed a short time, and after he had himself given to the elephant a handful
4283. 5:48:24–5:48:29of grass, that, being jagged with the rays of his nails, was like lotus fiber, he went
4284. 5:48:29–5:48:32to the stable of his favorite steed.
4285. 5:48:32–5:48:37On the way he turned his face now on this side, now on that, to glance at his retinue,
4286. 5:48:37–5:48:43the porters, understanding his wish, forbade all to follow him, and dismissed the revenue,
4287. 5:48:43–5:48:46so that he entered the stable with Kyurica alone.
4288. 5:48:46–5:48:51The grooms bowed and departed, with eyes bewildered by terror at their dismissal, and the prince
4289. 5:48:51–5:48:56set straight and draid his cloth, which had fallen a little on one side, pushed back
4290. 5:48:56–5:49:02his mane, tawny as a lion's, which was falling on his eyes and half-closing them, and then,
4291. 5:49:02–5:49:05negligently resting his foot on the peg of the tethering rope, and leaning against
4292. 5:49:05–5:49:09stable wall, he eagerly asked.
4293. 5:49:09–5:49:14Tell me, Kayurika, what has happened in the Gonderv court since my departure?
4294. 5:49:14–5:49:18In what occupation has the Gonderv princess spent the time?
4295. 5:49:18–5:49:22What were Mahakveda and Matalika doing?
4296. 5:49:22–5:49:23What talk was there?
4297. 5:49:23–5:49:26How were you and the retinue employed?
4298. 5:49:26–5:49:29And was there any talk about me?
4299. 5:49:29–5:49:33Then Kayurika told him all, listen, Prince,
4300. 5:49:33–5:49:38On thy departure, the lady Kadambari, with her retinue, climbed to the palace roof, making
4301. 5:49:38–5:49:43in the maiden's palace with the sound of anklets the beat of farewell drums that rose from
4302. 5:49:43–5:49:49a thousand hearts, and she gazed on thy path, gray with the dust of the cavalcade.
4303. 5:49:49–5:49:54When thou word out of sight, she laid her face on Mahakvita's shoulder, and, in her
4304. 5:49:54–5:49:59love, sprinkled the region of thy journey with glances fair as the milky ocean, and,
4305. 5:49:59–5:50:00enough.
4306. 5:50:00–5:50:04देशाण तोछ अछिथ, विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
4307. 5:50:04–5:50:06विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
4308. 5:50:06–5:50:08विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
4309. 5:50:08–5:50:10विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
4310. 5:50:10–5:50:12विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
4311. 5:50:12–5:50:14विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
4312. 5:50:14–5:50:16विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
4313. 5:50:16–5:50:18विचार-विमर्शक रेक।
4314. 5:50:18–5:50:23bees murmuring in the flowers of ablation, startled by the cry of the house peacocks,
4315. 5:50:23–5:50:26she checked her note as they looked up at the shower-like rays of her nails, by the
4316. 5:50:26–5:50:31circlates which lay loose round her throat, at every step she let her hand rest on creeper
4317. 5:50:31–5:50:36twigs white with flowers, at her mind on their virtues.
4318. 5:50:36–5:50:40When she reached the plaisons, her retinue needlessly told her, here the prince stayed
4319. 5:50:40–5:50:45on the spray-washed rock, with its creeper-bower bedewed by the stream from a pipe that
4320. 5:50:45–5:50:49ends in an emerald fish head, here he bathed in a place covered by bees absorbed in the
4321. 5:50:49–5:50:54fragrance of the Senate water, here he worshiped Siva on the bank of the mountain stream, sandy
4322. 5:50:54–5:50:59with flower dust, here he ate on a crystal stone which eclipsed moonlight, and here
4323. 5:50:59–5:51:03he slept on a pearly slab with a mark of sandal.
4324. 5:51:03–5:51:05Juice imprinted on it.
4325. 5:51:05–5:51:10And so she passed the day, gazing on the signs of iPresence, and at close of day
4326. 5:51:10–5:51:15Mahakvita prepared for her, though against her will, a meal in that crystal dwelling.
4327. 5:51:15–5:51:20And when the sun set and the moon rose, soon, as though she were a moonstone that moonlight
4328. 5:51:20–5:51:25would melt, and therefore dreaded the entrance of the moon's reflection, she laid her hands
4329. 5:51:25–5:51:31on her cheeks, and, as if in thought, remained for a few minutes with closed eyes, and then
4330. 5:51:31–5:51:36rising, went to her sleeping chamber, scarcely raising her feet as they moved with graceful,
4331. 5:51:36–5:51:42wood gate, seemingly heavy with bearing the moon's reflection on their bright nails.
4332. 5:51:42–5:51:47Throwing herself on her couch, she was wracked by a severe headache, and overcome by a burning
4333. 5:51:47–5:51:53fever, and, in company with the palace lamps, the moon lotuses, and the cockroachas, she
4334. 5:51:53–5:51:57passed the night open-eyed in bitter grief.
4335. 5:51:57–5:52:02And at dawn she summoned me, and reproachfully bade me seek for tidings of thee.
4336. 5:52:02–5:52:08But these words, Kendrapada, all eager to depart, shouted, a horse.
4337. 5:52:08–5:52:12A horse, and left the palace.
4338. 5:52:12–5:52:17Indraeta was hastily saddled, and brought round by the grooms, and Kendrapada mounted, placing
4339. 5:52:17–5:52:22Petrelaka behind him, leaving Vykhampayana in charge of the camp, dismissing all his
4340. 5:52:22–5:52:28retinue, and followed by Kyurika on another steed, he went to Hemakuta.
4341. 5:52:28–5:52:33On his arrival, he dismounted at the gate of Kadambari's palace, giving his horse to
4342. 5:52:33–5:52:38the doorkeeper, and, followed by Patrolaka, eager for the first sight of Kadambari, he
4343. 5:52:38–5:52:43entered, and asked a eunuch who came forward where the lady Kadambari was.
4344. 5:52:43–5:52:48Bending low, the latter informed him that she was in the ice bower on the bank of the
4345. 5:52:48–5:52:53lotus tank below the Madama Yura plaisons, and then the prince, guided by Kyuraka,
4346. 5:52:53–5:52:58went some distance through the women's garden, and beheld day grow green, and the sunbeams
4347. 5:52:58–5:53:02turn into grass by the reflection of the plant and grows with their emerald glow, and there
4348. 5:53:02–5:53:08he beheld cotton barry. Then she looked with tremulous glance at her retinue, as, coming
4349. 5:53:08–5:53:14in one after another, they announced Kendrapida's approach, and asked each by name, Tell me,
4350. 5:53:14–5:53:21has he really come, and hast thou seen him? How far off is he? She gazed with eyes
4351. 5:53:21–5:53:28gradually brightening as. She saw him yet a far off, and rose from her couch of flowers,
4352. 5:53:28–5:53:33like a newly caught elephant bound to her post and trembling in every limb.
4353. 5:53:33–5:53:38She was veiled in bees drawn as vassals by the fragrance of her flowery couch, all murmuring.
4354. 5:53:38–5:53:43Her upper garment was in confusion, and she sought to place on her bosom the shining necklace.
4355. 5:53:43–5:53:48She seemed to beg the support of a hand from her own shadow as she laid her left hand on
4356. 5:53:48–5:53:49the jeweled pavement.
4357. 5:53:49–5:53:53She seemed to receive herself as a gift by sprinkling with her right hand moist with
4358. 5:53:53–5:53:56the toil of binding together her falling locks.
4359. 5:53:56–5:54:01She poured forth tears of joy cool as though the sandal juice of.
4360. 5:54:01–5:54:05Her sectarial mark had entered in and been united with them, she washed with a line of
4361. 5:54:05–5:54:10glad tears her smooth cheeks, that the pollen from her garland had tinged with gray, as if
4362. 5:54:10–5:54:15in eagerness that the image of her beloved might fall thereon, she seemed to be drawn
4363. 5:54:15–5:54:20forward by her long eyes fastened on Candrapida's face, with its pupil fixed in a side long
4364. 5:54:20–5:54:24glance, and her head somewhat bent, as if from the weight of the sandal mark on her
4365. 5:54:24–5:54:26brow.
4366. 5:54:26–5:54:32When Candrapada, approaching, bowed first before Mahakvita, then courteously saluted Kadambari,
4367. 5:54:32–5:54:37and when she had returned his obeisance and seated herself again on the couch, and the
4368. 5:54:37–5:54:41fortress had brought him a gold stool with legs gleaming with gems, he pushed it away
4369. 5:54:41–5:54:45with his foot and sat down on the ground.
4370. 5:54:45–5:54:50Then Kayuraka presented Patralika, saying, This is Prince Candrapada's beetle-box-bearer
4371. 5:54:50–5:54:53and most-favored friend.
4372. 5:54:53–5:54:58And Kadambari, looking on her, thought, how great partiality does Prajapati bestow on
4373. 5:54:58–5:54:59mortal women.
4374. 5:55:00–5:55:30आन अजि पट्रलेक अबाव्ड रेक। फॉली, शिबईद वर्व्च अप्रोच, अप्रश्विश नाटक विपाव्च नाटक विपाव्च नाटक विपाव्च नाटक विपाव्च नाटक विपाव्च नाटक विपाव्च नाटक विपाव्च नाटक विपाव्च नाट
4375. 5:55:30–5:55:37But so. I will, nevertheless, ask her with a skilfully devised speech. Then he said aloud,
4376. 5:55:37–5:55:45Princess, I know that this pain, with its unceasing torment, has come on thee from love. Yet, slender
4377. 5:55:45–5:55:51maiden, it torments thee not as us. I would gladly, by the offering of myself, restore
4378. 5:55:51–5:55:57thee to health. For I pity thee as thou tremblest, and as I see thee fallen under the pain
4379. 5:55:57–5:56:04of love, my heart, too, falls prostrate. For thine arms are slender and unadorned, and
4380. 5:56:04–5:56:10albierest in thine I a red lotus like a hibiscus from the deep wasting of fever. And all thy
4381. 5:56:10–5:56:17retinue weeps ceaselessly for thy pain. Accept thine ornaments. Take of thine own accord
4382. 5:56:17–5:56:22thy richest adornments, for as the creeper shines hidden in bees and flowers, so should
4383. 5:56:22–5:56:28thou. Then Kadambari, though naturally simple by reason of her youth, yet, from a knowledge
4384. 5:56:28–5:56:34taught by love, understood all the meaning of this darkly expressed speech. Yet, not
4385. 5:56:34–5:56:40realizing that she had come to such a point in her desires, supported by her modesty,
4386. 5:56:40–5:56:46she remained silent. She sent forth, however, the radiance of a smile at that moment on
4387. 5:56:46–5:56:50some pretext, as though to see his face darkened by the bees which were gathered round
4388. 5:56:50–5:56:52its sweetness.
4389. 5:56:52–5:56:57Matalika therefore replied, Prince, what shall I say?
4390. 5:56:57–5:56:59This pain is cruel beyond words.
4391. 5:56:59–5:57:05Moreover, in one of so delicate a nature what does not tend to pain.
4392. 5:57:05–5:57:09Even cool lotus fibers turn to fire and moonlight burns.
4393. 5:57:09–5:57:14Sayest thou not the pain produced in her mind by the breezes of the fans?
4394. 5:57:14–5:57:18Only her strength of mind keeps her alive.
4395. 5:57:18–5:57:23But in heart alone did Kadambari admit Madhulika's words as an answer to the prince.
4396. 5:57:23–5:57:28His mind, however, was in suspense from the doubtfulness of her meaning, and after spending
4397. 5:57:28–5:57:34some time in affectionate talk with Mahakvita, at length with a great effort he withdrew himself,
4398. 5:57:34–5:57:37and left Kadambari's palace to go to the camp.
4399. 5:57:37–5:57:42As he was about to mount his horse, Kayurika came up behind him, and said,
4400. 5:57:42–5:57:49Prince, Matalika bids me say that Princess Kadambari, ever since she beheld Petrelika,
4401. 5:57:49–5:57:52has been charmed by her, and wishes to keep her.
4402. 5:57:52–5:57:55She shall return later.
4403. 5:57:55–5:58:00Having heard her message, thou must decide, happy, replied the prince, and enviable is
4404. 5:58:00–5:58:05Petrelika, in that she is honored by so rare a favor by the princess.
4405. 5:58:05–5:58:07Let her be taken in.
4406. 5:58:07–5:58:10So saying, he went to the camp.
4407. 5:58:10–5:58:15At the moment of his arrival he beheld a letter carrier well known to him that had come from
4408. 5:58:15–5:58:22his father's presence, and, stopping his horse, he asked from afar, with eyes widened by affection,
4409. 5:58:22–5:58:25is my father well, and all his revenue.
4410. 5:58:25–5:58:28And my mother and all the Zanana.
4411. 5:58:28–5:58:33Then the man, approaching with a reverence, saying, as thou sayest, Prince, gave him
4412. 5:58:33–5:58:35two letters.
4413. 5:58:35–5:58:40Then the Prince, placing them on his head, and himself opening them in order, read
4414. 5:58:40–5:58:46as follows, hail from Ujjjaini. King Terapida, king of kings, whose lotus feet are made the
4415. 5:58:46–5:58:52crest on the head of all kings, greets Kendrapida, the home of all good fortune, kissing him
4416. 5:58:52–5:58:58on his head, which kisses the circle of the flashing rays of his crest jewels. Our subjects
4417. 5:58:58–5:59:04are well. Why has so long a time passed since we have seen thee? Our heart longs eagerly
4418. 5:59:04–5:59:11for thee. The queen and the Zenana pine for thee. Therefore, let the cutting short of
4419. 5:59:11–5:59:17this letter be a cause of thy setting out. And in the second letter, sent by Kukanasa,
4420. 5:59:17–5:59:23he read words of like import. Vikampayana, too, at that moment came up, and showed another
4421. 5:59:23–5:59:30pair of letters of his own to the same effect. So with the words, as my father commands,
4422. 5:59:30–5:59:35He had once mounted his horse and caused the drum of departure to be sounded.
4423. 5:59:35–5:59:41He instructed Megoneda, son of Balahaka, the commander-in-chief, who stood near him surrounded
4424. 5:59:41–5:59:45by a large troop, thou must come with Patralekha.
4425. 5:59:45–5:59:49Kayuraka will surely bring her as far as here, and by his lips a message must be sent
4426. 5:59:49–5:59:53with a salutation to Princess Kadambari.
4427. 5:59:53–5:59:58Truly the nature of mortals deserves the blame of the three worlds, for it is discourteous,
4428. 5:59:58–6:00:00friendly and hard to grasp.
4429. 6:00:00–6:00:30नाटक विचार-विमर्शक नाटक विपाषक नाटक विपाषक नाटक विपाषक नाटक विपाषक नाटक विपाषक नाटक विपाषक नाटक नाटक विपाषक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाटक नाट
4430. 6:00:30–6:00:36the object, incurred reproach. For the ambrosially kind glances of the great, when they fall
4431. 6:00:36–6:00:43in vain on unfitting objects, cause shame afterwards. And yet my heart is not so much weighed down
4432. 6:00:43–6:00:49by shame for her as for Mahatvita. For the princess will doubtless often blame her for
4433. 6:00:49–6:00:53her ill-placed partiality in having painted my virtues with a false imputation of qualities
4434. 6:00:53–6:01:02I did not possess. What, then, shall I do? My parents' command is the wadier. Yet it controls my body
4435. 6:01:02–6:01:09alone. But my heart, in its yearning to dwell at Hemakuta, has written a bond of slavery for a thousand
4436. 6:01:09–6:01:14births to Princess Kadambari, and her favor holds it fast as the dense thicket holds a forester.
4437. 6:01:15–6:01:22Nevertheless, I go at my father's command. Truly from this cause the infamous Kendrapada will
4438. 6:01:22–6:01:28will be a byword to the people. Yet, think not that Kendrapada, if he lives, will rest
4439. 6:01:28–6:01:33without again tasting the joy of worshiping the lotus feet of the princess.
4440. 6:01:33–6:01:38Salute with bent head and sun-wise turn the feet of Mahakvita. Tell Matalika that a hearty
4441. 6:01:38–6:01:45embrace preceded by an obeisance is offered her, salute Tamalaka, and inquire on my
4442. 6:01:45–6:01:50behalf after all Kadambari's revenue. Let blessed Hema Kutta be honored by me with
4443. 6:01:50–6:01:57with upraised hands. After giving this message, he set by Campaina over the camp, instructing
4444. 6:01:57–6:02:03his friend to march slowly, without overt asking the army. Then he mounted, accompanied by
4445. 6:02:03–6:02:08his cavalry, mostly mounted on young horses, wearing the grace of a forest of spears, breaking
4446. 6:02:08–6:02:13up the earth with their hoofs, and shaking kailasa with their joyful mane as they set
4447. 6:02:13–6:02:18out, and though his heart was empty, in the fresh separation from Kadambari, he asked
4448. 6:02:18–6:02:22the letter-carrier who clung to his saddle concerning.
4449. 6:02:22–6:02:24The Way to Ajjaini
4450. 6:02:24–6:02:29And on the way he beheld in the forest a red flag, near which was a shrine of Durga, guarded
4451. 6:02:29–6:02:33by an old Dravidian hermit, who made his abode thereby.
4452. 6:02:33–6:02:39Dismounting, he entered, and bent reverently before the goddess, and, bowing again after
4453. 6:02:39–6:02:44a sun-wise turn, he wandered about, interested in the calm of the place, and beheld on one
4454. 6:02:44–6:02:49Inside the wrathful hermit, howling and shouting at him, and at the sight, tossed as he was
4455. 6:02:49–6:02:55by passionate longing in his absence from Kadambari, he could not forebear smiling a moment, but
4456. 6:02:55–6:02:59he checked his soldiers, who were laughing and beginning a quarrel with the hermit, and at
4457. 6:02:59–6:03:03length, with great difficulty, he calmed.
4458. 6:03:03–6:03:09Him with many a soothing and courteous speech, and asked him about his birthplace, caste,
4459. 6:03:09–6:03:15knowledge, wife and children, wealth, age, and the cause of his ascetic vow.
4460. 6:03:15–6:03:20On being asked, the latter described himself, and the prince was greatly interested by him
4461. 6:03:20–6:03:25as he garrulously described his past heroism, beauty, and wealth, and thus diverted his
4462. 6:03:25–6:03:30mind in its soreness of bereavement, and, having become friendly with him, he caused
4463. 6:03:30–6:03:32beetle to be offered to him.
4464. 6:03:32–6:03:37When the sun set, the princes encamped under the trees that chance to be near, the golden
4465. 6:03:37–6:03:41Even saddles of the steeds were hung on boughs, the steeds showed the exertions they had
4466. 6:03:41–6:03:46gone through, from the tossing of their manes dusty with rolling on the earth, and after
4467. 6:03:46–6:03:50they had taken some handfuls of grass and been watered, and were refreshed, they were
4468. 6:03:50–6:03:55tethered, with the spears dug into the ground before them, the soldiery, wearied
4469. 6:03:55–6:04:01with the day's march, appointed a watch, and gladly went to sleep on.
4470. 6:04:01–6:04:05Heaps of leaves near the horses, the encampment was bright as day, for the darkness
4471. 6:04:05–6:04:10was drunk up by the light of many a bivouac fire, and Kendrapida went to a couch prepared
4472. 6:04:10–6:04:15for him by his retinue, and pointed out to him by his porters, in front of the place where
4473. 6:04:15–6:04:21Andreiita was tethered. But the very moment he lay down restlessness seized his heart,
4474. 6:04:21–6:04:26and, overcome by pain, he dismissed the princes, and said nothing even to the special
4475. 6:04:26–6:04:31favorites who stood behind him. With closed eyes he again and again went in heart to
4476. 6:04:31–6:04:38the Kimpurusha land. With fixed thought he recalled Hemakutta. He thought on the spontaneous
4477. 6:04:38–6:04:44kindness of Mahakvita's favors. He constantly longed for the sight of Kadambari as his life's
4478. 6:04:44–6:04:50highest fruit. He continually desired the converse of Matalika, so charming in its absence
4479. 6:04:50–6:04:58of pride. He wished to see Tamalaka. He looked forward to Kayuraka's coming. He
4480. 6:04:58–6:05:00be held in fancy the winter palace.
4481. 6:05:00–6:05:30विश्डवाव नाटक विश्डवाव नाटक विश्डवाव नाटक विश्डवाव नाटक विश्डवाव नाटक विश्डवाव नाटक विश्डवाव नाटक विश्डवाव नाटक विश्डवाव नाटक विश्डवाव नाटक विश्डवाव नाटक विश्डवाव �
4482. 6:05:30–6:05:36reverent salutation, were raised by the citizens in their confusion and joy at his sudden coming,
4483. 6:05:36–6:05:39as he then unexpectedly entered the city.
4484. 6:05:39–6:05:43The king heard from the retinue hastening to be first to tell him that Kendrapida was
4485. 6:05:43–6:05:48at the gate, and bewildered by sudden gladness, with steps low from the weight of joy, he
4486. 6:05:48–6:05:50went to meet his son.
4487. 6:05:50–6:05:55Like Mandara, he drew to himself as a milky ocean his spotless silk mantle that was
4488. 6:05:55–6:06:00slipping down, like the Culpa Tree, with its shower of choice pearls, he reigned
4489. 6:06:00–6:06:05In tears of gladness, he was followed by a thousand chiefs that were round him backslash,
4490. 6:06:05–6:06:11chiefs with top knots white with age, anointed with sandal, wearing untorn linen robes, bracelets,
4491. 6:06:11–6:06:18turbans, crests and wreaths, bearing swords, staves, umbrellas and cowries, making the
4492. 6:06:18–6:06:22earth appear rich in kylossas and milky oceans.
4493. 6:06:22–6:06:27The prince, seeing his father from afar, dismounted, and touched the ground with a head garlanded
4494. 6:06:27–6:06:32by the rays of his crest jewels. Then his father stretched out his arms, bidding him
4495. 6:06:32–6:06:37approach, and embraced him closely, and when he had paid his respects to all the honorable
4496. 6:06:37–6:06:45persons who were there, he was led by the king to Vilasavadi's palace. His coming was greeted
4497. 6:06:45–6:06:49by her and her retinue, and when he had performed all the auspicious ceremonies of
4498. 6:06:49–6:06:54arrival, he stayed some time and talked about his expedition of conquest, and then went
4499. 6:06:54–6:07:00to see Kokonasa. Having Duly stayed there some time, he told him that Vikampayana was at
4500. 6:07:00–6:07:05the camp in Well, and saw Manurma, and then returning, he mechanically performed the ceremonies
4501. 6:07:05–6:07:12of bathing, and so forth, in Vilasavadi's palace. On the morrow he went to his own palace,
4502. 6:07:12–6:07:18and there, with a mind tossed by anxiety, he deemed that not only himself, but his palace
4503. 6:07:18–6:07:24and the city, and, indeed, the whole world, was but a void without Kadambari, and so,
4504. 6:07:24–6:07:29in his longing to hear news of her, he awaited the return of Patralika, as though it were
4505. 6:07:29–6:07:34a festival, or the winning of a boon, or the time of the rising of Emerita.
4506. 6:07:34–6:07:39A few days later Meganeda came with Patralika, and led her in, and as she made obeisance
4507. 6:07:39–6:07:45from afar, Kendrapada smiled affectionately, and, rising reverently, embraced her, for
4508. 6:07:45–6:07:50Though she was naturally dear to him, she was now yet dearer as having won a fresh splendor
4509. 6:07:50–6:07:53from Kadambari's presence.
4510. 6:07:53–6:07:58He laid his slender hand on Meghanada's back as he bent before him, and then, sitting down,
4511. 6:07:58–6:08:04he said, Tell me, Patralika, is all well with Mahakvita and Madhulika, and the Lady
4512. 6:08:04–6:08:10Kadambari, and are all her retinue well, with Tamalika and Kayurika.
4513. 6:08:10–6:08:15Prince, she replied, All is well, as thou sayest.
4514. 6:08:15–6:08:20The lady caught Mbari, with her friends and Retinue, do thee homage by making their raised
4515. 6:08:20–6:08:23hands into a wreath for their brows.
4516. 6:08:23–6:08:27At these words the prince dismissed his royal Retinue, and went with Petrolikai into the
4517. 6:08:27–6:08:28palace.
4518. 6:08:28–6:08:34Then, with a tortured heart, no longer able from its intense love to overcome his eagerness
4519. 6:08:34–6:08:39to hear, he sent his Retinue far away and entered the house.
4520. 6:08:39–6:08:43With his lotus feet he pushed away the pair of hamsas that were sleeping happily on the
4521. 6:08:43–6:08:48slope beneath a leafy bower that made an emerald banner, and, resting in the midst of a fresh
4522. 6:08:48–6:08:53bed of hibiscus, that made a sunshade with its broad, long-stocked leaves, he sat down,
4523. 6:08:53–6:08:58and asked, Tell me, patrolica, how thou hast fared?
4524. 6:08:58–6:09:01How many days were thou there?
4525. 6:09:01–6:09:03What favor did the princess show thee?
4526. 6:09:03–6:09:07What talk was there, and what conversation arose?
4527. 6:09:07–6:09:12Who most remembers us, and whose affection is greatest?
4528. 6:09:12–6:09:18questioned, she told him, Give thy mind and hear all. When now work gone, I returned with
4529. 6:09:18–6:09:24Kyurica, and sat down near the couch of flowers, and there I gladly remained, receiving ever-fresh
4530. 6:09:24–6:09:31marks of kindness from the princess. What need of words? The whole of that day her eye,
4531. 6:09:31–6:09:38her form, her hand, were on mine, her speech dwelt on my name and her heart on my love.
4532. 6:09:38–6:09:43On the morrow, leaning on me, she left the winter palace, and, wandering at will, bade
4533. 6:09:43–6:09:48her retinue remain behind, and entered the maiden's garden.
4534. 6:09:48–6:09:52By a flight of emerald steps, that might have been formed from Jamuna's waves, she ascended
4535. 6:09:52–6:09:58to a white summer house, and in it she stayed some time, leaning against a jeweled pillar,
4536. 6:09:58–6:10:00Deliberating with her heart, wishing
4537. 6:10:00–6:10:04विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक
4538. 6:10:04–6:10:07विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक
4539. 6:10:07–6:10:10विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक
4540. 6:10:10–6:10:13विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक विचार-विमर्शक
4541. 6:10:13–6:10:18came upon her, so that, shaking in every limb as though fearing to fall, she was seized
4542. 6:10:18–6:10:20by despair.
4543. 6:10:20–6:10:25But when I, who knew her thoughts, fixed my mind on her, and, fastening my eyes on her
4544. 6:10:25–6:10:31face, bade her speak, she seemed to be restrained by her own trembling limbs, with a toe that
4545. 6:10:31–6:10:36marked the floor as if for retreat, she seemed to rub out her own image in shame that
4546. 6:10:36–6:10:40it should hear her secret, with her lotus foot backslash, its anklets all set jingling
4547. 6:10:40–6:10:46by the scratching of the floor backslash, she pushed aside the tame geese. With a strip
4548. 6:10:46–6:10:51of silk made into a fan for her hot face, she drove away the bees on her.
4549. 6:10:51–6:10:57Irlotus' to the peacock she gave, like a bribe, a piece of beetle broken by her teeth,
4550. 6:10:57–6:11:02and gazing often on every side lest a wood goddess should listen, much as she longed
4551. 6:11:02–6:11:08to speak, she was checked in her utterance by shame, and could not speak a word. Her voice,
4552. 6:11:08–6:11:14In spite of her greatest efforts, was wholly burnt up by love's fire, borne away by a ceaseless
4553. 6:11:14–6:11:20flow of tears, overwhelmed by onrushing griefs, broken by love's falling shafts, banished
4554. 6:11:20–6:11:24by invading sighs, restrained by the hundred cares that dwelt in her heart, and drunk
4555. 6:11:24–6:11:29by the bees that tasted her breath, so that it could not come forth.
4556. 6:11:29–6:11:34In brief, she made a pearl rosary to count her many griefs with the bright tears that
4557. 6:11:34–6:11:40fell without touching her cheeks, as with bent head she made the very image of a storm.
4558. 6:11:40–6:11:46Then from her shame learned its full grace, modesty, a transcendent modesty, simplicity,
4559. 6:11:46–6:11:53simplicity, courtesy, courtesy, fear, timidity, coquetry, its quintessence, despair, its
4560. 6:11:53–6:11:57own nature, and charm, a further charm.
4561. 6:11:57–6:12:03And so, when I asked her, Princess, what means this, she wiped her reddened eyes,
4562. 6:12:03–6:12:08and, holding a garland woven by the flowers of the bower with arms which, soft as lotus
4563. 6:12:08–6:12:14fibers, seemed meant to hold her firmly in the excess of her grief, she raised one eyebrow,
4564. 6:12:14–6:12:19as if gazing on the path of death, and sighed along, fevered sigh.
4565. 6:12:19–6:12:24And as, in desire to know the cause of her sorrow, I pressed her to tell me, she seemed
4566. 6:12:24–6:12:28to write on the kataki petals scratched by her nails in her shame, and so deliver
4567. 6:12:28–6:12:30her message.
4568. 6:12:30–6:12:35She moved her lower lip in eagerness to speak, and seemed to be whispering to the bees who
4569. 6:12:35–6:12:39drank her breath, and thus she remained some time with eyes fixed on the ground, double
4570. 6:12:39–6:12:41quotes.
4571. 6:12:41–6:12:46At last, often turning her glance to my face, she seemed to purify, with the tears that
4572. 6:12:46–6:12:52fell from her brimming eyes, the voice that the smoke of love's fire had dimmed.
4573. 6:12:52–6:12:57And in the guise of tears, she bound up with the rays of her teeth, flashing in a
4574. 6:12:57–6:13:01force smile, the strange syllables of what she had meant to say, but forgotten in her
4575. 6:13:01–6:13:05tremor, and with great difficulty betook herself to speech.
4576. 6:13:05–6:13:11Patrolaka, she said to me, By reason of my great favour for thee, neither father, mother,
4577. 6:13:11–6:13:17maha-khvita, matalika, nor life itself is dear to me as thou hast been since I first beheld
4578. 6:13:17–6:13:18thee.
4579. 6:13:18–6:13:23I know not why my heart has cast off all my friends and trusts in thee alone.
4580. 6:13:23–6:13:29To whom else can I complain, or tell my humiliation, or give a share in my woe?
4581. 6:13:29–6:13:34When I have shown thee the unbearable burden of my woe, I will die.
4582. 6:13:34–6:13:39By my life I swear to thee I am put to shame by even my own heart's knowledge of my story,
4583. 6:13:39–6:13:42how much more by another's.
4584. 6:13:42–6:13:46How should such as I stain by ill report a race pure as moonbeams, and lose the honor
4585. 6:13:46–6:13:51which has descended from my sires, and turn my thoughts on unmaidenly levity, acting
4586. 6:13:51–6:13:57us without my father's will, or my mother's bestowal, or my elder's congratulations, without
4587. 6:13:57–6:14:01any announcement, without sending of gifts, or showing of pictures.
4588. 6:14:01–6:14:07Timidly, as one unprotected, have I been led to deserve my parents' blame by that overweening
4589. 6:14:07–6:14:09Candrapada.
4590. 6:14:09–6:14:13Is this, I pray, the conduct of noble men?
4591. 6:14:13–6:14:18Is this the fruit of our meeting, that my heart, tender as a lotus filament, is now
4592. 6:14:18–6:14:19crushed?
4593. 6:14:19–6:14:24For maidens should not be lightly treated by youths, the fire of love is wont to consume
4594. 6:14:24–6:14:28first their reserve and then their heart, the arrows of love pierce first their dignity
4595. 6:14:28–6:14:30and then their life.
4596. 6:14:30–6:14:35Therefore, I bid thee farewell till our meeting in another birth, for none is dearer to me
4597. 6:14:35–6:14:37than thou.
4598. 6:14:37–6:14:42By carrying out my resolve of death, I shall cleanse my own stain.
4599. 6:14:42–6:14:45So saying, she was.
4600. 6:14:45–6:14:47Silent.
4601. 6:14:47–6:14:53Not knowing the truth of her tale, I sorrowfully, as if ashamed, afraid, bewildered, and bereft
4602. 6:14:53–6:14:58of sense, adjured her, saying, Princess, I long to hear.
4603. 6:14:58–6:15:00Tell me what Prince can drape it?
4604. 6:15:00–6:15:04विचार-विमर्चना, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता,
4605. 6:15:04–6:15:08कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता,
4606. 6:15:08–6:15:13कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता,
4607. 6:15:13–6:15:18कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता, कविता,
4608. 6:15:18–6:15:24In my dreams that cunning villain comes daily and employs in secret messages a caged parrot
4609. 6:15:24–6:15:26and a starling.
4610. 6:15:26–6:15:31In my dreams he, bewildered in mind with vain desires, writes in my earrings to appoint
4611. 6:15:31–6:15:33meetings.
4612. 6:15:33–6:15:38He sends love letters with their syllables washed away, filled with mad hopes, most sweet, and
4613. 6:15:38–6:15:43showing his own state by the lines of tears stained with pigment falling on them.
4614. 6:15:43–6:15:48By the glow of his feelings he dies my feet against my will.
4615. 6:15:48–6:15:53In his reckless insolence he prides himself on his own reflection in my nails.
4616. 6:15:53–6:15:58In his unwarranted boldness he embraces me against my will in the gardens when I am alone,
4617. 6:15:58–6:16:02and almost dead from fear of being caught, as the clinging of my silken skirts to the
4618. 6:16:02–6:16:08branches hinders my steps, and my friends the creepers seize and deliver me to him.
4619. 6:16:08–6:16:13Naturally crooked, he teaches the very essence of crookedness to a heart by nature simple
4620. 6:16:13–6:16:16by the blazonry he paints on my breast.
4621. 6:16:16–6:16:21Full of guileful flattery, he fans with his cool breath my cheeks all wet and shining as
4622. 6:16:21–6:16:25with a breeze from the waves of my heart's longing.
4623. 6:16:25–6:16:29He boldly places the rays of his nails like young barley sheaves on my ear, though his
4624. 6:16:29–6:16:35hand is empty, because its lotus has fallen from his grasp relaxed in weariness.
4625. 6:16:35–6:16:39He audaciously draws me by the hair to quaff the sweet wine of his breath, inhaled
4626. 6:16:39–6:16:43by him when he watered his favorite buckle flowers.
4627. 6:16:43–6:16:48Mocked by his own folly, he demands on his head the touch of my foot, destined for the
4628. 6:16:48–6:16:50palace a coca tree.
4629. 6:16:50–6:16:57In his utter love madness, he says, tell me, patraleca, how a madman can be rejected.
4630. 6:16:57–6:17:02For he considers refusal a sign of jealousy, he deems abuse a gentle jest, he looks on
4631. 6:17:02–6:17:07silence as petishness, he regards the mention of his faults as a device for thinking
4632. 6:17:07–6:17:13of him, he views contempt as the familiarity of love, he esteems the blame of mankind as
4633. 6:17:13–6:17:14renown.
4634. 6:17:14–6:17:19A sweet joy filled me as I heard her say this, and I thought, surely love has led her far
4635. 6:17:19–6:17:22in her feelings for Kentrapita.
4636. 6:17:22–6:17:28If this indeed be true, he shows invisible form, under the guise of Kadambari, his tender
4637. 6:17:28–6:17:32feeling towards the prince, and he is met by the princes innate in carefully trained
4638. 6:17:32–6:17:34virtues.
4639. 6:17:34–6:17:39The quarters gleam with his glory, a rain of pearls is cast by his youth on the waves of
4640. 6:17:39–6:17:43the ocean of tenderness, his name is written by his youthful gaity on the moon, his own
4641. 6:17:43–6:17:48fortune is proclaimed by his happy lot, and nectar is showered down by his grace as by
4642. 6:17:48–6:17:50the digits of the moon.
4643. 6:17:50–6:17:55Moreover, the Malaya wind has at length its season, moonrise has gained its full
4644. 6:17:55–6:18:00chance, the luxuriance of spring flowers has won a fitting fruit, the sharpness of
4645. 6:18:00–6:18:05wine has mellowed to its full virtue, and the descent of love's era is now clearly manifest
4646. 6:18:05–6:18:14on earth," then I smiled and said aloud, If it be so, Princess, cease thy wrath.
4647. 6:18:14–6:18:16Be appeased.
4648. 6:18:16–6:18:20Thou canst not punish the prince for the faults of comma.
4649. 6:18:20–6:18:25These truly are the sports of love, the God of the flowery bow, not of a wanton can drap
4650. 6:18:25–6:18:26it a.
4651. 6:18:26–6:18:32As I said this, she eagerly asked me, As for this comma, whoever he may be, tell me what
4652. 6:18:32–6:18:34forms he assumes.
4653. 6:18:34–6:18:39How can he have forms, replied I, he is a formless fire.
4654. 6:18:39–6:18:44For without flame he creates heat, Without smoke he makes tears flow, without the dust
4655. 6:18:44–6:18:47of ashes he shows whiteness.
4656. 6:18:47–6:18:52Nor is there a being in all the wide universe who is not, or has not been, or will not
4657. 6:18:52–6:18:55be, the victim of his shaft.
4658. 6:18:55–6:18:58Who is there that fears him not?
4659. 6:18:58–6:19:03Even a strong man is pierced by him when he takes in hand his flowery bow, double quotes.
4660. 6:19:03–6:19:09Moreover, when tender women are possessed by him, they gaze, and the sky is crowded with
4661. 6:19:09–6:19:12a thousand images of their beloved.
4662. 6:19:12–6:19:17They paint the loved form, the earth is a canvas all too small.
4663. 6:19:17–6:19:22They reckon the virtues of their hero, number itself fails them.
4664. 6:19:22–6:19:28They listen to talk about their dearest, the goddess of speech herself seems all too silent.
4665. 6:19:28–6:19:33They muse on the joys of union with him who is their life, and time itself is all too short
4666. 6:19:33–6:19:35to their heart.
4667. 6:19:35–6:19:40She pondered a moment on this air she replied, as thou sayest, Petrolika, love has led
4668. 6:19:40–6:19:43me into tenderness for the prince.
4669. 6:19:43–6:19:46For all these signs and more are found in me.
4670. 6:19:46–6:19:51Thou art one with my own heart, and I ask thee to tell me what I should now do.
4671. 6:19:51–6:19:54I am all unversed in such matters.
4672. 6:19:54–6:19:59Moreover, if I were forced to tell my parents, I should be so ashamed that my heart would
4673. 6:19:59–6:20:00choose to do so.
4674. 6:20:00–6:20:02देख रहाद नाटक विशार-विमर्शक रेक।
4675. 6:20:02–6:20:04देख विशार-विमर्शक रेक।
4676. 6:20:04–6:20:06विशार-विमर्शक रेक।
4677. 6:20:06–6:20:08विशार-विमर्शक रेक।
4678. 6:20:08–6:20:10विशार-विमर्शक रेक।
4679. 6:20:10–6:20:12विशार-विमर्शक रेक।
4680. 6:20:12–6:20:14विशार-विमर्शक रेक।
4681. 6:20:14–6:20:16विशार-विमर्शक रेक।
4682. 6:20:16–6:20:33Why tell thy parents? Love himself, like a parent, plans for thee, like a mother, he approves thee, like a father, he bestows thee, like a girlfriend, he kindles thine affection, like a nurse, he teaches thy tender age the secrets of love.
4683. 6:20:33–6:20:43Why should I tell thee of those who have themselves chosen their lords? For were it not so, the ordinance of the Svayamvara in our law books would be meaningless.
4684. 6:20:43–6:20:47Be at rest, then, Princess.
4685. 6:20:47–6:20:49Enough of this talk of death.
4686. 6:20:49–6:20:53I conjure thee by touching thy lotus foot to send me.
4687. 6:20:53–6:20:55I am ready to go.
4688. 6:20:55–6:21:00I will bring back to thee, Princess, thy heart's beloved.
4689. 6:21:00–6:21:04When I had said this, she seemed to drink me in with a tender glance.
4690. 6:21:04–6:21:09She was confused by an ardor of affection which, though restrained, found a path, and
4691. 6:21:09–6:21:12burst through the reserve that love shafts had pierced.
4692. 6:21:12–6:21:17In her pleasure at my words, she cast off the silken outer robe which clung to her through
4693. 6:21:17–6:21:22her weariness, and left it suspended on her thrilling limbs.
4694. 6:21:22–6:21:26She loosened the moonbeam necklace on her neck, put there as a news to hang herself, and
4695. 6:21:26–6:21:30entangled in the fish ornaments of her swinging earring.
4696. 6:21:30–6:21:35Yet, though her whole soul was in a fever of joy, she supported herself by the modesty
4697. 6:21:35–6:21:40which is a maiden's natural dour, and said, I know thy great love.
4698. 6:21:40–6:21:46But how could a woman, tender of nature as a young syrish blossom, show such boldness,
4699. 6:21:46–6:21:48especially one so young as I?
4700. 6:21:48–6:21:54Bold, indeed, are they who themselves send messages, or themselves deliver a message?
4701. 6:21:54–6:21:59I, a young maiden, am ashamed to send a bold message.
4702. 6:21:59–6:22:02What, indeed, could I say?
4703. 6:22:02–6:22:06Thou art very dear, is superfluous.
4704. 6:22:06–6:22:10Am I dear to thee, is a senseless question.
4705. 6:22:10–6:22:14My love for thee is great, is the speech of the shameless.
4706. 6:22:14–6:22:18Without thee I cannot live, is contrary to experience.
4707. 6:22:18–6:22:22Love conquers me, is a reproach of my own fault.
4708. 6:22:22–6:22:27I am given to thee by love, is a bold offering of one's self.
4709. 6:22:27–6:22:31Thou art my captive, is the daring speech of a modesty.
4710. 6:22:31–6:22:35Thou must needs come, is the pride of fortune.
4711. 6:22:35–6:22:39I will come myself, is a woman's weakness.
4712. 6:22:39–6:22:43I am wholly devoted to Thee, is the likeness of up-truded affection.
4713. 6:22:43–6:22:48I send no message from fear of a rebuff, is to wake the sleeper.
4714. 6:22:48–6:22:54Let me be a warning of the sorrow of a service that is despised, is an excess of tenderness.
4715. 6:22:54–6:23:00Thou shalt know my love by my death, is a thought that may not enter the mind.
4716. 6:23:00–6:23:03Kadambari, by Bhanapada.
4717. 6:23:03–6:23:05Second Part
4718. 6:23:05–6:23:10I hail, for the completion of the difficult toil of this unfinished tale, Uma and Siva,
4719. 6:23:10–6:23:15Parents of Earth, whose single body, formed from the union of two halves, shows neither
4720. 6:23:15–6:23:18point of union nor division.
4721. 6:23:18–6:23:24I salute Narayana, creator of all, by whom the man-lion form was manifested happily, showing
4722. 6:23:24–6:23:29a face terrible with its tossing mane, and displaying in his hand quite, sword, club,
4723. 6:23:29–6:23:31and conch.
4724. 6:23:31–6:23:36I do homage to my Father, that Lord of Speech, the Creator by whom that story was made that
4725. 6:23:36–6:23:42none else could fashion, that noble man whom all honor in every house, and from whom I,
4726. 6:23:42–6:23:45in reward of a former life, receive my being.
4727. 6:23:45–6:23:51When my Father rose to the sky, on earth the stream of the story failed with His voice.
4728. 6:23:51–6:23:56And I, as I saw its unfinished state was a grief to the good, began it, but from
4729. 6:23:56–6:23:58no poetic pride.
4730. 6:23:58–6:24:03For that the words flow with such beauty as my father's special gift, a single touch
4731. 6:24:03–6:24:09of the ray of the moon, the one source of nectar, suffices to melt the moonstone.
4732. 6:24:09–6:24:14As other rivers at their full enter the Ganges, and by being absorbed in it reach the ocean,
4733. 6:24:14–6:24:19so my speech is cast by me for the completion of this story on the ocean-flowing stream
4734. 6:24:19–6:24:21of my father's eloquence.
4735. 6:24:21–6:24:27Reeling under the strong sweetness of Kadambari as one intoxicated, I am bereft of sense,
4736. 6:24:27–6:24:32in that I fear not to compose an ending in my own speech to void of sweetness and color.
4737. 6:24:32–6:24:37The seeds that promise fruit and are destined to flower are forced by the sower with fitting
4738. 6:24:37–6:24:42toils, scattered in good ground, they grow to rightness, but it is the sower's son who
4739. 6:24:42–6:24:48gathers them. Moreover, Kadambari continued, if the prince were brought shame itself,
4740. 6:24:48–6:24:54put to shame by my weakness, would not allow a sight of him. Fear itself, frightened
4741. 6:24:54–6:24:59that the crime of bringing him by force would not enter his presence.
4742. 6:24:59–6:25:00Then all would be
4743. 6:25:00–6:25:30योवर अव में पच्रलग़ दिट वर अपमोश्छव नाटक विचार-विमर्शक नाटक विचार-विमर्शक नाटक विपाश्व नाटक विपाश्व नाटक विपाश्व नाटक विपाश्व नाटक विपाश्व नाटक विपाश्व नाटक विपाश्व नाटक विपा�
4744. 6:25:30–6:25:35Mahakvita not to marry while she was in trouble, though she besought me not to promise, saying,
4745. 6:25:35–6:25:40that Kama often takes our life by love even for one unseen.
4746. 6:25:40–6:25:42But this is not my case.
4747. 6:25:42–6:25:49For the prince, imaged by fancy, ever presents himself to my sight, and, sleeping or waking,
4748. 6:25:49–6:25:52in every place I behold him.
4749. 6:25:52–6:25:54Therefore talk not of bringing him.
4750. 6:25:54–6:26:00Thereupon I reflected, truly the beloved, as shaped in the imagination, is a great support
4751. 6:26:00–6:26:05to women separated from their loves, especially to maidens of noble birth.
4752. 6:26:05–6:26:10And I promised Kadambari that I would bring thee, O Prince.
4753. 6:26:10–6:26:15Then she, roused by my speech full of thy name, as by a charm to remove poison, suddenly
4754. 6:26:15–6:26:21opened her eyes, and said, I say not that thy going pleases me, Patralika.
4755. 6:26:21–6:26:27It is only when I see thee that I can endure my life, yet if this desire possess thee,
4756. 6:26:27–6:26:29do what thou wilt.
4757. 6:26:29–6:26:33So saying, she dismissed me with many presents.
4758. 6:26:33–6:26:38Then with slightly downcast face Patralika continued, The recent kindness of the princess
4759. 6:26:38–6:26:43has given me courage, my prince, and I am grieved for her, and so I say to thee, Ditz
4760. 6:26:43–6:26:47thou act worthily of thy tender nature in leaving her in this state.
4761. 6:26:47–6:26:53Just reproached by Patralika and hearing the words of Kadambari, so full of conflicting
4762. 6:26:53–6:26:58impulses, the prince became confused, and sharing in Kadambari's feeling, he asked Patralika
4763. 6:26:58–6:27:02with tears, what am I to do?
4764. 6:27:02–6:27:07Love has made me a cause of sorrow to Kadambari and of reproach to thee.
4765. 6:27:07–6:27:11And methinks this was some curse that darkened my mind, else how was my mind deceived when
4766. 6:27:11–6:27:16clear signs were given, which would create no doubt even in a dull mind.
4767. 6:27:16–6:27:20All this my fault has arisen from a mistake.
4768. 6:27:20–6:27:25I will therefore now, by devoting myself to her, even with my life, act so that the princess
4769. 6:27:25–6:27:29may know me not to be of so heart to heart."
4770. 6:27:29–6:27:32While he thus spoke a portrait hastened.
4771. 6:27:32–6:27:37In and said, Prince, Queen Villasavati sends a message saying, I hear from the talk of
4772. 6:27:37–6:27:42my attendance that Patrolika, who had stayed behind, has now returned.
4773. 6:27:42–6:27:45And I love her equally with thyself.
4774. 6:27:45–6:27:49Do thou therefore come and bring her with thee?
4775. 6:27:49–6:27:54The sight of thy lotus face, one by a thousand longings, is rarely given.
4776. 6:27:54–6:27:59How my life now is tossed with doubts, thought the prince.
4777. 6:27:59–6:28:03My mother is sorrowful if even for a moment she sees me not.
4778. 6:28:03–6:28:08My subjects love me, but the gondor of princess loves me more.
4779. 6:28:08–6:28:14Princess Kadambari is worthy of my winning, and my mind is impatient of delay, so thinking,
4780. 6:28:14–6:28:18He went to the queen, and spent the day in a longing of heart-heart to bear, while the
4781. 6:28:18–6:28:23night he spent thinking of the beauty of Kadambari, which was as a shrine of love.
4782. 6:28:23–6:28:27Then's fourth pleasant talk found no entrance into him.
4783. 6:28:27–6:28:33His friend's words seemed harsh to him, the conversation of his kinsmen gave him no delight.
4784. 6:28:33–6:28:38His body was dried up by love's fire, but he did not yield up the tenderness of his
4785. 6:28:38–6:28:39heart.
4786. 6:28:39–6:28:43He despised happiness, but not self-control.
4787. 6:28:43–6:28:47While he was thus drawn forward by strong love, which had its life resting on the goodness
4788. 6:28:47–6:28:53and beauty of Kadambari, and held backwards by his very deep affection for his parents,
4789. 6:28:53–6:28:58he beheld one day, when wandering on the banks of the Sipra, a troop of horse approaching.
4790. 6:28:58–6:29:03He sent a man to inquire what this might be, and himself crossing the Sipra where the
4791. 6:29:03–6:29:09water rose but to his thigh, he awaited his messenger's return in a shrine of Kartikey.
4792. 6:29:09–6:29:17patrolika to him, he said, Look! That horseman whose face can scarce be described as Kayurika.
4793. 6:29:17–6:29:22He then beheld Kayurika throw himself from his horse while yet far off, gray with dust
4794. 6:29:22–6:29:28from swift riding, while by his changed appearance, his lack of adornment, his despondent face,
4795. 6:29:28–6:29:33and his eyes that heralded his inward grief, he announced, even without words, the evil
4796. 6:29:33–6:29:36plight of Kadambari.
4797. 6:29:36–6:29:41And Drapida lovingly called him as he hastily bowed and drew near, and embraced him.
4798. 6:29:41–6:29:46And when he had drawn back and paid his homage, the prince, having gratified his followers
4799. 6:29:46–6:29:52by courteous inquiries, looked at him eagerly, and said, by the sight of thee, Keurica, the
4800. 6:29:52–6:29:56well-being of the Lady Kadambari and her attendants is proclaimed.
4801. 6:29:56–6:30:00When thou art rested and at ease, thou shalt tell me the cause of the earth.
4802. 6:30:00–6:30:30वाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजिवाजि�
4803. 6:30:30–6:30:36sighed along, hot sigh, and saying sadly, it is so then, return to her own hermitage to her penance.
4804. 6:30:37–6:30:43Kadambari, as though bereft of consciousness, ignorant of Mahakvita's departure, only opened
4805. 6:30:43–6:30:49her eyes after a long time, scornfully bidding me tell Mahakvita, and asking Madhulika if anyone
4806. 6:30:49–6:30:54ever had done or would do such a deed as Kendrapada, she dismissed her attendance,
4807. 6:30:54–6:30:59threw herself on her couch, veiled her head, and spent the day without speaking even to
4808. 6:30:59–6:31:06Matalika, who wholly shared her grief. When early next morning I went to her, she gazed at me long
4809. 6:31:06–6:31:13with tearful eyes, as if blaming me. And I, when thus looked at by my sorrowing mistress,
4810. 6:31:13–6:31:19deemed myself ordered to go, and so, without telling the princess, I have approached my Lord's feet.
4811. 6:31:19–6:31:28Therefore vouchsave to hear attentively the bidding of Kayurika, whose heart is anxious to save the life of one whose soul refuge is in thee.
4812. 6:31:28–6:31:41For, as by thy first coming that virgin forest was stirred as by the fragrant Malaya wind, so when she beheld thee, the joy of the whole world, like the spring, love entered her as though she were a reddacocca creeper.
4813. 6:31:41–6:31:45But now she endures great torture for thy sake.
4814. 6:31:45–6:31:51Then Kayuraka told at length all her sufferings, till the prince, overcome by grief, could
4815. 6:31:51–6:31:53bear it no longer and swooned.
4816. 6:31:53–6:31:59Then, awakening from his swoon, he lamented that he was thought too hard of heart to
4817. 6:31:59–6:32:04receive a message from Kadambari or her friends, and blamed them for not telling him of her
4818. 6:32:04–6:32:06love while he was there.
4819. 6:32:06–6:32:11Why should there be shame concerning one who is her servant, ever at her feet, that
4820. 6:32:11–6:32:16That grief should have made its home in one so tender, and my desires be unfulfilled.
4821. 6:32:16–6:32:20Now, what can I do when at some day's distance from her?
4822. 6:32:20–6:32:25Her body cannot even endure the fall of a flower upon it, while even on adamant in hearts
4823. 6:32:25–6:32:29like mine the arrows of love are hard to bear.
4824. 6:32:29–6:32:35When I see the unstable works began by cruel fate, I know not where it will stop.
4825. 6:32:35–6:32:38Elsewhere was my approach to the land of the immortals, in my vain hunt for the
4826. 6:32:38–6:32:40canars.
4827. 6:32:40–6:32:45my journey to Hemakuta with Mahakvita, or my sight of the princess there, or the birth
4828. 6:32:45–6:32:51of her love for me, or my father's command, that I could not transgress, for me to return,
4829. 6:32:51–6:32:56though my longing was yet unfulfilled. It is by evil destiny that we have been raised
4830. 6:32:56–6:33:03high, and then dash to the ground. Therefore let us do our utmost to console the princess.
4831. 6:33:03–6:33:09Then in the evening he asked K'yuraka, what thinkest thou? Will Kadambari support life
4832. 6:33:09–6:33:16till we arrive. Or shall I again behold her face, with its eyes like a timid fawn's?
4833. 6:33:16–6:33:19Be firm, Prince, he replied.
4834. 6:33:19–6:33:25Do thine utmost to go. The Prince had himself begun plans for going, but what happiness
4835. 6:33:25–6:33:29or what content of heart would there be without his father's leave, and how after
4836. 6:33:29–6:33:35his long absence could it be gained? A friend's help was needed here, but Viscampiana was
4837. 6:33:35–6:33:41away. But next morning he heard a report that his army had reached Dacapura, and thinking
4838. 6:33:41–6:33:46with joy that he was now to receive the favor of fate, in that by Campaina was now at hand,
4839. 6:33:46–6:33:49he joyfully told the news to Kyurica.
4840. 6:33:49–6:33:57This event, replied the latter, surely announces thy going. Doubtless thou wilt gain the princess.
4841. 6:33:57–6:34:01For when was the moon ever beheld by any without moonlight, or a lotus pool without
4842. 6:34:01–6:34:08a lotus, or a garden without creeper. Yet there must be delay in the arrival of Vykhampayana,
4843. 6:34:08–6:34:13and the settling with him of thy plans. But I have told thee the state of the princess,
4844. 6:34:13–6:34:19which admits of no delay. Therefore, my heart, rendered insolent by the grace bestowed by
4845. 6:34:19–6:34:24thy affection, desires that favor may be shown me by a command to go at once to announce
4846. 6:34:24–6:34:29the joy of my Lord's coming. Where at the prince, with a glance that showed his
4847. 6:34:29–6:34:35inward satisfaction, replied, Who else is there who so well knows time and place, or who else
4848. 6:34:35–6:34:38is so sincerely loyal?
4849. 6:34:38–6:34:41This, therefore, is a happy thought.
4850. 6:34:41–6:34:45Go to support the life of the princess and to prepare for my return.
4851. 6:34:45–6:34:51But let Petrolika go forward, too, with thee to the feet of the princess.
4852. 6:34:51–6:34:54For she is favored by the princess.
4853. 6:34:54–6:34:58Then he called Megoneda, and bathed him escort Petrolika, while he himself would overtake
4854. 6:34:58–6:34:59them when he had seen by
4855. 6:35:00–6:35:30क्यम्ठायना अछि। तेश्वावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावा�
4856. 6:35:30–6:35:35For a face like my sons is not often to be seen.
4857. 6:35:35–6:35:40Let us then gladden ourselves now by the sight of the lotus face of a bride.
4858. 6:35:40–6:35:45Cookinassa agreed that as the prince had gained all knowledge, made royal fortune firmly his
4859. 6:35:45–6:35:50own, and wed the earth, there remained nothing for him to do but to marry a wife.
4860. 6:35:50–6:35:55How fitly, thought Kendrapada, does my father's plan come from my thoughts of a union
4861. 6:35:55–6:35:57with Kadambari?
4862. 6:35:57–6:36:02The proverb, light to one in darkness, or a shower of nectar to a dying man, is coming
4863. 6:36:02–6:36:04true in me.
4864. 6:36:04–6:36:09After just seeing Vaikampayana, I shall win Kadambari.
4865. 6:36:09–6:36:14Then the king went to Vilasavadi, and playfully reproached her for giving no counsel as to
4866. 6:36:14–6:36:16a bride for her son.
4867. 6:36:16–6:36:21Meanwhile the prince spent the day in awaiting Vaikampayana's return.
4868. 6:36:21–6:36:26And after spending over two, watches of the night sleepless in yearning for him, the
4869. 6:36:26–6:36:32energy of his love was redoubled, and he ordered the conch to be sounded for his going.
4870. 6:36:32–6:36:37Then he started on the road to Dacapura, and after going some distance he beheld the camp,
4871. 6:36:37–6:36:42and rejoiced to think he would now see Vykampyana, and going on alone, he asked where his friend
4872. 6:36:42–6:36:44was.
4873. 6:36:44–6:36:47But weeping women replied, Why ask?
4874. 6:36:47–6:36:49How should he be here?
4875. 6:36:49–6:36:53And in utter bewilderment he hastened to the midst of the camp.
4876. 6:36:53–6:36:57Here he was recognized, and on his question the chieftains besought him to rest under
4877. 6:36:57–6:37:01a tree while they related thy campioness fate.
4878. 6:37:01–6:37:06He was, they said, yet alive, and they told what had happened.
4879. 6:37:06–6:37:11When left by thee, he halted a day, and then gave the order for our march.
4880. 6:37:11–6:37:17Yet, said he, Lake Akhota is mentioned in the Purana as very holy.
4881. 6:37:17–6:37:21Let us bathe and worship Siva in the shrine on its bank.
4882. 6:37:21–6:37:27For who will ever, even in a dream, behold again this place haunted by the gods?
4883. 6:37:27–6:37:31But beholding a bower on the bank he gazed at it like a brother long lost to sight, as
4884. 6:37:31–6:37:34if memories were awakened in him.
4885. 6:37:34–6:37:38And when we urged him to depart, he made as though he heard us not, but at last he
4886. 6:37:38–6:37:42bait us go, saying that he would not leave that spot.
4887. 6:37:42–6:37:47Do I not know well, said he, all that you urge for my departure?
4888. 6:37:47–6:37:52But I have no power over myself, and I am, as it were, nailed to the spot and cannot go
4889. 6:37:52–6:37:54with you."
4890. 6:37:54–6:37:58So at length we left him, and came hither.
4891. 6:37:58–6:38:03Amazed at this story, which he could not have even in a dream imagined, Ken Drapeda wondered,
4892. 6:38:03–6:38:07what can be the cause of his resolve to leave all and dwell in the woods?
4893. 6:38:07–6:38:10I see no fault of my own.
4894. 6:38:10–6:38:12He shares everything with me.
4895. 6:38:12–6:38:17Has anything been said that could hurt him by my father or Cukanasa?
4896. 6:38:17–6:38:21He at length returned to Ajjaini, thinking that where Vaikampayana was there was Kadambari
4897. 6:38:21–6:38:25also, and resolved to fetch him back.
4898. 6:38:25–6:38:30He heard that the king and queen had gone to Kokanasas house, and followed them thither.
4899. 6:38:30–6:38:35There he heard Munurma lamenting the absence of the son without whose sight she could not
4900. 6:38:35–6:38:41live, and who had never before, even in his earliest years, shown neglect of her.
4901. 6:38:41–6:38:46On his entrance the king thus greeted him, I know thy great love for him.
4902. 6:38:46–6:38:50But when I hear thy story my heart suspects some fault of thine.
4903. 6:38:50–6:38:55But Kokonasa, his face darkened with grief and impatience, said reproachfully,
4904. 6:38:55–6:38:59If, O king, there is heat in the moon or coolness in fire,
4905. 6:38:59–6:39:02Then there may be fault in the prince.
4906. 6:39:02–6:39:07Men such as Vykampayana are portents of destruction, fire without fuel,
4907. 6:39:07–6:39:09Polished mirrors that present everything the reverse way,
4908. 6:39:09–6:39:14For them the base are exalted, wrong is right, and ignorance wisdom.
4909. 6:39:14–6:39:18All in them makes for evil, and not for good.
4910. 6:39:18–6:39:23Therefore Vykampayana has not feared thy wrath, nor thought that his mother's life depends
4911. 6:39:23–6:39:29on him, nor that he was born to be a giver of offerings for the continuance of his race.
4912. 6:39:29–6:39:34Surely the birth of one so evil and demoniac was but to cause us grief.
4913. 6:39:34–6:39:38To this the king replied, Surely for such as I to admonish thee were for a lamp to
4914. 6:39:38–6:39:43give light to fire, or daylight an equal splendor to the sun.
4915. 6:39:43–6:39:48Yet the mind of the wisest is made turbid by grief as the Manasa Lake by the rainy season,
4916. 6:39:48–6:39:50and then sight is destroyed.
4917. 6:39:50–6:39:54Who is there in this world who is not changed by youth?
4918. 6:39:54–6:39:59When youth shows itself, love for elders flows away with childhood.
4919. 6:39:59–6:40:00My f-
4920. 6:40:00–6:40:04Heart grieves when I hear thee speak harshly of vikampayana.
4921. 6:40:04–6:40:06Let him be brought hither.
4922. 6:40:06–6:40:09Then we can do as is fitting.
4923. 6:40:09–6:40:14Kukanasa persisted in blaming his son, but Kandrapada implored leave to fetch him home,
4924. 6:40:14–6:40:17and Kukanasa at length yielded.
4925. 6:40:17–6:40:21Then Kandrapada summoned the astrologers, and secretly bade them name the day for
4926. 6:40:21–6:40:27his departure, when asked by the king or Kukanasa, so as not to delay his departure.
4927. 6:40:27–6:40:32The conjunction of the planets, they answered him, is against thy going.
4928. 6:40:32–6:40:35Yet a king is the determiner of time.
4929. 6:40:35–6:40:40On whatever time thy will is set, that is the time for every matter.
4930. 6:40:40–6:40:44Then they announced the morrow as the time for his departure, and he spent that day
4931. 6:40:44–6:40:50and night intent on his journey, and deeming that he already beheld Kadambari and Vikampayana
4932. 6:40:50–6:40:52before him.
4933. 6:40:52–6:40:58And when the time came, Vilasavadi bade him farewell in deep sorrow, I grieved not so for
4934. 6:40:58–6:41:00thy first going as I do now.
4935. 6:41:00–6:41:06My heart is torn, my body is in torture, my mind is overwhelmed.
4936. 6:41:06–6:41:09I know not why my heart so suffers.
4937. 6:41:09–6:41:11Stay not long away.
4938. 6:41:11–6:41:16He tried to console her, and then went to his father, who received him tenderly, and
4939. 6:41:16–6:41:21finally dismissed him, saying, My desire is that thou shouldst take a wife and receive
4940. 6:41:21–6:41:26the burden of royalty, so that I may enter on the path followed by royal sages, but this
4941. 6:41:26–6:41:30matter of I can pine at is in the way of it, and I have misgivings that my longing is not
4942. 6:41:30–6:41:34to be fulfilled, else how could he have acted in so strange a way?
4943. 6:41:34–6:41:42Therefore, though thou must go, my son, return soon, that my heart's desire may not fail.
4944. 6:41:42–6:41:46At length he started, and spent day and night on his journey in the thought of his friend
4945. 6:41:46–6:41:49and of the gondar of world.
4946. 6:41:49–6:41:53And when he had traveled far the rainy season came on, and all the workings of the storms
4947. 6:41:53–6:41:56found their counterpart in his own heart.
4948. 6:41:56–6:42:01Yet he paused not on his way, nor did he heed the entreaties of his chieftains to bestow
4949. 6:42:01–6:42:05some care on himself, but rode on all day.
4950. 6:42:05–6:42:09But a third part of the way remained to traverse when he beheld Megonata, and, asking him
4951. 6:42:09–6:42:14eagerly concerning Vikempaina, he learnt that Petrolica, sure that the rains would
4952. 6:42:14–6:42:18delay his coming, had sent Megonata to meet him, and that the latter had not been
4953. 6:42:18–6:42:24to the Akkoda lake. With redoubled grief the prince rode to the lake, and bade his followers
4954. 6:42:24–6:42:30guarded on all sides, lest Vikampayana shouldn't shame flee from them, but all his search found
4955. 6:42:30–6:42:36no traces of his friend. My feet, thought he, cannot leave this spot without him, and
4956. 6:42:36–6:42:42yet Kadambari has not been seen. Prachants Mahakvita may know about this matter, I will
4957. 6:42:42–6:42:48at least see her. So he mounted in Dreyada, and went towards her hermitage. Their decision
4958. 6:42:48–6:42:53dismounting, he entered, but in the entrance of the cave he beheld Mahakvita, with difficulty
4959. 6:42:53–6:42:57supported by Turalika, weeping bitterly.
4960. 6:42:57–6:43:03May no ill, thought he, have befallen Kadambari, that Mahakvita should be in this state, when
4961. 6:43:03–6:43:06my coming should be a cause of joy.
4962. 6:43:06–6:43:12Eagly and sorrowfully he questioned Turalika, but she only gazed on Mahakvita's face.
4963. 6:43:12–6:43:17Then the latter at last spoke falteringly, what can one so wretched tell thee?
4964. 6:43:17–6:43:22At the tail shall be told, When I heard from Kyuraka of thy departure,
4965. 6:43:22–6:43:26My heart was torn by the thought that the wishes of Kadambari's parents,
4966. 6:43:26–6:43:31My own longing, and the sight of Kadambari's happiness in her union with thee had not been
4967. 6:43:31–6:43:34brought about, And, cleaving even the bond of my love to her,
4968. 6:43:34–6:43:38I returned home to yet harsher penance than before.
4969. 6:43:38–6:43:43Here I beheld a young Brahman, like unto thee, Gazing hither and dither with vacant
4970. 6:43:43–6:43:44glance.
4971. 6:43:44–6:43:50But at the sight of me his eyes were fixed on me alone, as if, though unseen before,
4972. 6:43:50–6:43:55he recognized me, though a stranger, he had long known me, and gazing at me like one,
4973. 6:43:55–6:44:00but I, caring for nothing since the loss of Pandarika, asked no questions about him,
4974. 6:44:00–6:44:06and Baituralika keep him away, for some evil would surely happen should he return.
4975. 6:44:06–6:44:10But in spite of being kept away, whether from the fault of love or the destiny of suffering
4976. 6:44:10–6:44:16that lay upon us, he did not give up his affection, and one night, while Turalika slept, and
4977. 6:44:16–6:44:21I was thinking of Pundarika, I beheld in the moonlight, clear as day, that youth approaching
4978. 6:44:21–6:44:29like one possessed. The utmost fear seized me at the sight. An evil thing, I thought,
4979. 6:44:29–6:44:34has befallen me. If he draw near, and but touch me with his hand, this accursed life
4980. 6:44:34–6:44:39must be destroyed, and then that endurance of it, which I accepted in a hope of again
4981. 6:44:39–6:44:45beholding Pundarika, will have been in vain. While I thus thought he drew near, and said,
4982. 6:44:45–6:44:52Moon-faced maiden, the moon, loves ally, is striving to slay me. Therefore I come to ask
4983. 6:44:52–6:44:59protection. Save me, who am without refuge, and cannot help myself, for my life is devoted
4984. 6:44:59–6:44:59to thee.
4985. 6:45:00–6:45:04इस दूडिय अछिटिक से प्रटेक तोज फ्ली तो देम फ्रे प्रटेक्षन अछिटि।
4986. 6:45:04–6:45:11If, then, thou dain not to bestow thyself on me, the moon and love will slay me.
4987. 6:45:11–6:45:17At these words, in a voice choked by wrath, I exclaimed, Wretch, how has a thunderbolt
4988. 6:45:17–6:45:21failed to strike thy head in the utterance of these thy words?
4989. 6:45:21–6:45:25Surely the five elements that give witness of right and wrong to mortals are lacking
4990. 6:45:25–6:45:30in thy frame, in that earth and air and fire and the rest have not utterly destroyed
4991. 6:45:30–6:45:31thee.
4992. 6:45:31–6:45:37thou hast learned to speak like a parrot, without thought of what was right or wrong to say.
4993. 6:45:37–6:45:39Why were thou not born as a parrot?
4994. 6:45:39–6:45:44I lay on thee this fate, that thou mayest enter on a birth suited to thine own speech, and
4995. 6:45:44–6:45:50cease to make love to one such as I, so saying, I turn towards the moon, and with raised
4996. 6:45:50–6:45:55hands prayed, Blessed One, Lord of all, guardian of the world, if since the sight of Ponderica
4997. 6:45:55–6:46:00my heart has been free from the thought of any other man, may this false lover by the
4998. 6:46:00–6:46:06truth of this my saying, fall into the existence pronounced by me. Then straightway, I know
4999. 6:46:06–6:46:12not how, whether from the force of love, or of his own sin, or from the power of my words,
5000. 6:46:12–6:46:18he fell lifeless, like a tree torn up by the roots. And it was not till he was dead that
5001. 6:46:18–6:46:24I learned from his weeping attendance that he was thy friend, noble prince. Having thus
5002. 6:46:24–6:46:30said, she bent her face in shame and silently wept. But Candrapida, with fixed glance
5003. 6:46:30–6:46:36and broken voice, replied, Lady, thou hast done nine utmost, and yet I am too ill-fated
5004. 6:46:36–6:46:41to have gained in this life the joy of honoring the feet of the Lady Kadambari. Mayest thou
5005. 6:46:41–6:46:47in another life create this bliss for me. With these words his tender heart broke, as
5006. 6:46:47–6:46:52if from grief at failing to win Kadambari, like a bud ready to open when pierced by
5007. 6:46:52–6:46:57a bee. Then Turallaka burst into laments over his lifeless body and into reproaches
5008. 6:46:57–6:47:04to Mahakvita. And as the chieftains, too, raised their cry of grief and wonder, there
5009. 6:47:04–6:47:09entered, with but few followers, Kadambari herself, attired as to meet her lover, though
5010. 6:47:09–6:47:14a visit to Mahakvita was the pretext of her coming, and while she lent on Patrolaka's
5011. 6:47:14–6:47:18hand, she expressed her doubts of the prince's promised return, and declared that if she
5012. 6:47:18–6:47:23again beheld him she would not speak to him, nor be reconciled either by his humility
5013. 6:47:23–6:47:29or her friends endeavours. Such were her words, but she counted all the toil of the journey
5014. 6:47:29–6:47:35light in her longing to behold him again. But when she beheld him dead, with a sudden cry
5015. 6:47:35–6:47:41she fell to the ground. And when she recovered from her swoon, she gazed at him with fixed
5016. 6:47:41–6:47:46eyes and quivering mouth, like a creeper trembling under the blow of a keen axe, and then stood
5017. 6:47:46–6:47:50still with a firmness foreign to her woman's nature.
5018. 6:47:50–6:47:55Matalika implored her to give her grief the relief of tears, lest her heart should break,
5019. 6:47:55–6:47:59and remember that on her rested the hopes of two races.
5020. 6:47:59–6:48:04Foolish girl, replied Kadambari, with a smile, how should my adamanton heart break if it
5021. 6:48:04–6:48:07has not broken at this sight?
5022. 6:48:07–6:48:11These thoughts of family and friends are for one who wills to live, not for me, who
5023. 6:48:11–6:48:14have chosen death.
5024. 6:48:14–6:48:18For I have won the body of my beloved, which is life to me, and which, whether living
5025. 6:48:18–6:48:24or dead, whether by an earthly union, or by my following it in death, suffices to calm
5026. 6:48:24–6:48:26every grief.
5027. 6:48:26–6:48:31It is for my sake that my Lord came hither and lost his life, how, then, could I, by shedding
5028. 6:48:31–6:48:36tears, make light of the great honor to which he has raised me?
5029. 6:48:36–6:48:40Or how bring an ill-ohmen morning to his departure to heaven?
5030. 6:48:40–6:48:45Or how weep at the joyous moment when, like the dust of his feet, I may follow him?
5031. 6:48:45–6:48:48Now all sorrow is far away.
5032. 6:48:48–6:48:55For him I neglected all other ties, and now, when he is dead, how canst thou ask me to live?
5033. 6:48:55–6:49:00In dying now lies my life, and to live would be death to me.
5034. 6:49:00–6:49:04Do thou take my place with my parents and my friends, and mayest thou be the mother of
5035. 6:49:04–6:49:08a son to offer libations of water for me when I am in another world?
5036. 6:49:08–6:49:14Thou must wed the young mango in the courtyard, dear to me as my own child, to the modivy
5037. 6:49:14–6:49:15creeper.
5038. 6:49:15–6:49:21Let not a twig of the acoka tree that my feet have caressed be broken, even to make an earring.
5039. 6:49:21–6:49:27Let the flowers of the mulady creeper I tended be plucked only to offer to the gods.
5040. 6:49:27–6:49:32Let the picture of Kama in my room near my pillow be torn in pieces.
5041. 6:49:32–6:49:36The mango trees I planted must be tended so that they may come to fruit.
5042. 6:49:36–6:49:42Set free from the misery of their cage the manor colony and the parrot parahasa.
5043. 6:49:42–6:49:46Let the little mongoose that rested in my lap now rest in nine.
5044. 6:49:46–6:49:51Let my child, the fawn Terilaka, be given to a hermitage.
5045. 6:49:51–6:49:56Let the partridges on the pleasure hill that grew up in my hand be kept alive.
5046. 6:49:56–6:49:59See that the hamsa that followed my steps be not killed.
5047. 6:50:00–6:50:04Let my poor ape be set free, for she is unhappy in the house.
5048. 6:50:04–6:50:11Let the pleasure he'll be given to some consoled hermit, and let the things I use myself be given to Brahmins.
5049. 6:50:11–6:50:18My loot thou must lovingly keep in thine own lap, and anything else that pleases thee must be thine own.
5050. 6:50:18–6:50:29But as for me, I will cling to my lord's neck, and so on the funeral pyre allay the fever which the moon, sandal, lotus fibers, and all cool things have but increased.
5051. 6:50:29–6:50:32Then she embraced Mahakvita, saying,
5052. 6:50:32–6:50:35Thou indeed hast some hope whereby to endure life,
5053. 6:50:35–6:50:38even though its pains be worse than death,
5054. 6:50:38–6:50:44but I have none, and so I bid thee farewell, dear friend, till we meet in another birth.
5055. 6:50:44–6:50:49As though she felt the joy of reunion, she honored the feet of Kendrapada with bent head,
5056. 6:50:49–6:50:51and placed them in her lap.
5057. 6:50:51–6:50:55At her touch a strange bright light arose from Kendrapada's body,
5058. 6:50:55–6:50:57and straightway a voice was heard in the sky,
5059. 6:50:57–6:51:04Dear Mahakvita, I will again console thee. The body of Thy Pundarika, nourished in My world
5060. 6:51:04–6:51:10and by My light, free from death, awaits its reunion with Thee. The other body, that of
5061. 6:51:10–6:51:16Kentrapada, is filled with My light, and so is not subject to death, both from its own nature,
5062. 6:51:16–6:51:20and because it is nourished by the touch of Kottamvari, it has been deserted by the soul
5063. 6:51:20–6:51:25by reason of a curse, like the body of a mystic whose spirit has passed into another form.
5064. 6:51:25–6:51:31Let it rest here to console thee and cotton barry till the curse be ended.
5065. 6:51:31–6:51:36Let it not be burnt, nor cast into water, nor deserted.
5066. 6:51:36–6:51:40It must be kept with all care till its reunion.
5067. 6:51:40–6:51:45All but Patralaka were astounded at this saying, and fixed their gaze on the sky, but she,
5068. 6:51:45–6:51:50recovering, at the cool touch of that light, from the swoon brought on by seeing the death
5069. 6:51:50–6:51:56of Kendrapada rose hastily seizing Andrayada from his groom, saying, However it may be
5070. 6:51:56–6:52:01for us, thou must not for a moment leave thy master to go alone without a steed on his long
5071. 6:52:01–6:52:07journey, and plunged, together with Andrayada, into the Akkota Lake.
5072. 6:52:07–6:52:12Straightway there rose from the lake a young ascetic and approaching Mahakvita, said mournfully,
5073. 6:52:12–6:52:18Princess of the Gondarves, knowest thou me, now that I have passed through another birth.
5074. 6:52:18–6:52:22Between joy and grief, she paid homage to his feet and replied,
5075. 6:52:22–6:52:26Blessed Copangala, am I so devoid of virtue that I could forget thee?
5076. 6:52:27–6:52:32And yet this thought of me is natural, since I am so strangely ignorant of myself and deluded
5077. 6:52:32–6:52:35by madness that when my Lord Pandarika is gone to heaven I yet live.
5078. 6:52:36–6:52:42Tell me of Pandarika. He then recalled how he had flown into the sky in pursuit of the being
5079. 6:52:42–6:52:47who carried off Pandarika, and passing by the wondering gods in their heavenly cars,
5080. 6:52:47–6:52:54he had reached the world of the moon. Then that being, he continued, placed Pundarika's body
5081. 6:52:54–6:53:00on a couch in the hall called Mahadeya, and said, Know me to be the moon. When I was rising to help
5082. 6:53:00–6:53:05the world I was cursed by thy friend, because my beams were slaying him before he could meet his
5083. 6:53:05–6:53:11beloved, and he prayed that I, too, might die in the land of Bharata, the home of all sacred
5084. 6:53:11–6:53:17rights, knowing myself the pains of love. But I, wrathful at being cursed for what was
5085. 6:53:17–6:53:23his own fault, uttered the curse that he should endure the same lot of joy or sorrow as myself.
5086. 6:53:23–6:53:30When, however, my anger passed away, I understood what had happened about Mahakvita. Now,
5087. 6:53:30–6:53:34she is sprung from the race that had its origin in my beams, and she chose him for
5088. 6:53:34–6:53:40her Lord. Yet he and I must both be born twice in the world of mortals, else the
5089. 6:53:40–6:53:45do order of births will not be fulfilled. I have therefore carried the body hither, and
5090. 6:53:45–6:53:50I nourish it with my light lest it should perish before the curses ended, and I have comforted
5091. 6:53:50–6:53:55Mahakvita. Tell the whole matter to Pandarika's father.
5092. 6:53:55–6:54:02His spiritual power is great, and he may find a remedy. And I, rushing away in grief,
5093. 6:54:02–6:54:06leapt off another rider in a heavenly chariot, and in wrath he said to me, Since in the
5094. 6:54:06–6:54:11wide path of heaven thou hast leapt over me like a horse in its wild course, do thou become
5095. 6:54:11–6:54:15a horse, and descend into the world of mortals.
5096. 6:54:15–6:54:19To my tearful assurance that I had leapt over him in the blindness of grief, and not
5097. 6:54:19–6:54:25from contempt, he replied, the curse, once uttered, cannot be recalled.
5098. 6:54:25–6:54:31But when thy rider shall die, thou shalt bathe and be freed from the curse.
5099. 6:54:31–6:54:35Then I implored him that as my friend was about to be born with the moon-god, in the world
5100. 6:54:35–6:54:41of mortals, I might, as a horse, constantly dwell with him.
5101. 6:54:41–6:54:45Soffoned by my affection, he told me that the moon would be born as a son to King Tirapada
5102. 6:54:45–6:54:50at Ajjaini, Pandarika would be the son of his minister, Kokanasa, and that I should be
5103. 6:54:50–6:54:53the prince's steed.
5104. 6:54:53–6:54:58Straightway I plunged into the ocean and rose as a horse, but yet lost not consciousness
5105. 6:54:58–6:54:59of the past.
5106. 6:54:59–6:55:00I
5107. 6:55:00–6:55:30आप विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-विचार-वि
5108. 6:55:30–6:55:35to slay thee again and again. Even in thee, methinks, coldness must now have sprung up
5109. 6:55:35–6:55:41towards one so ill-fated, in that thou answerest not my laments, and she flung herself on the
5110. 6:55:41–6:55:50ground. But Copangala pittingly replied, Thou art blameless, princess, and joy is at hand.
5111. 6:55:50–6:55:54Grieve not, therefore, but pursue the penance undertaken by thee, for to perfect penance
5112. 6:55:54–6:55:59not as impossible, and by the power of thine austerities thou shalt soon be in the arms
5113. 6:55:59–6:56:01of my friend."
5114. 6:56:01–6:56:06Then Kadambari asked Kapunjala what had become of Patralaka when she plunged with him into
5115. 6:56:06–6:56:07the tank.
5116. 6:56:07–6:56:13But he knew not of what had happened since then, either to her, or his friend, or Khandrapada,
5117. 6:56:13–6:56:18and rose to the sky to ask the sage Kveta Ketu, Pandarika's father, to whom everything
5118. 6:56:18–6:56:21in the three worlds was visible.
5119. 6:56:21–6:56:26Then Mahakvita counseled Kadambari, whose love to her was drawn the closer from the likeness
5120. 6:56:26–6:56:31of her sorrow, that she should spend her life administering to the body of Kendrapada, nothing
5121. 6:56:31–6:56:35doubting that while others, to gain good, worshiped shapes of wood and stone that were
5122. 6:56:35–6:56:40but images of invisible gods, she ought to worship the present deity, veiled under
5123. 6:56:40–6:56:43the name of Kendrapada.
5124. 6:56:43–6:56:47Laying his body tenderly on a rock, Kadambari put off the adornments with which she had
5125. 6:56:47–6:56:52come to meet her lover, keeping but one bracelet as a happy omen.
5126. 6:56:52–6:56:59She bathed, put on two white robes, rubbed off the deep stain of beetle from her lips,
5127. 6:56:59–6:57:03and the very flowers, incense, and unwinds she had brought to grace a happy love she
5128. 6:57:03–6:57:08now offered to Kendrapida in the worship due to a god.
5129. 6:57:08–6:57:12That day and night she spent motionless, holding the feet of the prince, and on the
5130. 6:57:12–6:57:17morrow she joyfully saw that his brightness was unchanged, and gladdened her friends
5131. 6:57:17–6:57:23the princes' followers by the tidings. The next day she sent Matalika to console her parents,
5132. 6:57:23–6:57:28and they sent back an assurance that they had never thought to see her wed, and that now they rejoiced
5133. 6:57:28–6:57:33that she had chosen for her husband the incarnation of the moon god himself. They hoped, when the
5134. 6:57:33–6:57:38curse was over, to behold again her lotus face in the company of their son-in-law.
5135. 6:57:39–6:57:43So comforted, Kadambari remained to tend and worship the prince's body.
5136. 6:57:43–6:57:50Now, when the rainy season was over, Megonata came to Kadambari and told her that messengers
5137. 6:57:50–6:57:54had been sent by Tarapata to ask the cause of the prince's delay, and that he, to spare
5138. 6:57:54–6:58:00her grief, had told them the whole story and bade them hasten to tell all to the king.
5139. 6:58:00–6:58:06They, however, had replied that this might doubtless be so, yet, to say nothing of their hereditary
5140. 6:58:06–6:58:11love for the prince, the desire to see so great a marvel urged them to ask to be allowed
5141. 6:58:11–6:58:16to behold him, their long service deserved the favor, and what would the kings say if
5142. 6:58:16–6:58:20they failed to seek Andrapida's body?
5143. 6:58:20–6:58:24Sororfully picturing to herself what the grief of Terapida would be, Kadambari admitted the
5144. 6:58:24–6:58:29messengers, and as they tearfully prostrated themselves, she consoled them, saying that
5145. 6:58:29–6:58:32this was a cause for joy rather than sorrow.
5146. 6:58:32–6:58:38Ye have seen the prince's face, and his body free from change, therefore hasten to the
5147. 6:58:38–6:58:39king's feet.
5148. 6:58:39–6:58:44yet do not spread abroad this story, but say that ye have seen the Prince, and that he
5149. 6:58:44–6:58:47tarries by the Okoda Lake.
5150. 6:58:47–6:58:52For death must come to all, and is easily believed, but this event, even when seen, can
5151. 6:58:52–6:58:54scarce win faith.
5152. 6:58:54–6:59:00It profits not now, therefore, by telling this to his parents, to create in them a suspicion
5153. 6:59:00–6:59:04of his death, but when he comes to life again, this wondrous tale will become clear
5154. 6:59:04–6:59:06to them.
5155. 6:59:06–6:59:11But they replied, Then we must either not return or keep silence.
5156. 6:59:11–6:59:16But neither course is possible, Nor could we so greet the sorrowing king.
5157. 6:59:16–6:59:21She therefore sent Candrapada's servant Verataka with them, to give credit to the story, for
5158. 6:59:21–6:59:25the prince's royal retinue had all taken a vow to live there, eating only roots and
5159. 6:59:25–6:59:30fruits, and not to return till the prince himself should do so.
5160. 6:59:30–6:59:35After many days, Queen Villasavati, in her deep longing for news of her son, went
5161. 6:59:35–6:59:40to the temple of the Divine Mothers of Avandi, the guardian goddesses of Ajayini, to pray
5162. 6:59:40–6:59:47for his return, and on a sudden a cry arose from the retinue, Thou art happy, O Queen.
5163. 6:59:47–6:59:50The mothers have shown favor to thee.
5164. 6:59:50–6:59:53Messengers from the Prince are at hand.
5165. 6:59:53–6:59:58Then she saw the messengers, with the city folk crowding round them, asking news of the
5166. 6:59:58–7:00:00the prince or of sons,
5167. 7:00:00–7:00:30अछिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजिए आजि�
5168. 7:00:30–7:00:36Alas, my child, wherefore hast thou not returned?
5169. 7:00:36–7:00:41When thou didst bid me farewell, I knew by my forebodings that I should not behold thy face
5170. 7:00:41–7:00:42again.
5171. 7:00:42–7:00:46This all comes from the evil deeds of my former birth.
5172. 7:00:46–7:00:51Yet think not, my son, that I will live without thee, for how could I thus even face thy
5173. 7:00:51–7:00:53father?
5174. 7:00:53–7:00:58And yet, whether it be from love, or from the thought that one so fair must needs live,
5175. 7:00:58–7:01:03from the native simplicity of a woman's mind, my heart cannot believe that ill has befallen
5176. 7:01:03–7:01:04thee."
5177. 7:01:04–7:01:10Meanwhile, the news was told to the king, and he hastened to the temple with cuckanassa,
5178. 7:01:10–7:01:15and tried to rouse the queen from the stupor of grief, saying, My queen, we dishonor ourselves
5179. 7:01:15–7:01:18by this show of grief.
5180. 7:01:18–7:01:22Our good deeds in a former life have carried us thus far.
5181. 7:01:22–7:01:25We are not the vessel of further joys.
5182. 7:01:25–7:01:30which we have not earned is not one at will by beating the breast. The Creator does what
5183. 7:01:30–7:01:36He wills, and depends on none. We have had the joy of our son's babyhood and boyhood
5184. 7:01:36–7:01:42in youth. We have crowned him, and greeted his return from his world conquest. All that
5185. 7:01:42–7:01:46is lacking to our wishes is that we have not seen him wed, so that we might leave
5186. 7:01:46–7:01:52him in our place, and retire to a hermitage. But to gain every desire is the fruit of
5187. 7:01:52–7:02:00very rare merit. We must, however, question Tverataka, for we know not all yet. But when
5188. 7:02:00–7:02:05he heard from Tverataka how the prince's heart had broken, he interrupted him, and cried
5189. 7:02:05–7:02:10that a funeral pyre should be prepared for himself near the shrine of Mahakala. All
5190. 7:02:10–7:02:15his treasure was to be given to Brahmins, and the kings who followed him were to return
5191. 7:02:15–7:02:21to their own lands. Then Tverataka implored him to hear the rest of the story of Vikampayana,
5192. 7:02:21–7:02:27And his grief was followed by wonder, while Kokonasa, showing the desire of a true friend
5193. 7:02:27–7:02:33to forget his own grief and offer consolation, said, Sire, in this wondrous transitory existence,
5194. 7:02:33–7:02:39wherein wander gods, demons, animals and men, filled with joy and grief, there is no event
5195. 7:02:39–7:02:42which is not possible.
5196. 7:02:42–7:02:44Why then doubt concerning this?
5197. 7:02:44–7:02:49If from a search for reason, how many things rest only on tradition, and are yet seen
5198. 7:02:49–7:02:51to be true?
5199. 7:02:51–7:02:56the use of meditation or certain postures to cure a poison man, the attraction of the
5200. 7:02:56–7:03:02lodestone, the efficacy of mantras, Vedic or otherwise, in actions of all kinds, wherein
5201. 7:03:02–7:03:05sacred tradition is our authority.
5202. 7:03:05–7:03:11Now there are many stories of curses in the Puranas, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, and
5203. 7:03:11–7:03:12the rest.
5204. 7:03:12–7:03:18For it was owing to a curse that Nahusha became a serpent, Sadesa a cannibal, Yeyadi de
5205. 7:03:18–7:03:23Krepit, Trikankua Kandala, the heaven-welling Mahabhisha was born as Kintanu, while Ganga
5206. 7:03:23–7:03:27became his wife, and the Vasus, his sons.
5207. 7:03:27–7:03:34Nay, even the supreme God, Vishnu, was born as Yamadagni's son, and, dividing himself
5208. 7:03:34–7:03:40into four, he was born to Dakaratha, and also to Vasudeva at Mathura.
5209. 7:03:40–7:03:44Therefore the birth of gods among mortals is not hard of belief.
5210. 7:03:44–7:03:50And thou, sire, art not behind the men of old and virtue, nor is the moon greater than
5211. 7:03:50–7:03:53the God from whom the lotus springs.
5212. 7:03:53–7:03:57Our dreams at our son's birth confirm the tale, the nectar that dwells in the moon preserves
5213. 7:03:57–7:04:02the prince's body, and his beauty that gladdens the world must be destined to dwell in the
5214. 7:04:02–7:04:03world.
5215. 7:04:03–7:04:06We shall therefore soon see.
5216. 7:04:06–7:04:11His marriage with Kadambari, and therein find all the past troubles of life more than
5217. 7:04:11–7:04:12repaid.
5218. 7:04:12–7:04:18You then dine up most by worshiping gods, giving gifts to Brahmans, and practicing austerities,
5219. 7:04:18–7:04:21to secure this blessing.
5220. 7:04:21–7:04:25The king assented, but expressed his resolve to go himself to behold the prince, and he
5221. 7:04:25–7:04:31and the queen, together with Kukanasa and his wife, went to the lake.
5222. 7:04:31–7:04:35Comforted by the assurance of Meganeda, who came to meet him, that the prince's body
5223. 7:04:35–7:04:40daily grew in brightness, he entered the hermitage, while, at the news of his coming,
5224. 7:04:40–7:04:45Mahagvita fled in shame within the cave, and Kadambari swooned.
5225. 7:04:45–7:04:50And as he looked on his son, who seemed but to sleep, the queen rushed forward, and with
5226. 7:04:50–7:04:55fond reproaches and treated Kandrapada to speak to them.
5227. 7:04:55–7:04:59But the king reminded her that it was her part to comfort Kokonasa and his wife.
5228. 7:05:00–7:05:02विशार-विमर्शक रेक।
5229. 7:05:02–7:05:04विशार-विमर्शक रेक।
5230. 7:05:04–7:05:06विशार-विमर्शक रेक।
5231. 7:05:06–7:05:08विशार-विमर्शक रेक।
5232. 7:05:08–7:05:10विशार-विमर्शक रेक।
5233. 7:05:10–7:05:12विशार-विमर्शक रेक।
5234. 7:05:12–7:05:14विशार-विमर्शक रेक।
5235. 7:05:14–7:05:16विशार-विमर्शक रेक।
5236. 7:05:16–7:05:20my mother, for without thee, who could have preserved the body of my son Kendrapida.
5237. 7:05:20–7:05:26Surely thou must be wholly made of Emerita, that we are again able to behold his face.
5238. 7:05:26–7:05:31At the name of Kendrapida and the touch of the Queen, so like his own,
5239. 7:05:31–7:05:35Kadambari recovered her senses, and was helped by Matalika to pay due honor,
5240. 7:05:35–7:05:41though with face bent in shame, to his parents. She received their blessing backslash,
5241. 7:05:41–7:05:47mayest thou live long, and long enjoy an unwittled life, backslash, and was set close behind
5242. 7:05:47–7:05:53Villasavati. The king then bade her resume her care of the prince, and took up his abode
5243. 7:05:53–7:05:59in a leafy bower near the hermitage, provided with a cool stone slab, and meet for a hermit,
5244. 7:05:59–7:06:03and told his royal retinue that he would now carry out his long cherished desire of
5245. 7:06:03–7:06:09an ascetic life, and that they must protect his subjects. It is surely again if I hand
5246. 7:06:09–7:06:14over my place to one worthy of it, and by this enfeebled and useless body of mine win the
5247. 7:06:14–7:06:16joys of another world."
5248. 7:06:16–7:06:22So saying, he gave up all his wanted joys, and betook himself to the unwanted life in
5249. 7:06:22–7:06:27the woods, he found a palace beneath the trees, the delights of the Zenana, in the creepers,
5250. 7:06:27–7:06:32the affection of friends, in the fawns, the pleasure of attire, in rags and bark
5251. 7:06:32–7:06:34garments.
5252. 7:06:34–7:06:39His weapons were rosaries, his ambition was for another world, his desire for wealth was
5253. 7:06:39–7:06:41in penance.
5254. 7:06:41–7:06:46He refused all the delicacies that Kadambari and Mahakvita offered him, and so dwelt with
5255. 7:06:46–7:06:51his queen and Kukannasa, counting all pain's light, so that every morning and evening he
5256. 7:06:51–7:06:54might have the joy of seeing Kendrapada.
5257. 7:06:54–7:06:59Having told this tale, the sage Jabali said with a scornful smile to his son Harita
5258. 7:06:59–7:07:04and the other ascetics, he have seen how this story has had power to hold us long,
5259. 7:07:04–7:07:10to charm our hearts. And this is the love-stricken being who by his own fault fell from heaven,
5260. 7:07:10–7:07:16and became on earth by Campaena, son of Kokonasa. He it is who, by the curse of his own wrathful
5261. 7:07:16–7:07:23father, and by Mahakvita's appeal to the truth of her heart, has been born as a parrot.
5262. 7:07:23–7:07:28As he thus spoke, I awoke, as it were, out of sleep, and, young as I was, I had on
5263. 7:07:28–7:07:33On the tip of my tongue all the knowledge gained in a former birth, I became skilled in all
5264. 7:07:33–7:07:39arts, I had a clear human voice, memory, and all but the shape of a man.
5265. 7:07:39–7:07:46My affection for the prince, my uncontrolled passion, my devotion to Mahakvita, all returned.
5266. 7:07:46–7:07:50A yearning arose in me to know about them and my other friends, and though in deepest
5267. 7:07:50–7:07:56shame, I fairly asked Javali, now, blessed saint, that thou hast brought back my knowledge,
5268. 7:07:56–7:08:01My heart breaks for the prince who died in grief for my death.
5269. 7:08:01–7:08:05Vouch save to tell me of him, so that I may be near him, even my birth as an animal will
5270. 7:08:05–7:08:07not grieve me.
5271. 7:08:07–7:08:13With mingled scorn and pity he replied, Wilt thou not even now restrain thine old impatience?
5272. 7:08:13–7:08:17Ask, when thy wings are grown.
5273. 7:08:17–7:08:21Then to his sons inquire how one of saintly race should be so enslaved by love, he
5274. 7:08:21–7:08:26replied that this weak and unrestrained nature belonged to those born, like me, from
5275. 7:08:26–7:08:28a mother only.
5276. 7:08:28–7:08:294.
5277. 7:08:29–7:08:36The Vedas says, As a man's parents are, so is he, and medical science, too, declares their
5278. 7:08:36–7:08:37weakness.
5279. 7:08:37–7:08:42And he said my life now would be but short, but that when the curse was over, I should
5280. 7:08:42–7:08:44win length of years.
5281. 7:08:44–7:08:50I humbly asked by what sacrifices I should gain a longer life, but he bade me wait, and
5282. 7:08:50–7:08:54as the whole night had passed unobserved in his story, he sent the ascetics to offer
5283. 7:08:54–7:08:59the morning ablation, while Harida took me, and placed me in his own hut near his couch,
5284. 7:08:59–7:09:05and went to his morning duties. During his absence, I sorrowfully thought how hard it
5285. 7:09:05–7:09:09would be to rise from being a bird to being a Brahman, not to say a saint, who has the
5286. 7:09:09–7:09:15bliss of heaven. Yet if I could not be united to those I loved and passed lives why should
5287. 7:09:15–7:09:21I yet live? But Harida then returned, and told me that Copangala was there. When I
5288. 7:09:21–7:09:27I saw him weary, yet loving as ever, I strove to fly to him, and he, lifting me up, placed
5289. 7:09:27–7:09:30me in his bosom, and then on his head.
5290. 7:09:30–7:09:35Then he told me, thy father Khvedekita knew by divine insight of thy plight, and has
5291. 7:09:35–7:09:38begun a right to help thee.
5292. 7:09:38–7:09:42As he began it I was set free from my horse's shape, but he kept me till Jabali had recalled
5293. 7:09:42–7:09:47the past to thee, and now sends me to give thee his blessing, and say that thy mother
5294. 7:09:47–7:09:50Lakshmi is also helping in the right.
5295. 7:09:50–7:09:56Then, bidding me stay in the hermitage, he rose to the sky, to take part in the right.
5296. 7:09:56–7:09:59After some days, however, my wings were grown, and I
5297. 7:10:00–7:10:30रहावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावावा
5298. 7:10:30–7:10:35danger, for none would see him, he laughed, and replied, He, for whom there exist not the
5299. 7:10:35–7:10:40five guardians of the world, witnesses of right and wrong, dwelling within his own body to
5300. 7:10:40–7:10:45behold his actions, will not do his duty for fear of any other being.
5301. 7:10:45–7:10:50So he carried me off, and as I looked out in hope of getting free from him, I beheld the
5302. 7:10:50–7:10:55barbarian settlement, a very marketplace of evil deeds.
5303. 7:10:55–7:11:00It was surrounded on all sides by boys engaged in the chase, unleashing their hounds, teaching
5304. 7:11:00–7:11:06their falcons, mending snares, carrying weapons, and fishing, horrible in their attire, like
5305. 7:11:06–7:11:08demoniacs.
5306. 7:11:08–7:11:13Herein there the entrance to their dwellings, hidden by thick bamboo forests, was to be
5307. 7:11:13–7:11:17inferred, from the rising of smoke of orpiment.
5308. 7:11:17–7:11:21On all sides the enclosures were made with skulls, the dust heaps in the roads
5309. 7:11:21–7:11:26were filled with bones, the yards of the huts were mirey with blood, fat, and meat chopped
5310. 7:11:26–7:11:27up.
5311. 7:11:27–7:11:34The life there consisted of hunting, the food, of flesh, deointment, of fat, the garments,
5312. 7:11:34–7:11:40of coarse silk, the couches, of dried skins, the household attendants, of dogs, the animals
5313. 7:11:40–7:11:47for riding, of cows, the men's employment, of wine and women, the ablation to the gods,
5314. 7:11:47–7:11:51of blood, the sacrifice, of cattle.
5315. 7:11:51–7:11:54The place was the image of all hells.
5316. 7:11:54–7:11:59Then the man brought me to the Candala Maiden, who received me gladly, and placed me in a
5317. 7:11:59–7:12:03cage, saying, I will take from thee all thy willfulness.
5318. 7:12:03–7:12:05What was I to do?
5319. 7:12:05–7:12:10Were I to pray her to release me, it was my power of speech that had made her desire me,
5320. 7:12:10–7:12:15were I silent, anger might make her cruel, still, it was my one of self-restraint that
5321. 7:12:15–7:12:20had caused all my misery, and so I resolved to restrain all my senses, and I therefore
5322. 7:12:20–7:12:24kept entire silence and refused all food.
5323. 7:12:24–7:12:29Next day, however, the maiden brought fruits and water, and when I did not touch them she
5324. 7:12:29–7:12:35said tenderly, It is unnatural for birds and beasts to refuse food when hungry.
5325. 7:12:35–7:12:41If thou, mindful of a former birth, make a distinction of what may or may not be eaten,
5326. 7:12:41–7:12:46yet thou art now born as an animal, and canst keep no such distinction.
5327. 7:12:46–7:12:50There is no sin in acting in accordance with the state to which thy past deeds have
5328. 7:12:50–7:12:58brought thee. Nay, even for those who have a law concerning food, it is lawful, in a time
5329. 7:12:58–7:13:04of distress, to eat food not meat for them, in order to preserve life. Much more, then,
5330. 7:13:04–7:13:10for thee. Nor needs thou fear this food is coming from our cast, for fruit may be accepted
5331. 7:13:10–7:13:16even from us, and water, even from our vessels, is pure, so men say, when it falls on the
5332. 7:13:16–7:13:24ground. I, wondering at her wisdom, per took of food, but still kept silence. After some
5333. 7:13:24–7:13:30time, when I had grown up, I woke one day to find myself in this golden cage, and beheld
5334. 7:13:30–7:13:36the Candala maiden as thou, O King, hast seen her. The whole barbarian settlement shooed
5335. 7:13:36–7:13:41like a city of the gods, and before I could ask what it all meant, the maiden brought
5336. 7:13:41–7:13:43me to thy feet.
5337. 7:13:43–7:13:48But who she is and why she has become a candala, and why I am bound or brought hither, I am
5338. 7:13:48–7:13:52as eager as thou, O King, to learn.
5339. 7:13:52–7:13:58Thereupon the King, in great amazement, sent for the maiden, and she, entering, overawed
5340. 7:13:58–7:14:03the King with her majesty, and said with dignity, Thou gem of earth, Lord of Rohini,
5341. 7:14:03–7:14:09joy of Kadambari's eyes backslash, Thou, O moon, hast heard the story of thy past birth,
5342. 7:14:09–7:14:14that of this foolish being. Thou knowest from him how even in this birth he disregarded
5343. 7:14:14–7:14:21his Father's command, and set off to seek his bride. Now I am Lakshmi, his mother, and
5344. 7:14:21–7:14:25his father, seeing by divine insight that he had started, bade me keep him in safety
5345. 7:14:25–7:14:31till the religious right for him was completed, and lead him to repentance. The right is
5346. 7:14:31–7:14:37now over. The end of the curse is at hand. I brought him to thee that thou mightest rejoice
5347. 7:14:37–7:14:43with him there at. I became a kandala to avoid contact with mankind.
5348. 7:14:43–7:14:50D. Both therefore, straightway leave bodies beset with the ills of birth, old age, pain,
5349. 7:14:50–7:14:56and death, and win the joy of union with your beloved. So saying, she suddenly rose to
5350. 7:14:56–7:15:00the sky, followed by the gaze of all the people, while the firmament
5351. 7:15:00–7:15:02रेकृविमर्शक रेकृविमर्शक रेकृविमर्शक रेकृविमर्शक
5352. 7:15:02–7:15:04रेकृविमर्शक रेकृविमर्शक रेकृविमर्शक रेकृविमर्शक
5353. 7:15:04–7:15:06रेकृविमर्शक रेकृविमर्शक रेकृविमर्शक
5354. 7:15:06–7:15:08रेकृविमर्शक रेकृविमर्शक रेकृविमर्शक
5355. 7:15:08–7:15:13by Kampayana, happy is it that the curse comes to an end at the same moment for us both,
5356. 7:15:13–7:15:18but while he spoke, love drew his bow, taking Kadambari as his best weapon, and entered into
5357. 7:15:18–7:15:25the king's heart to destroy his life. The flame of love wholly consumed him, and from longing for
5358. 7:15:25–7:15:31Mahakvita, by Kampayana, who was in truth Pandarika, endured the same sufferings as the king.
5359. 7:15:32–7:15:36Now at this time there set in the fragrant season of spring, as if to burn him utterly,
5360. 7:15:36–7:15:42and while it intoxicated all living beings, it was used by love as his strongest shaft to bewilder
5361. 7:15:42–7:15:48the heart of Kadambari. On Kama's festival she passed the day with great difficulty, and at
5362. 7:15:48–7:15:54twilight, when the quarters were growing dark, she bathed, worshiped Kama, and placed before him the
5363. 7:15:54–7:15:59body of khandrapada, washed, anointed with musk-scented sandal, and decked with flowers.
5364. 7:16:00–7:16:06Filled with a deep longing, she drew nigh, as if unconsciously and suddenly, bereft by love
5365. 7:16:06–7:16:11of a woman's native timidity, she could no longer restrain herself, and clasped Kendrapida's
5366. 7:16:11–7:16:18neck as though he were yet alive. At her ambrosial embrace the prince's life came back to him,
5367. 7:16:18–7:16:24and, clasping her closely, like one awakened from sleep, he gladdened her by saying, Timid
5368. 7:16:24–7:16:26one, away with fear.
5369. 7:16:26–7:16:30Thine embrace hath brought me to life, for thou art born of the Apsara's ray sprung
5370. 7:16:30–7:16:36from nectar, and it was but the curse that prevented thy touch from reviving me before.
5371. 7:16:36–7:16:41I have now left the mortal shape of Kadraka that caused the pain of separation from me,
5372. 7:16:41–7:16:45but this body I kept, because it won thy love.
5373. 7:16:45–7:16:49Now both this world and the moon are bound to thy feet.
5374. 7:16:49–7:16:54Vikampayana, too, the beloved of thy friend Mahakvita, has been freed from the curse with
5375. 7:16:54–7:16:56me.
5376. 7:16:56–7:17:01While the moon, hidden in the shape of Kendrapada, thus spoke, Pandarika descended from the
5377. 7:17:01–7:17:06guy, pale, wearing still the row of pearls given by Mahakvita, and holding the hand of
5378. 7:17:06–7:17:08Kapunjala.
5379. 7:17:08–7:17:13Gladly caught Mbari hastened to tell Mahakvita of her lover's return, while Kendrapada said,
5380. 7:17:13–7:17:18Dear Pundarika, though in an earlier birth thou wasst my son-in-law, thou must now be
5381. 7:17:18–7:17:21my friend, as in our last birth.
5382. 7:17:21–7:17:25Meanwhile, Kiyurika set off.
5383. 7:17:25–7:17:30To Hemakuta to tell Hamsa and Satreratha, and Madalika fell at the feet of Terapada,
5384. 7:17:30–7:17:35who was absorbed in prayer to Siva, vanquisher of death, and Vila Savadi, and told them
5385. 7:17:35–7:17:38the glad tidings.
5386. 7:17:38–7:17:43Then the aged king came, leaning on Kukanasa, with the queen and Manorma, and great was
5387. 7:17:43–7:17:45the joy of all.
5388. 7:17:45–7:17:49Kapunjala too brought a message to Kukanasa from Kvedakatu, saying,
5389. 7:17:49–7:17:55Pandurika was but brought up by me, but he is thy son, and loves thee, do thou therefore
5390. 7:17:55–7:17:59keep him from ill, and care for him as thine own.
5391. 7:17:59–7:18:04I have placed in him my own life, and he will live as long as the moon, so that my desires
5392. 7:18:04–7:18:05are fulfilled."
5393. 7:18:05–7:18:10The divine spirit of life in me now yearns to reach a region surpassing the world of
5394. 7:18:10–7:18:11gods.
5395. 7:18:11–7:18:16That night passed in talk of their former birth, and next day the two Gandharv kings
5396. 7:18:16–7:18:21came with their queens, and the festivities were increased a thousandfold.
5397. 7:18:21–7:18:27Satreratha, however, said, Why, when we have palaces of our own, do we feast in the
5398. 7:18:27–7:18:28forest?
5399. 7:18:28–7:18:34Moreover, though marriage resting only on mutual love is lawful among us, yet let us follow
5400. 7:18:34–7:18:36the custom of the world.
5401. 7:18:36–7:18:39Nay, replied Terapida.
5402. 7:18:39–7:18:44Where a man hath known his greatest happiness, there is his home, even if it be the forest
5403. 7:18:44–7:18:47point one and where else have I known such joy as here.
5404. 7:18:47–7:18:53All my palaces, too, have been given over to thy son-in-law, take my son, therefore,
5405. 7:18:53–7:18:57with his bride, and taste the joys of home.
5406. 7:18:57–7:19:02Then Sitaratha went with Kendrapada to Hemakuta and offered him his whole kingdom with the
5407. 7:19:02–7:19:04hand of Kadambari.
5408. 7:19:04–7:19:09Hamsa did the same to Pundarika, but both refused to accept anything, for their longings were
5409. 7:19:09–7:19:13satisfied with winning the bride's dear to their hearts.
5410. 7:19:13–7:19:19Now, one day Kadambari, though her joy was complete, asked her husband with tears,
5411. 7:19:19–7:19:22how is it that when we all have died and come to life, and have been united with
5412. 7:19:22–7:19:28each other, patrolaka alone is not here, nor do we know what has become of her.
5413. 7:19:28–7:19:32How could she be here, my beloved, replied the prince tenderly.
5414. 7:19:32–7:19:38For she is my wife Rohini, and, when she heard I was cursed, grieving for my grief, she refused
5415. 7:19:38–7:19:43to leave me alone in the world of mortals, and though I sought to dissuade her, she
5416. 7:19:43–7:19:48accepted birth in that world even before me, that she might wait upon me.
5417. 7:19:48–7:19:52When I entered on another birth, she again wished to descend to earth, but I sent her
5418. 7:19:52–7:19:54back to the world of the moon.
5419. 7:19:54–7:19:57There thou wilt again behold her.
5420. 7:19:57–7:20:00But Kadambari, in wonder at Rohini,
5421. 7:20:00–7:20:30विचार-विमर्शक आजिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदिदि
5422. 7:20:30–7:20:33given up all earthly duties.
5423. 7:20:33–7:20:37Sometimes from love of his native land, he would dwell in Ajjaini, where the citizens
5424. 7:20:37–7:20:44gazed at him with wide, wandering eyes, sometimes, from respect to the Gandharv King, at Hemakuta,
5425. 7:20:44–7:20:49beautiful beyond compare, sometimes, from reverence to Rohini, in the world of the moon, where
5426. 7:20:49–7:20:54every place was charming from the coolness and fragrance of nectar, sometimes, from
5427. 7:20:54–7:21:00love to Pandarika, by the lake where Lakshmi dwelt, on which the lotuses ever blossomed
5428. 7:21:00–7:21:04night and day, and often, to please Kadambari.
5429. 7:21:04–7:21:06In many another fair spot.
5430. 7:21:06–7:21:11With Kadambari he enjoyed many a pleasure, to which the yearning of two births gave
5431. 7:21:11–7:21:14an ever-fresh and inexhaustible delight.
5432. 7:21:14–7:21:19Nor did the moon rejoice alone with Kadambari, nor she with Mahakvita, but Mahakvita with
5433. 7:21:19–7:21:24with Pandarika, and Pandarika with the moon, all spent an eternity of joy in each other's
5434. 7:21:24–7:21:27company, and reached the very pinnacle of happiness.