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Speaker 1: A man hating maiden. The ever worthy and famous King

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Vakramaditya had a painter named Nagarasmamen, who enjoyed the revenues

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of a hundred villages and surpassed Visvakarman. That painter used

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every two or three days to paint a picture of

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a girl and give it as a present to the king,

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taking care to exemplify different types of beauty. Now, once

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on a time it happened that the painter had, because

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a feast was going on, forgotten to paint the required

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girl for the king. And when the day forgiving the

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present arrived, the painter remembered and was bewildered, saying to himself, alas,

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what can I give to the king? And at that

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moment a traveler come from Afar, suddenly approached him and

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placed a book in his hand and went off somewhere. Quickly,

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the painter, out of curiosity, opened the book and saw

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within a picture of a girl on camp. Inasmuch as

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the girl was of wonderful beauty, no sooner did he

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see her picture than he took it and gave it

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to the king, rejoicing that so far from having no

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picture to present that day, he had obtained such an

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exceedingly beautiful one. But the king, as soon as he

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saw it, was astonished and said to him, my good fellow,

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this is not your painting. This is the painting of Visvakarman,

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For how could a mere mortal be skillful enough to

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paint such beauty. When the painter heard this, he told

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the king exactly what had taken place. Then the King

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kept ever looking at the picture of the girl, and

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never took his eyes off it. And one night he

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saw in a dream a girl exactly like her, but

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in another land. But as he eagerly rushed to embrace her,

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who was eager to meet him, the night came to

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an end, and he was woke up by the watchman.

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When the king awoke, he was so angry at the

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interruption of his delightful interview with that maiden that he

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banished that watchman from the city. And he said to himself,

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to think that a traveler should bring a book, and

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that in it there should be the painted figure of

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a girl, and that I should, in a dream behold

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this same girl, apparently alive. All this elaborate dispensation of

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destiny makes me think that she must be a real maiden,

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but I do not know in what land she lives,

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how am I to obtain her. Full of such reflections,

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the king took pleasure in nothing and burned with the

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fever of love, so that his attendants were full of anxiety,

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and the warder bad Rayuda, asked the afflicted king in

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private the cause of his grief, whereupon he spoke as follows. Listen,

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I will tell you, my friend, so much at any rate.

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You know that that a painter gave me the picture

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of a girl, and I fell asleep thinking on her.

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And I remember that in my dream I crossed the

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sea and reached and entered a very beautiful city. There

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I saw many armed maidens in front of me, and they,

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as soon as they saw me, raised a tumultuous cry

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of kill, kill. Then a certain female Acedik came and

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with great precipitation made me enter her house, and briefly

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said to me, this, my son, here is the man

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hating Princess Malaiavati come this way, diverting herself as she pleases,

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and the moment she sees a man, she makes these

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maidens of hers kill him. So I brought you in

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here to save your life. When the female Asidic had

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said this, she immediately made me put on female attire,

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and I submitted to that, knowing that it was not

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lawful to slay those maidens. But when the princess entered

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into the house with her maidens, I looked at her,

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and lo, she was the very lady that had been

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shown me in a picture. And I said to myself,

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fortunate am I in that, after first seeing this lady

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in a picture, I now behold her again in flesh

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and blood, dear as my life. In the Meanwhile, the princess,

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at the head of her maidens, said to that female acetic,

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we saw some male enter here. The acetic showed me

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and answered, I know of no male. Here is my

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sister's daughter, who is with me as a guest. Then

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the princess, seeing me, although I was disguised as a woman,

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forgot her dislike of men, and was at once overcome

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by love. She remained for a moment with every hair

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on her body erect, motionless, as if in thought, being

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so to speak, nailed to the spot at once with

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arrows by love, who had spied his opportunity, And in

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a moment the princess said to the acetic, Then, noble lady,

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why should not your sister's daughter be my guest? Also,

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let her come to my palace. I will send her

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back duly honored. Saying this, she took me by the

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hand and led me away to her palace. And I

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remember I discerned her intention and consented and went there,

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and that sly old female ascetic gave me leave to depart.

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Then I remained there with that princess, who was diverting

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herself with the amusement of marrying her maidens to one another.

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And so forth her eyes were fixed on me, and

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she would not let me out of her sight for

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an instant, and no occupation pleased her in which I

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did not take part. Then those maidens, I remember, made

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the princess a bride and me her husband, and married

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us in Sport. And when we had been married, we

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entered at night the bridal chamber, and the princess fearlessly

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threw her arms round my neck. And then I told

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her who I was, and embraced her, and delighted at

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having attained her object, she looked at me, and then

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remained a long time with her eyes back fixed on

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the ground, and at that moment that villain of a

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watchman woke me up, So bad Rayuda, the upshot of

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the whole matter is that I can no longer live

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without that Maliavati, whom I have seen in a picture

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and in a dream. When the King said this, the

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warder bad Rayuda perceived that it was a true dream,

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and he consoled the monarch and said to him, if

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the King remembers it all exactly, let him draw that

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city on a piece of canvas, in order that some

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expedient may be devised in this matter. The moment the

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king heard this suggestion of bad Rayuda's, he proceeded to

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draw that splendid city on a piece of canvas and

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all the scene that took place there. Then the warder

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at once took the drawing and had a new monastery

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made and hung it up there on the wall. And

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he directed that in relief houses attached to the monastery,

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a quantity of food, with pairs of garments and gold

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should be given to bar guards coming from distant countries.

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And he gave this order to the dwellers in the monastery.

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If any one comes here who knows the city represented

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here in a picture, let me be informed of it.

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In the meanwhile, the fierce elephant of the rainy season,

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with irresistible loud, deep thunder roar, and long kataka tusks,

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came down upon the forest of the heats, a forest,

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the breezes of which were scented with the perfume of

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the jasmine, in which travelers sat down on the ground

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in the shade, and trumpet flowers bloomed. At that time,

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the forest fire of separation of that king, Vacromaditya, began

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to burn more fiercely, fanned by the eastern breeze. Then

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the following cries were heard among the ladies of his court. Harilata,

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bring ice, Chitrungi, sprinkle him with sandal wood juice, Patreleca,

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make a bed cool with lotus leaves, Canderpassenna, fan him

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with plant and leaves. And in course of time, the

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cloudy season, terrible with lightning, passed away for that king,

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but the fever of love burning with the sorrow of

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separation did not pass away. Then the autumn, with her

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open lotus face and smile of unclosed flowers, came vocal

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with the cries of swans seeming to utter this command

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Let travelers advance on their journey. Let pleasant hidings be

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brought about absent dear ones, happy, may their merry meetings

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be on a certain day in that season, a bard

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who had come from a distance, of the name of

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San Veracidi, having heard the fame of that monastery built

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by the warder, entered it to get food. After he

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had been fed and presented with a pair of garments,

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he saw that painting on the wall of the monastery.

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When the bard had carefully scanned the city delineated there,

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he was astonished and said, I wonder who can have

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drawn this city? For I alone have seen it. I

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am certain, and no other, and here it is drawn

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by some second person. When the inhabitants of the monastery

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heard that, they told Badrayuda. Then he came in person

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and took that bard to the king. The king said

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to san Veracidi, have you really seen that city? Then

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san Verasidi gave him the following answer. When I was

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wandering about the world, I crossed the sea that separates

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the isles and beheld that great city Malaiyapura. In that

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city there dwells a king of the name of Malaya

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Sinha and He has a matchless daughter named Maliavati, who

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used to abhor males. But one night she somehow or

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others saw in a dream a great hero in a convent.

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The moment she saw him, that evil spirit of detestation

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of the male sex fled from her mind, as if terrified.

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Then she took him to her palace, and in her

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dream married him, and entered with him the bridal chamber.

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And at that moment the night came to an end,

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and an attendant in her room woke her up. Then

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she banished that servant in her anger, and, thinking upon

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that dear one whom she had seen in her dream,

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seeing no way of escape, owing to the blazing fire

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of separation, Utterly overpowered by love, she never rose from

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her couch, except to fall back upon it again with

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relaxed limbs. She was dumb, as if possessed by a demon,

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as if stunned by a blow. For when her attendants

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questioned her, she gave them no answer. Then her father

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and mother came to hear of it and questioned her,

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and at last she was, with exceeding difficulty persuaded to

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tell them what happened to her in the dream. By

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the mouth of a confidential female friend. Then her father

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comforted her, but she made a solemn vow that if

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she did not obtain her beloved in six months, she

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would enter the fire. And already five months are past.

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Who knows what will become of her. This is the

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story that I heard about her in that city. When

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Sanvasiiti had told this story, which tallied so well with

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the king's own dream, the king was pleased at knowing

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the certainty of the matter, And bad Rayudah said to him,

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the business is as good as effected, for that king

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and his country own your paramounts supremacy. So let us

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go there before the sixth month has passed away. When

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the warder had said this, King Vakramaditia made him inform

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san Verasidi of all the circumstances connected with the matter,

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and honored him with a present of much wealth, and

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bade him show him the way. And then he seemed

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to bequeath his own burning heat to the rays of

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the sun, his paleness to the clouds, and his thinness

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to the waters of the rivers, And, having become free

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from sorrow, set out at once, escorted by a small force,

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for the dwelling place of his beloved. In course of time,

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as he advanced, he crossed the sea and reached that city,

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and there he saw the people in front of it

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engaged in loud lamentation, And when he questioned them, he

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received this answer, the Princess Maliavati is here, as the

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period of six months is at an end, and she

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has not obtained her beloved, is preparing to enter the fire.

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Then the king went to the place where the pyre

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had been made ready. When the people saw him, they

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made way for him. And then the princess beheld that

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unexpected nectar rein to her eyes, and she said to

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her ladies in waiting, here is that beloved come, who

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married me in a dream. So tell my father. Quickly

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they went and told this to her father. And then

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that king, delivered from his grief and filled with joy,

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submissively approached the sovereign. At that moment, the barred san Voracidi,

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who knew his time, lifted up his arm and chanted

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aloud this strain, Hail thou, that with the flame of

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thy valor, hast consumed the forest of the army of Demons,

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and melechas hail, King, Lord of the Seven Sea. Girt

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earth bride, Hail thou that hast imposed thy exceedingly heavy

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yoke on the bowed heads of all kings conquered by thee.

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Hail Vishamasila, Hail Vikramaditya, ocean of valor. When the bard

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said this, King Malaya Sinha knew that it was Vikramaditya

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himself that had come and embraced his feet. And after

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he had welcomed him, he entered his palace with him

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and his daughter Maliavati, thus delivered from death, And that

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king gave that daughter of his to King Vikramaditya, thinking

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himself fortunate in having obtained such a son in law.

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And King Vikramaditya, when he saw in his arms in

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flesh and blood, that Maliavati, whom he had previously seen

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in a picture and in a dream, considered it a

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wonderful fruit of the wishing tree of Siva's favor. Then

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Vikramaditya took with him his wife Maliavati, like incarnation of bliss,

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and crossed the sea, resembling his long regretful separation, and

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being submissively waited upon at every step by kings with

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various presents in their hands returned to his own city, Ujayini,

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and on beholding there that might of his that satisfied

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freely every kind of curiosity. What people were not astonished,

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what people did not rejoice, what people did not make

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high festival,