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winning the beloved is a source of delight. At dawn Atreyika went to Vanamala's house and said: "King Sumukha has been made affectionately disposed toward you by me. Get up, child. Now let us go to the king's house. Sport with the king as you like, like a queen.' Vanamālā went with her to the king's house, and the infatuated king placed her in the harem.
Wandering with her in pleasure-gardens, rivers, tanks, peaks, et cetera, King Sumukha experienced blissful pleasure.
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Now the weaver, Vira, separated from Vanamālā, wandered about as if possessed by a demon, as if crazy, as if intoxicated. His body gray with dust like a piece of an old rag, his hair disordered, the hair on his body and his nails long, attended by boys of the town with loud tumult, crying: "Vanamālā, Vanamālā, where are you? Let me see you. Why have you deserted me, innocent, alone, suddenly? Or rather, you have deserted me as a joke. It is not right for so long a time. Or have you been kidnaped by a Rakṣas, a Yakṣa, a Vidyadhara or some one greedy for beauty?" at the junctions of three roads and four roads in the city, he passed the time, wretched like a poor man.
One day, crying aloud in this way, he went to the palace-courtyard, surrounded by crowds of children like a monkey. Covered with garlands made from the flowers left from sacrifices, looking like a piśāca, he was surrounded immediately by the king's servants eager to see a spectacle. King Sumukha heard the noise of outcries mixed with the noise of loud clappings from the people following him. Wishing to know "What is this?" King Sumukha went with Vanamālā to the courtyard of his own palace. When they saw him so changed in appearance, dirty, vacantminded, being abused by the people, tormented by dust, crying out "Vanamālā, Vanamālā, where are you? Vanamālā and the king thought: "Alas! We, badly behaved like butchers, have committed this cruel act. Oh! he, unsuspecting, was deceived. I think in future no
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| SR No. | 001004 |
| Book Title | Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 4 |
| Original Sutra Author | Hemchandracharya |
| Author | Helen M Johnson |
| Publisher | Oriental Research Institute Vadodra |
| Publication Year | 1954 |
| Total Pages | 449 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Mythology, & Story |
| File Size | 9 MB |