Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 4

SR No.: 001004
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

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RĀVAŅA'S EXPEDITION OF CONQUEST 123 who is his equal, like mountains compared with Meru, as he has subdued a thousand vidyās and can not be shaken even by gods."
"Very well,” said Maya, delighted. After having himself announced by agents, he took Mandodari and went to Svayamprabha, accompanied by his kinsmen, soldiers, and the women of his household, to give her to Daśamauli. There the elders of the clan, Sumālin and others, noble, consented to receive Mandodari for Daśāsya. The fathers-in-law,87 Sumālin and others and Maya and others, had their marriage celebrated on an auspicious day. After the wedding-festivals were over, Maya and others went to their city. Rāvana sported for a long time with his excellent wife.
One day Råvana went for amusement to the mountain Megharava which has wings, as it were, with layers of clouds clinging to its sides. He saw six thousand Khecaramaidens bathing in a pool there like Apsarases in the Ocean of Milk. Desiring a husband, they looked at him with affection, their lotus-eyes wide-open, like day-blooming lotuses looking at the sun. Casting aside modesty at once, afflicted by strong love, they themselves asked him, “Be our husband." Among these was Padmāvatī, daughter of Sarvaśri and Surasundara, and another, named Aśokalati, daughter of Manovegā and Budha, and Vidyutprabhā, daughter of Kanaka and Sandhyā, and others belonging to families known throughout the world. All the infatuated girls married the infatuated Daśagrīva with a gandharvawedding
Their guards went to their fathers and reported, "Some man is leaving now, after marrying your daughters." Amarasundara, angered, and Vidyadharas, their fathers, ran impetuously, intending to kill Dasakandhara. Naturally timid, the brides said to Daśagriva: "Start your car
07 83. Vaivāhika is not father-in-law, but a son's or daughter's father-in-law, a connection for which there is no word in English. Sumälin was not, in fact, the bride's father-in-law, but grandfather-in-law.