Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 5

SR No.: 001005
Original Sutra Author: Hemchandracharya
Author: Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1962
Total Pages: 507
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Mythology, & Story
File Size: 11 MB

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from the blow, the Khecara fell on the ground, and Smára struck the woman with arrows as if in rivalry with the prince. After the prince had restored the Nabhaścara (Vidyadhara) to consciousness again by remedies, he said, Fight, if you are able now."
The Vidyadhara replied: "I have been defeated by you completely. I have been saved from a woman's murder, fortunately, and from hell resulting from that. In the knot at the end of my garment 32 there are a pearl and a root, Put the root on my wound, after rubbing it with water from the pearl. The prince did so and the Khecara was cured. Questioned by the prince he related his own experience: "This is the daughter, Ratnamālā, of Amṛtasena, a king of Vidyadharas, lord of Rathanupura. Her husband was said by an astrologer to be the son of Harinandin, young Aparajita, the sole ocean of the jewels of good qualities. She fell in love with him and did not think about any one else.
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One day I saw her and asked for her in marriage. She replied, Aparajita may take my hand, or fire may burn my body. There is no other course than these. ' I, son of Śrisena, named Surakānta, persistent in marriage with her, was angered by her speech. Leaving the city, I subdued magic arts hard to subdue and again asked for her with many devices. When she did not want me-not through any device, I seized her and brought her here. What will those blind from love not do?
'Let the fire cling to her body; let her vow be fulfilled. ' With this thought, I was eager to crush her and throw her in the fire. You saved her from me and you saved me from a low condition of existence. You are a benefactor of us both. Tell who you are, powerful sir."
The minister's son told him the prince's family, et cetera; and Ratnamālā rejoiced at once at the longed-for meeting. At that time Ratnamāla's parents, Kirtimati and Amṛtasena,
32 309. The Indian upper garment serves as a parse among its many uses.