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The Fifteenth Canto
Then, the young prince, like the lord of birds, united with that lotus-like celestial maiden in accordance with the proper rituals of the auspicious marriage ceremony, as per the customs of their community. ||33||
He experienced lasting happiness with her, who was endowed with the playful gestures of love. She was trained in the dramatic arts and was the dancer-preceptor of the god of love. ||34||
Sometimes, he sported with his most beloved one in the charming cave-like recesses of the divine damsels, on the Mandara mountain. At other times, he reveled with her for a long time in the pleasure grove, amidst the fragrant divine trees and sandalwood. ||35||
At times, he enjoyed passionate love with his beloved on the banks of the lakes and rivers of the Kulachala mountain range. At other times, he experienced love even in the trees of the pleasure groves. ||36||
Thus, the couple residing on the victorious mountain, enjoyed the divine pleasures in their city, resounding with the ankle-bells of the celestial damsels - a pleasure that is so rare and difficult to attain on earth, and which was effortlessly bestowed upon them. ||37||
Thereafter, the merchant Vīraka, deprived of his beloved Vanamalā, was afflicted with the sorrow of separation and could find no peace, not even on the soft, cool couch of tender leaves. ||38||
The moon with its rays could not alleviate the burning in his heart, just as the yogi, though surrounded by water, remains thirsty. Like the separated chakravāka bird on earth, he was always tormented by the pangs of separation. ||39||
Then, that controlled Vīraka, having endured the anguish of separation for a long time, took refuge in the teachings of the Jina, which is the supreme refuge for those seeking shelter. ||40||