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## Chapter Thirty-Four
347. The king, Somadatta, had built many beautiful palaces for the kings who had come for the swayamvara of his daughter. ||39||
But the princess, for some reason, became averse to the swayamvara, and all the kings were dismissed. ||40||
Hearing this, Kumar Vasudeva, pondering the state of the princess's mind, went to see the Indra flag, and as he sat there, the king's wives, accompanied by their guards, suddenly arrived. ||41||
After paying their respects to the Indra flag, they departed for their homes. ||42||
At that moment, a maddened elephant, breaking its chains, charged towards the people like death itself. ||43||
The sound of the people being killed and the cries of those witnessing the carnage filled all ten directions. ||44||
The enraged elephant, with great speed, approached the chariots of the women, causing one of them to fall to the ground in fear. ||45||
Seeing this, Kumar Vasudeva, calming the elephant, protected the frightened princess, and, in the sight of all, played with the elephant. ||46||
After the elephant tired, he left it and comforted the princess, who had fainted in fear. She looked at Vasudeva, the bearer of a beautiful form, and sighed deeply, her eyes filled with tears. Overcome with shyness, she took his hand, which brought her joy. ||47-48||
Then, Vasudeva returned to his place, and the old nurse and the elder women of the family took the princess back to the inner palace. ||49||
Later, Kumar Vasudeva, adorned with jewels, was sitting in the house of Kubera Datta, when the gatekeeper, by order of the king, came and said, "O Dev! You must know that the king here is Somadatta, and his queen is known as Purnacandra. ||50-51||
They have a son named Bhurishrava and a daughter named Somashri. The king had called many kings for the swayamvara of his daughter, Somashri. ||52||
But Somashri, sitting on the roof of the palace at night, saw the arrival of the gods, and remembering her lineage, fainted, overcome with love. ||53||