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Then, hearing these Gath as, that young woman with the gait of a royal swan scrached the ground with her toe-thumb. She golden limbs called the traveller ‘O traveller, where you are going presently ? From where did you come ?' // 41 The Traveller replied
There is city called Sāmoru, you lotus-eyed one ful of cultured citizens le good cheer, O moonl faced one. It is adorned with white, lofty ramparts with gates. There is nobody there who is a dullard; all residents are learned.// 42
If one moves through it in the company of various persons of keen intelligence, he can here sweet, enchanting Prakrit verses recited. In some places those learned in four Vedas, expound the Veda. In some places Rasaka, composed in various metres, is recited. // 43
In some places is narrated the romance of Sadayavatsa or Nalacarita in other places Bharata is recited with various entertainments. In some places Brahmins give blessing to donors; in other places poets enact the Ramayana.//44
Some hear the playing of flute, lute, tabour and drum; elsewhere is heard the notes of songs, composed in beautiful words and sound. In some places people attend to the dancing girls, who have plump and high breasts and who move performing the calli dance. // 45
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