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In the Padma Purana, "Rise, let us go to our city, it is not right to linger here. Let the army be alerted by the sound of the conch shell that signals departure." ||190|| Upon hearing this, the army, which was like a churning sea, stirred and quickly prepared for departure, having completed all the necessary tasks. ||191|| Then, a great sound arose from the chariots, horses, elephants, and foot soldiers, along with the sound of the conch and other instruments, and it reached the girl's ears. ||192|| The sound, which signaled departure, filled her with immense sorrow, as if she were pierced by a nail driven in with the force of a hammer blow. ||193|| She thought, "Alas, what a misfortune! Fate has given me a treasure and then taken it away. What shall I do? How will this turn out?" ||194|| The desires I had, to play in the lap of this great man, have all been turned upside down, my hopes dashed. ||195|| Knowing that this is happening, somehow this enemy, my friend, has come to hate me. ||196|| Curse this friendless, sinful, cruel-tongued woman, who has brought this state upon my beloved. ||197|| My father, if he could bring my beloved back, would do me a great favor. Perhaps he could even bring him back to his senses. ||198|| If my beloved truly abandons me, I will give up food and die. ||199|| Thinking this, she fainted and fell to the ground like a vine uprooted from its roots. ||200|| Then, saying, "What is this?" and overcome with anxiety, her two friends revived her with cold water. ||201|| They asked her, with great effort, the reason for her fainting, but she, with her limbs slack and eyes fixed, could not speak a word. ||202|| Then, the people in the army of Vayu Kumar (Pavananjay) were bewildered by this unexpected departure and anxiously wondered why he was leaving without completing his desired task. ||203|| "Listen, and rise! Let us go to our city, it is not right to linger here. Let the army be alerted by the sound of the conch shell that signals departure." ||189-190||