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Ashtadasham Parva
28. Knowing that Vayukumara was afflicted by the disease of the wind, the cheerful friend consoled him with kind words, saying, "Why, my friend, are you so dejected? Compose your mind. You will soon see your beloved, or how vast is this earth!"
29. He replied, "Go quickly, my friend, to Ravipura and inform our gurus of this incident."
30. "I will not consider my life worth living until I find my beloved, the beauty of the earth. I shall wander the entire world in search of her."
31. Saying this, the dejected one somehow freed himself from that sorrow and, laughing sadly, went to Adityanagari.
32. The wind also mounted the celestial elephant and, roaming the entire earth, was filled with this thought:
33. "Where has my tender-bodied beloved gone, who was scorched by the fire of separation and carried me in her heart?"
34. "Was she in the wilderness of widowhood, inflamed by the fire of separation, and now seeking refuge in some direction?"
35. "Being endowed with truthfulness and simplicity, and bearing the burden of pregnancy, has she been abandoned by Vasantamala in the great forest?"
36. "Is she, with her eyes blinded by sorrow, wandering on a difficult path, and fallen into an ancient well, hungry and surrounded by pythons?"
37. "Or, distressed by pregnancy, has she, on hearing the terrifying sound of wild animals, given up her life in fear?"
38. "Alas, parched by thirst, with a dry palate and throat, has she been abandoned in the forests of Vindhya and lost her life, which was as dear to me as my own breath?"
39. "Or, has the innocent Mandakini, entangled in various crocodiles, descended and been swept away by the fierce current of water?"
40. "With her feet wounded by the thorns of Darbha grass and bleeding, is she unable to take even a single step and thus met her death?"
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