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In the Padma Purana, while lamenting, they beat their chests severely. The sorrowful-eyed Prahlad, with great difficulty, comforted the women. ||7|| Having put on a brave face in front of all his relatives, Prahlad, eager to find his son, left his city. ||72|| He summoned all the Vidyadharas who lived in the two categories. They all came, filled with love, along with their families. ||73|| They, with their various radiant vehicles, followed the path of the sun. With their eyes fixed on the deep forests, they diligently searched the earth. ||74|| Having learned this news from Prahlad's messenger, Pratibhana, bearing great sorrow in his heart, informed Anjana. ||75|| Anjana, already sorrowful, became even more distressed by this heavy grief. With her face washed with tears, she began a sorrowful lament. ||76|| "Alas, my lord! You were the bond of my heart. Where have you gone, leaving me, the one who constantly suffers?" ||77|| "Are you still not giving up that ancient anger, which has made you invisible to all the Vidyadharas?" ||78|| "Oh, my lord! Give me even one word, like nectar, for the great souls never abandon the welfare of those in distress." ||79|| "I have sustained my life only with the hope of seeing you. What use are these sinful breaths to me now?" ||80|| "The desires I had made, to be united with my husband, have been thwarted by fate." ||81|| "My dear one must have attained that state, which this cruel heart has always feared, because of my bad luck." ||82|| "Vasantamala! See what is happening to me? How am I forced to roll on a bed of burning coals of unbearable separation?" ||83|| Vasantamala said, "Oh, goddess! Don't indulge in such inauspicious talk. I say with certainty that your husband will come to you." ||84||