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Chapter Forty-Four
When Chandranakha's beloved, Kharadushana, was destroyed by her own unwillingness, she was again overwhelmed by sorrow, like a river whose dam has broken. ||1||
Chandranakha, whose body was scorched by the fire of grief, became distraught, like a cow who has lost her calf, and she wailed in various ways. ||2||
Bearing the burden of the aforementioned insult, her mind filled with anger and dejection, Chandranakha, whose eyes were overflowing with tears, was seen by Kharadushana. ||3||
Seeing her, covered in dust, her hair disheveled, her belt loosened, her armpits, thighs, and breasts wounded by nails, stained with blood, her earrings fallen, devoid of ornaments and beauty, her garment torn, her natural radiance extinguished, and resembling a lotus crushed by a maddened elephant, Kharadushana comforted her and asked, "My dear, tell me quickly, by whom have you been brought to this state?" ||4-7||
"Whose eighth moon is today? Who has been seen by death? Who is sleeping on the peak of the mountain, and who is foolishly playing with a serpent? ||8||
"Who has fallen into the well of blindness? Whose destiny is inauspicious? And who, like a moth, desires to fall into my blazing fire of anger?" ||9||
"Shame on that wicked one, like an animal, devoid of reason, who has polluted both worlds with his impure conduct!" ||10||
"Crying is useless. You are no different from other ordinary women. Tell me the name of the one who has touched you, like the flame of a great fire." ||11||
"Like a lion crushing a serpent, I will crush him with my own hand today and send him to Yama's abode." ||12||
Thus spoken, Chandranakha, with great difficulty, stopped crying and spoke in a choked voice. At that time, her cheeks...