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300
Padmapurana
Anangakusuma, with great difficulty, regained consciousness. She, filled with sorrow, wept, her breasts soaked with tears. ||14||
"Oh, father, where have you gone? Speak to me. Oh, brother, what has happened? Show yourself to me, even once." ||15||
"Oh, father, you have gone to a terrible forest, facing battle. How did you meet your death, by the hands of the earth-dwellers?" ||16||
When the abode of Shrishila was filled with grieving people, Anangakusuma, with her friend Narmada, took the messenger to a suitable place to speak. ||17||
Anangakusuma, the daughter of Chandranakha, was consumed with grief for her father and brother. She was comforted by virtuous men, skilled in pacifying sorrow, with great difficulty. ||18||
Anangakusuma, well-versed in the Jain path, knowing the nature of the world, performed the post-death rituals for her father, in accordance with the customs of the people. ||19||
The next day, Shrishila Hanuman, filled with grief, surrounded by his ministers and other learned men, called the messenger and asked, "Messenger, tell me everything about the death of Kharadushana." Saying this, Hanuman remembered Kharadushana. ||20-21||
Then, Hanuman, whose entire body was filled with anger, his eyebrows, like a streak of lightning, flickered. ||22||
Then, the messenger, filled with fear, his body trembling, spoke to Hanuman, a wise and powerful man, in sweet words, to pacify his anger. ||23||
"Oh, Lord, you know that the king of Kishkindha, Sugriva, was afflicted by a woman-related sorrow, caused by the Vidyaadhara, Sahasagati, who had assumed his form." ||24||
Sugriva, filled with sorrow, sought refuge in Rama, who promised to alleviate his suffering and went to Kishkindha. ||25||
There, a great battle took place between your father-in-law, Sugriva, and the imposter, Sahasagati, who had stolen his form, a battle that exhausted even the greatest warriors. ||26||
Then, Rama, with his great power, rose and challenged him. Seeing Rama, the Vetala Vidya, the cause of the theft, was destroyed. ||27||
Then, Sahasagati, regaining his true form, was recognized by those who had been freed by Rama and was taken to death by the Shilimukhas. ||28||
The sound of weeping arose, as if thousands of strings of a Veena were struck together, producing a single sound. ||13||