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great jail, the ladies of the herem, with Kusumavali at the head came to the same jail; they were alarmed as they gave out piteous cries; they were as it were adorned with strings of pearls on account of the drops of tears mixed with collyrium, which resembled big pearls and which were incessantly falling; their bodies paled, as it were, with the grief of their lord; they were checked by the appointed guards; crushing with force auspicious jewelled bracelets, which made at high pitch the jingling sound; ( 119 ) they were engaged in beating breasts and bellies; their mouths were full of breaths on account of walking on unbecoming soil; and the range of their eyes was warped by long tresses, suggesting, as it were, “The condition of the lord can not even be seen by one who has given up crookedness." They saw the king under black iron shackles. Then they began to weep even more, striking the breasts, tired as it were of carrying fine pearl-necklaces; with hands resembling Aso’ka-sprouts to convey " This worldly existence is full of misdeeds.' Then they were held up with great difficulty by the king and the guards. The king said, “ What is the use of grief, which is tied up with irreligion and which results only in trouble? This worldly existence is of varied and strange forms; all souls are as it were its toys; it is difficult to control the movement of the actions in previous birth; wealth is as fickle as the circular streak of lightning coming out from within the clouds; the union is like a dream; the freaks of passion thus come to such. an end. Then what is the use of weeping, befitting an incivil person? You have indeed obtained