Tilakmanjarisara

SR No.: 002611
Original Sutra Author: Pallipal Dhanpal
Author: N M Kansara
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1969
Total Pages: 146
Language: Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Literature
File Size: 7 MB

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plane, and that he is asked by his mother to see Gandharvadattā at kāñci, Gandharvaka assured prince to carry a message of Samaraketu to Malayasundari in Kāñci and took leave of prince Harivābana, promising to do a portrait of him also, provided that something untoward did not crop up on his way back.
The canto concludes with a verse (139) in the Malini metre depicting how, on the one hand, Gandharvaka left and, on the other, the prince returned to his palace,
Canto IV : The Ceremonial Entrance Into the City
Verses 1 to 28 describe how in the palace, after performing his daily worship, Harivāhana passed his whole day in looking at the portrait and waiting all the while for the arrival of Gandharvaka, who would do his portrait and help him in securing the love of Tilakamañjari, Next morning he went to the palace garden, climbed the sport-billock and awaited the arrival of Gandharvaka the whole day. But the latter did not come. His love-pangs began to get unbearable as the summer season passed and the rainy season set in. In order to allay the pain he set out, in company of Samaraketu and others, on a tour of his domain.
Verses 29 to 65 narrate the episode of the flying elephant. Once when he was camping in the Kāmarūpa country, one of the elephantkeepers reported to him about the madness of his pet elephent Vairi.
adanda due to the state of ichor. Harivāhana started with his lute and by its music the elephant was entranced, so that the prince exploited the opportunity and was upon his neck within a moment. But the elephant got up at once and ran away, with the prince, to the forest, so suddenly that inspite of a very hot pursuit Samaraketu, and his compa. nions with all their retinue, could find neither the prince nor the elephant. The next day the messengers returned with the sad news that the elephant was found but not the prince. At this, Samaraketu made up his mind to commit suicide. But the next day a messenger from Kamalagupta brought a letter of Harivāhana and narrated how Kamalagupta got it from nowhere and how his return-message to the prince was mysteriously picked up by a parrot. Having read the message Samaraketu went to the bed to have some rest.
Verses 66 to 128 narrate how Samaraketu set out, the next morning, in pursuit of Hariyābana in the northern direction, met on his way Mitradhara, a brother of the ruler of the Kāmarūpa (also called Prāgjyotişa) tegion and how after an extremely hazardous journey through the forest he arrived at the Ekaśộnga mountain and saw the Adrstapära lake, and rested for the night on its bank. Next morning he heard the neighing of numerous horses, which he pursued and came to a beautiful temple,