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The Mahapurana, filled with your affection, my relatives are eager to see me. Thus, I approached my maternal uncle and informed him of my departure. [18] Knowing this, the lord of the Nath lineage, Akampan, was slightly perturbed. For whose heart does not become restless when Jay (Jayakumar or Vijay) expresses a desire to leave? [99] After considering the course of action, King Akampan said to Jayakumar, "So be it." This is fitting, for wise men do not follow the dictates of affection like a lamp follows oil (or love). [100] Although King Akampan had already given Jayakumar everything by giving him Salochana, he still followed the norms of the world and gave him all his wealth, including the treasury, on a propitious day, to send the bride and groom off. [101] The best of all men, King Akampan, accompanied them with his wife for some distance, then, with a heavy heart, turned back. For the separation from one's child is difficult to bear. [102-103] Jayakumar, along with Salochana, mounted the elephant Vijayardha, accompanied by his younger brothers, Vijay and others, and Hemangadkumar, all riding their own elephants. With great festivity, he narrated pleasant and humorous stories, shaking the earth, and slowly proceeded along the banks of the Ganga, like the moon surrounded by stars, as he had done during his previous conquest. [104-106] Jayakumar, the learned and ruler of all, saw a suitable grassy area on the banks of the Ganga and set up camp there. [107] The camp, with its countless tents of shining fabric, was a sight to behold, with wide entrances and exits, resembling a heavenly abode. [108]