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Raghva, the king, pointed towards his daughter. Therefore, the girl looked towards him. Your insult will surely destroy your path in this world and the next. What are you saying? The son of your uncle, Megheshwar (Jaykumar), has honored her. ||21||
The sun, the moon, the clouds, the fire, the water, the sky, the earth, and the wind, you and your father, O beautiful one! are the causes of human life, know this for sure. ||22|| Therefore, both the wicked ones, Jaykumar and Kashiraj Akampan, filled with anger and desiring sorrow, should be engaged in battle, their heads should be cut off, and the beautiful one should be taken away like a woman from the city of love. By the learned,
23 the king also desired the purpose of the quarrel spoken by her, which was worthy of condemnation. Hearing this, the king, bowing down, whether by the rich or the poor, by the noble or the ignoble, the daughter taken in swayamvara, smiling slightly, leaving the work, the wise minister of great intellect says - "The one who is weakened by hunger, destroyed by anger, is not abducted. This makes the heart heavy, stained with great sin. This path has been illuminated by your grandfather (Rishabh), your father (Bharat), and the group of men, who are high in honor, troubled by fear, tormented by madness and sorrow, absorbed in sleep, attached to movement, detached from themselves. The one who violates this, who torments living beings, is attached to another. O sun of the world-lotus, son of Bharateshwar, like a revealed prostitute, with hands like a prostitute, that man attains disgrace and misfortune. But even after saying all this, the prince Arkkarti should not embrace him: he should not have sexual intercourse with him. This is called a daughter of another family. It did not happen, on the contrary, it was like pouring ghee into fire. He contradicts, saying, "When he was flying, polluting his glory, abandoning justice, going astray, O prince! you were bound, and when the king of snakes was terrified, and the father called Megheshwar 'Jay',
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