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dess of Wealth) of the house-holders. A number of prostitutes were invited for the celebration of the marriage-ceremony When they were singing marriage-songs, Valkalacîri thought, they must be uttering some Mantras. But when there was beating of drums and playing on other musical instruments on the auspicious cere mony, Valkalacirî closed his ears out of bewilderment, as he was not used to such sounds
Now, the pros-het mits who had gone to the asrama of Soma Candra Râjars with the object of enticing Valkalaciri, under or. ders from King Prasanna Candra, returned to the king and told him-O good king! We enticed Valkalaciti and he came to the pre-arranged meeting place, but on seeing Soma Candra Rājarsi coming towards us from a distance, we became afraid of a curse trom him, and we ran away in hot haste as females are naturally timid But being so strongly enticed, Valkalacîri must be searching us in the forest. He has not gone to his father s asrama. He must be moving about somewhere in the forest' On hearing these words, King Prasanna Candra thought "Ah! What have I foolishly done that I caused separation, from my revered father, of my younger brother who was of great help to him in his old age. Separated as he is from my father, how will he live! For what period, can a fish removed from water, live? The king distressed by the sad account, could not get a moment's sleep even on his royal bed, like a fish struggling in very sha llow waters
At that time, King Prasanna Candra heard the sound of beating of drums etc in the prostitute's house. He said:-The whole town is greatly distressed by my calamity. However, who is that superhuman being at whose house these sounds of beating of drums and singing are produced? Who is selfishly fond of these sounds when they are like a stroke of a thunder-bolt to me?
The prostitute any how came to know about the king's condition. She hurriedly-went to King Prasanna Candra and with
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| SR No. | 008003 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 2 Vibhag 2 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Parimal Publication |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 802 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion |
| File Size | 20 MB |