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After passing through towns and villages in the course of their wanderings, they came into a dense forest, and took shelter under a tree. The prince being fatigued soon fell - asleep. Ratnasara, however, kept awake to guard the prince. At midnight he heard from afar the sound of merry-making of a kinnara-party and waking the prince up drew his attention to it. To enquire into the matter they followed in the direction of the sound and reached a splendid Jina temple in which gods and kinnaras had assembled to celebrate the aṣṭāhnika festival with great eclat. There Citrasena saw an exquisite image of a girl which displayed the skill of the artist. He fell in love with the girl represented by the image2, and fainted away. When he was brought to his senses, he resolved to marry that girl or to die. Ratnasara tried in vain to dissuade him
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2. For falling in love with a girl on seeing her portrait, see Tawney: Ocean of story IV pp. 132 and note; Mallishena: Nagakumaracarita I (Pathak Com. Volume, Poona, 1934, p. 102).
