________________ Translation 17 pure with chastity, and the union with the highest path (i.e. emancipation), these (things) are indeed ! obtained by merits. (76),.. . Then her teacher was pleased as well as her mother, but not the rest; because the preachings of the Tattya ( or the fundamental categories of inherent truth) do not bring joy to those who are heretics. (77) (Now) in the meanwhile, (it happened like this). There was in the country of Kurujangala, an excellent city named Shankhapuri which afterwards became known as Ahichhatta. (78) In that city, there lived the king Damitari who was like the god of death to his eno: mies. And every year he used to go to the king of Ujjaini to pay his obeisance. (79) On a certain day his son Aridamana, who was possessed of magnanimous youth, came to Ujjaini in the place of his father to pay obeisance (to the king of Ujjaini). (80) Surasundari looked at him ( i.e. Aridamana); who had come there to pay his obeisance to the kings, and who was possessed of wonderful (lit. celestial). beauty, casting piercing glances at him. (81) That daughter (lit. girl', who had fixed her
