________________ 60 Siri Sirivalakaha again; therefore taking himn (with you) run away (lit. go) somewhere, and I shall also do the same.' (295) : " Then Kamala (i.e. Kamalppaha), taking her son (with her), went away at night aban. doning all her attendants, lest there be any breach of her secret plan (mantrabbeya'). (296) "(What was her condition then ? She was) a queen, hence tender, had to carry her son (on her waist), (and) the night was dark, (and) she had to walk on foot. Alas ! alas ! terrible are the ways of Destiny. (297) " (On the way she thought:) .(My) husband is dead, the kingdom is usurped (lit. ruined), I am alone, there is a great danger from the enemy (Ajiyasena), and the night is approaching the dawn; alas ! where shall I go now?' (298) " Thinking thus, as she went onwards, she met on the road, when it was morning, a multitude of lepers. (299) "On seeing that Kamala (i. o. Kamalappaha), who was possessed of wonderful beauty, who had put on costly ornaments, who was a (mere) woman (* abala ), who had only one son (and that too) a baby, and whose creeper-like
