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Forty-fourth Chapter
Mālinī
The one who is drenched in sweat, who is ashamed, whose sense of "I am the master of all" has been destroyed, whose mind is bewildered, and who is contemplating the course of fate, such was the state of Arkkakoti, who was overwhelmed with grief at the separation from Vīralakṣmī. ||363||
I worship with great love those whom this victorious Jayakumāra, who conquers the gods, assists in battle. If he is the most important of all, then why delay? Thinking thus, victory-Lakṣmī, as if, came to Jayakumāra very quickly. ||364||
Thus, the dust of the enemy, which had risen from the shower of arrows, was quickly destroyed by his prowess, and Jayakumāra, who had attained the position of a lion, and who now desired the union with the maiden, was shining very brightly, like the sun, who, being in the sign of Leo, desires to enter the sign of Virgo. ||365||
Śārdūlavikrīḍita
When the garland was placed on his chest by good fortune, then, destroying all enemies, the valiant Jayakumāra, whose prowess was invincible, wore on his head the crown of glory, which was made by Vīralakṣmī, and which never fades. It is right, for he who is possessed of Lakṣmī, who is the friend of courage, and whose auspiciousness is... ||366||