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The Forty-Sixth Chapter
447
She is enacting the saying, "There is deceit in women," by making her husband believe that her fainting is due to his presence. 11
See, the artful concealment of her feelings, manifested through her feigned swoon, is a continuous, deep-seated, mature emotion, driven by love. 12
She, tainted by the transgression of the maiden's vow and the consequent fall from her lineage, has attained this feigned swoon by calling her husband "O, my beloved." 13
He describes her as virtuous, but often, even a flaw appears as a virtue to a passionate man. 14
This cunning youth, desiring to appease the angry, swooning Prabhavati, is causing us sorrow through his love for her. 15
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Knowing all this, Jayakumar, with eyes that perceive the truth, looked at his beloved's smiling face and said, "My dear, tell this assembly the entire story of our past lives, and make them happy and curious." 16
Hearing this, the beloved, understanding her husband's intention, and being a skilled speaker, began to narrate the entire story of their past lives. 17-18
In the eastern part of the Jambudvipa, in the Videha region, there is a city called Pundarikinī, situated in the middle of the Pushkalavati country. 19
The king of that city was Prajapala, who ruled his people, accepting the fruits of dharma, artha, and kama, and was the best among all virtuous men. 20
This king had a famous merchant named Kubera Mitra, and he had thirty-two wives, including Marya, who were dear to his heart. 21
In the grand mansion of this merchant, surrounded by numerous buildings, lived a wise pigeon named Rativara, the best among all pigeons. 22