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Chapter Forty-Seventh
At that time, a woman, with due respect, informed the future Chakravarti about the means to make the dancers aware. ||13|| The king of the beautiful city, Shripura, was named Shridhara. His queen was named Shrimati, and their daughter was named Jayavati. ||14|| At the time of her birth, the knowers of auspicious signs declared that she would be the queen of the Chakravarti. And the sign of that Chakravarti is that he knows the difference between a male and female dancer. ||15|| We have come to test him, knowing that he is the Chakravarti. By good fortune, we have seen you, who are like a treasure. ||16|| My name is Priyarati, and this is my daughter, Madanavega, who dances in the form of a man. And this is Vasava, a famous dancer who dresses as a woman. ||17|| Hearing this, the king was pleased and satisfied the woman as was appropriate. Then, bowing to his father, he went towards the mountain of the gods, Surgiri. He mounted a horse brought by someone and rode with a focused mind. ||18|| For a while, the horse ran on the earth, but then, assuming the form of a celestial being, it flew into the sky. ||19|| The god who lived near the image under the banyan tree challenged the celestial being. Fearing the god's challenge, the celestial being, Ashanivega, released the young man, Shripal, using his Parnalagghu Vidya, on the peak of the Ratnavarta mountain. ||20|| The god saw that the young man would benefit greatly by staying on that mountain, so he left without taking him along. The young man, too, bathed in a lake and removed the fatigue of the journey. As he sat there, six princesses emerged from a white palace. Recognizing him as the prince, they greeted him appropriately and began to tell their story. They mentioned their lineage, family, and names, and said, "Ashanivega, the celestial being, forcibly brought us here and left us." ||21-26||