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APRIL, 1982
Rajimati
Female companions
Mother of Rajimati
Rathanemi
He has renounced the world
And as a hermit
Has retired to the Raivatacal.
: What have you told,
my darling friend, What have you told!
[Rajimati faints]
: Bring water friends, bring water.
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[The female companions are nursing Rajimati. Ugrasena, Krsna, Rathanemi and the mother of Rajimati are all coming to the spot] [Echoes the song]
An uprooted creeper She is lying on the floor, Like a deer
Hurt by a sharp arrow.
The full moon
Seems to have been
Eclipsed by Rahu
In the blue heaven.
[Rajimati is returning to consciousness]
: Don't weep, don't weep, my daughter, Though your destiny is shrewdly written, I shall arrange your marriage again. Within the Vrsni clan There are so many youths and princes, They will feel grateful
to your attention fair. Don't weep, don't weep, my daughter, The fate so different has though
done my dear.
: If I am graced by your love, Shall feel myself grateful.
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