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Another friend spread a mattress-"Please take your seat." And with a smile they joined their palms to greet the guest.
Padma continued to gaze at him-'He cannot be an envoy. I am sure he is Suvarnabahu himself. So magnificent! So handsome!'
Shifting her gaze she asked-"Gentleman! It is good that you have come to protect us. Please take a seat. I will go and inform Gurudev."
Suvarnabahu "Why bother, lady! I will go and meet the sage."
He then took a step forward and asked-"Oh! I failed to get your introduction." Padma smiled and looked down. Her friend said "Gentleman! Doesn't she look like the daughter of a sage? But it is not so, she is a princess."
"Indeed, her beauty and grace conveys this. May I know about her lucky parents? Why did she leave the palace and came to a forest?"
The friend replied "She is the daughter of king Vidyadhar of Ratnapur. Her father died after her birth."
"Oh! How sad!"—the king said.
After that the princes started fighting for the kingdom. There was a revolt in the kingdom. Her mother brought her to the hermitage. Galava Rishi is queen's brother."
The king "How did you know about king Suvarnabahu?"
The friend informed that one day some great sage had come here. Our Gurudev asked him "O sage! Who will marry this girl?"
The sage predicted-"Chakravarti Suvarnabahu, the son of king Vajrabahu will come on a mistrained horse and will marry this girl. She is going to be the chief queen of the Chakravarti."
The king laughed "Oh ! So this is the secret. You are, indeed, qualified to be a queen."
By that time king's bodyguards also arrived. They all hailed emperor Suvarnabahu. Seeing this new arrival, Padma left along with her friend. The friend informed sage Galava-"Gurudev! King Suvarnabahu has arrived in our hermitage."
Galava Rishi was very pleased-"Aha! Today the prediction of the wise sage has come true." Galava Rishi, queen Ratnavati and other residents of the hermitage came to greet the emperor. The king paid homage to the sage.
The sage happily offered greetings-"We are honoured today. We welcome Chakravarti Suvarnabahu in this hermitage."
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