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failure of the spring festival, R kmi and Satyabh m did not stop their efforts. Whenever they found an occasion, they would try to induce in Ari anemi the desire for the world and would tell him that if he stopped being a loner and made someone his life-companion, he would understand the joys of life. K a would occasionally, at opportune moments, keep giving him hints about selecting an eligible girl. Thus, seeing his family members persuading him. Ari anemi would think, ‘how strange is the attraction for the world that people are themselves tied to it and if someone does not wish to be so, they want him too, to get bound by it. It would be better for me to agree to them as mere lip service and do the needful when time comes. With this thought prince Nemi agreed to get married.
Everyone was delighted by the acceptance of prince Ari anemi. rk a began the search for a suitable bride for him. Satyabh m told K a that ‘my younger sister R j mat is in all ways suitable for the prince. K a was very happy with Satyabh m's suggestion and immediately went to king Ugrasena. Hearing a proposal about Ari anemi for his daughter Rj mat from K a's mouth made Ugrasena very happy. He immediately accepted the proposal. Getting Ugrasena's acceptance,
rk a went to Samudravijaya and told him everything. Samudravijaya was beyond himself with joy. After all, which father would not feel happy with his son's wedding proposal? The time of wedding was decided upon and both sides got busy with the preparations.
On the set date, prince Ari anemi's wedding procession moved towards king Ugrasena's palace. The sight of the bridegroom's wedding procession was very charming, beautiful and worth seeing. In the midst of beautiful, prosperous and well-decked people in the procession, prince Nemikum ra was looking like a crown jewel of the three worlds. A huge crowd gathered to see prince Nemikum ra as a bridegroom, and whosoever caught a glimpse of him would consider himself as fortunate. The procession slowly reached king Ugrasena's palace. Princess Rj mat 's female friends saw him and were astonished. Running in, they surrounded R j mat and said, 'you are extremely fortunate that you are to marry the light of the three worlds such as Nemikum ra.' R j mat blushed on hearing the description of Nemikum ra's beauty and was feeling shy. Despite her refusal, her friends took her to the window from where she saw Nemikum ra. R j mat had not even dreamt that such a gem of the three worlds, a gem of a man, would be her husband. She
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