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JAIN RAMAYAN
"I think he is busy in some urgent affairs of state. You are unnecessarily agitated. You need not at all worry. There is nothing else the matter !" Vasanta said consoling Anjana. But Anjana would not be consoled by such false assurances. She was disconsolate and her tender face became crumpled with anguish. She sat silent and still like a stone-image! Even Vasant Tilaka could not sleep. How could she sleep when her dearest princess was in such anguish? When her dearest companion was, thus agitated and worried it was natural ihat she could not sleep.
They kept waiting thus for the arrival o Pavananjay throughout the night. They had only one ray of hope that as soon as it was morning, Pavananjay would come here; would apologize for his inability to come in the night; and that he would with words sweet as love, fill her heart with joy by cheering her up; but when, Pavananjay did not turn up in he morning also, all the hopes of Anjana were shattered; and her heart broke to smithereens.
Meanwhile, Pavananjay straight went to his chamber; and he began to engage himself in attending to the matters of administration; but his broken heart and agitated mind could not concentrate even upon the administrative matters. Because of his anger, he could not bring himself to meet Anjana. His anger built up an impenetrable wall between him and Anjana. Eventhough, his dear friend, Prahasit repeatedly advised him to behave rationally, and sensibly, he could not realize his blunder. On account of the effect of strong passions, low-minded Jivas become victims of miserable circumstances.
Pavananjay began avoiding even the very sight of Anjana. He vowed not even to look at the face of Anjana. Anjana's condition became miserable and unbearable. All her dreams and desires were shattered. The magnificent world of her dreams was burnt down to ashes. Moreover, there was no one to listen to her heart's agonized cry, except Vasanta Tilaka, who was there who could sympathize with that lonely and helpless girl whose face was now like a faded flower or a withered leaf? “Who was there who could understand her soul's anguish, her heart's agony and her deep mental agitation and solace her ?
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