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the beautiful letters "This girl is the daughter of a king, She was born the very mansion of Cupid, the daughter Padmavati of Fasupula the king of Kausambi, of spreading glory ". Knowing this the king, who had already felt attached, instantly married her who could shake off his woe.
S. Then the king, having given good wealth to the gardener and being accompanied by her who was endowed with a lustrous body, feeling satisfied, came. to his palace with great rejoicings. There the two lovely ones indulged in sports with satisfaction. One night, the wife, in sleep, saw monstrous, rutting elephant with its trunk raised up. Getting up, she reported to the king "Look, my lord, I have seen, during night, a desirable elephant approaching". Hearing those words and considering it as an omen, the king told her its bearing "There will be a son born to you, an ornament of the family, a delight to the mind of the people and destroyer of the wicked".
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10. Afflicted by it the resolute and sportive lady would not talk or indulge in any pastime. "How should I fulfil the longing of my heart"? She fell on the ground at the very moment. Seeing her, the good king
9. While she lived in the company of her lord, in the course of the happy days, it so happened that an unprecedented shadow became manifest on her body. The bright cheeks became pale. The pearl-necklace, having its brilliance set at nought by the majesty of the breasts, no more adorned her bosom, but in turning round it made the mouths (nips) of those breasts dark like collyrium as a wicked person becomes prideless towards the best of the qualified when his head is bent down in a combat. The three folds vanished in a moment with shame as if through the fear of the child. Her gait became slow due to the burden of the belly, and weariness increased along with sloth and yawning. Thus (the child) quickened developing these 10 symptoms of pregnancy over the whole body of the mother. A pearl garland was then tastefully strung which surpassed the lustre of the sun and the moon*. Seeing the queeu, pre-eminent in the world, like this, the king made rejoicings. At this occasion, on one bright day, a longing arose in her mind.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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