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keeps on staring (or, V.L. sitting) like a Yogi in meditation,
withouî any consideration of night or day. 958. He does not remember what he has (himself) said, does ::;. not look at persons even standing nearby, does not have
his bath and does not remain steady (at one place) even
for a moment. 959. He thinks that if (his) beloved is attainable even by giving ..(the whole of) the earth in exchange or may be by the
(use of) sword, then it is not much far (i.e. even then he
would like to have her). 960. Thus fallen in the ocean of worry and giving up all the
activities of the administration of the kingdom and not
knowing what to do, he does not care for himself either”. 961. Hearing all this from me for long, O king, the (would-be)
queen gave out a deep sigh from her heart under the
pretext of an idle yawn. 962. And she said, “Dear friend, enough of this; how much
shall we languish in our mind ? First, bathe him as he is.
tired by travelling over a long distance, 963. So that with us he will go before sunset to those daughters
of Yakșa and the great sage, who are (always) desirous of meeting the good (lit. of seeing the moon like faces of tbe
good)! 964. Then immediately, O king having finished, my bath, meals
etc. and having received great honour (from her), I started
together with the queen. 965. And very soon I reached the penance-grove of those (ladies)
of good deeds and being highly satisfied and delighted I
went near them. 966, Then, saluting (them) with great modesty, I sat on a bright
jewel stone-slab; the queen also sat with them on the same:
good seat (occupied by them). 967. They asked, “Vijayānanda, is your master happy there ?.
Will he come to meet us as you have said ?”
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