Lilavaikaha

Author(s): K R Chandra, Ramniklal M Shah
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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S. T. Nimkar
125. Thus, with their attendants communicating with each other
with signs etc. the people went home from the royal palace
somehow with their hearts comforted by the breeze. 126-127 With musical instruments resounding with different
auspicious notes as they were being played upon, and with groups of bards and great Brahmins reciting (auspicious chants), the king also had his bath with pleasure for a long time with (the use of) all kinds of (medicinal) herbs, and after propitiating all the worshipped gods, he entered his
palace. 128. And there, having given to great brahmins mixed gifts of
cows, land, gold, clothes and sesame, he entered the dining
hall. 129. Along with loving friends knowing the right place and time
(or friends suitable for that place and time) he, being very relaxed in his mind, ate the tasty food proper for the
season. 130. After lunch, accompanied by attendants suitable for the time,
he entered his private apartment in which was placed an
excellent couch decked with jewels. 131. Reclining there, in the company of his friends and of poets
and versifiers (or those who acted according to his will),
the king was extremely happy. All at once132. With a cane-staff in his left hand and shading his face with
his right hand, the doorkeeper, who was expert in reading
the moods of his master, informed him133. “Your majesty ! the army-commander Vijayānanda (has
come) in tattered garments from his conquest of quarters
and is (waiting) at the door”. 134. Hearing that, suddenly the king, surprised and sad in nis
mind and glancing at the minister's face, said135. “Hi ! Ho ! Bhatta Kumārila, did you hear what the door.
keeper said ? Why, then, (do you think) has Vijayānanda come to this condition ?