Lilavaikaha

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

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Lilävai-Kahā of Koühala
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307. Hearing that and weeping and shedding tears, Hamsa said,
"Oh ! that God has not done well, 308. That he, Ganapati, has knowingly pronounced his curse on
...that innocent girl with her mind not yet fuly developed in ir childhood. 309. Or, it is not his fault! This is the fruit of our bad karma,
ripened at once in the form of sorrow of separation from
Sāradašri”. 310. Saying this, he took a long look at his wife's face, with
cheeks soiled by tears and (hence) resembling the moon
beset with a cloud; 311. And he said, "Why lament over this unlamentable thing?
Whatever is bound to happen in whatever way does happen
in the same way by the turn of fate. 312. But in our thoughtless minds, we are doing the same
improper (thing); (she) has attaind to this kind of fruit today. (Or, But we are doing improper thing that in our thoughtless minds we ponder over it; so we have got this
kind of fruit today). 313. As long as they have not come of age, all the maidens in
their parents' house are praised (or, fare well), but not so
when they attain majority. 314. So, I will give Vasantaśri (in marriage) to someone whose
excellent qualities have been seen, before our wretched
fate goes from bad to worse. 315. There is no heart-sore like a daughter for a man in this
world; for maidens, a bridegroom as desired by the mind
is difficult to come across in all the three worlds. 316. Having spoken thus for a long time and with his misery
increased all the more, the king of Sulaśā was seized with ihe thought of the way of finding a (suitable) bridegroom
(for Vasantaśrı). 317. Then, seeing him with an unhappy countenance, and very ' much worried about getting a (suitable) bridegroom, 2Vasa'ntastí thought to herself