Lilavaikaha

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

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Lilåvai-Kahā of Koühala
368. Hearing this from me, O brother, she replied “Listen, good
lady, I will tell you if you have so much curiosity, 369-370. There is, on the peaks of this mountain Malaya a
great city named Keralā which has well-constructed ramparts, which has all its surroundings perfumed with the fragrance of flowers of many different trees, which has houses beautified by the graceful gestures of lotus-like
faces of Siddha-damsels and which is attractive even to gods. 371. There (rules) the king of Siddhas, Malayānila by name,
well-known in the three worlds like the king of gods and having unsurpassed strength like Meru-mountain (which
has unsurpassed extent or height). 372. He has the best and beloved wife, Kamala by name,
devoted to him) in her heart and she has her only beloved
son Madhavānila by name 373. For him, Lord Malayānila, with his heart full of affection
for his dear son, has created this park and this study-house. ..374.' And I am his garden-keeper named Madhavilatà; since
childhood, I have grown up with him playing together (lit.
in the same dust)". 375. Hearing this, O Bhattaputra, I said to her, “You are
blessed ! that in residence on Malaya mountain, you have
such excellent masters !" 376. Madhavilatā said again, “My good lady, you also tell me
who you are, that have made (our life in) this world
fruitful ? 377. And I told her. 'O good girl, such as we are, we have
come to Malaya, with a keen desire (or eagerness) to
enjoy a swing-ride'. 378. So with her face and eyes blooming at once she said to
us, “Here is that swing play now as much as you like”. 379. Then Mahānumati at once said to her friends, "(Come),
you swing here, so that we will have it turn by turn”. 390. So the girls, having a keen desire to have a swing-ride