Lilavaikaha

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

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Lilāyai-Kahå of Koühala
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729. And that sage's daughter replied, “How can we see com
plete removal of our life-long misery, possessed that we
are of the evil Karmas stored up in the past ? 730. Something else also I will tell you that has happened bere
more (poignant) than this; our Fate is not satisfied by only
this much of damage) done to us! 731. Here, one day, we heard on the other bank of the
river Godavari, a great din of the people which filled the
quarters (as it were) with its reverberations. 732. Thus-"Lay a street here on this patch of land spreading
north-east; let the part of the royal residence meant for ladies of the royal household be marked out (clearly).
733, Extend the market-road farther away, so that another
cluster of shops close to this line of jewellers and (other) merchants can be accommodated here.
734. Let there be friends lodged here; here nearby should be
the officials; let there be a stable for the gate-cow-clephants here and here a place for body-guards. Leaving aside (or, apart from) those of the treasury and the kitchen, and that of Gorihara (i. e. temple of Pārvati or residence of young girls), let there be a solitary path leading to dancing hall; let each (path) be where it should be.
735.
736. Before the water is made turbid by hords of male and
female elephants and horses and groups of men, fill up the golden reservoirs for the pleasant bath (of the prince.
ss) at noon”, 737. Thus as their mutual conversation was being herad (by us)
the people encamped there in hundreds of tents and huts. 738-739. In the meanwhile, there came a princess, the glory of
whose wealth was indicated by hosts of courtezans (following her); who had thc sunshine completely warded off as the sky was covered with many different parasols, who