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named Ratnadvipadevata, who was wicked, ferocious, dreadful, vile, and adventurous. To the four quarters of that beautiful palace there were four groves of trees, black and of a black sheen. Then those sons of Makandi, being carried away by that wooden plank, drifted towards the Ratnadvipa island. Then those sons of Makandi got a footing, rested for a while, left that wooden plank, and went on the Ratnadvipa island; there they searched for fruit, and ate them; then they searched for the cocoa-nut fruit, broke them open, and anointed each other's bodies with that cocoa-nut oil, and plunging into the lake had bath upto... came out (of the lake), and sat down on a slab of stone; being seated on a comfortable seat, and having rested and consoled themselves, they were brooding over (or thinking in their minds about), their (native) town Campa, their bidding farewell to their parents, crossing the salty main, the sudden outburst (or appearance) of a black squaller, the destruction of their ship, their getting a wooden plank, and (finally) coming on the Ratnadvipa island; and thus they were crestfallen and downcast .... upto were brooding. Then that Ratnadvīpadevatā saw those sons of M. by means of her Avadhi knowledge, and taking a sword and shield in her hands, she flew up in the sky for a height of seven or eight hastas, and traversing (the air) by that excellent (or quick)... gait of the gods, she went to those sons of M. and getting furious she addressed them with harsh, severe, and cutting (or scathing) words as follows:-"Oh! you sons of M., If you (agree to) enjoy the various and plentiful pleasures with me, then alone you will remain alive. If you, however, do not (agree to) enjoy the various sensual pleasures with me then I shall cut off, with this sword of mine, which is as sharp as a razor and like a blue lotus, or a buffalo-horn, or of the colour of indigo,-your heads, and throw them in a corner as if they are palm fruits; and (cut off) your faces adorned with a row of moustache, and your bearded cheeks. Then those sons of M. hearing these words of that R. were frightened, and with their hands upto greeting, spoke thus:-"Whatever the Beloved of gods is pleased to order us, we shall carry it out, and obey all your orders, instruc Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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