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Some Important Episodes
The king replies, " But some god seems to have entered me and is forcing me to speak. And I seem to hear a voice uttering these words from the heavens 'This daughter of Kalingasenā is the appointed wife of Naraváhanadatta ' More. over, Kalingasenā is a faithful wife of good family, and her reproach of unchastity is undeserved since it has arisen from the influence of actions in a former birth"
In this scene an unknown force is apparent.y trying to defend Madanamañjukā through King Udayana Later og in the account ( 34 234-239, III, 146). Udayanı summons his ministers to discuss the matter He is obviously still uncertain as he informs them, "Kalingasenā is impatient for th: marn age of her daughter What shall we do? The people think that this excellent woman is unchaste; and we must certainly con sider the people. Did not Rāma long ago desert queen Sià for this very reason, although she was perfectly chaste? We should therefore let Narayāban datta himself decide what to do, and marry Kalingasenā's daughter by the gandharia ceremony
This seems to be a practical way out of the dilemma, since a gandharva ceremony would not emphasize Madanamanjukas status or cause any problems But while they are all debating with each other on this matter, a stronger force decides the case once and for all, for all of a sudden the voice of Siva is heard from the heavens saying. "The God of Love, after being consumed by the fire of my eye, has been created again in the from of Naravāhanadatta Then, pleased with the ascetism of Rati, I have created her as his wife in the form of Madanamañjukā. And dwelling with her as his head wife, Naravāhanadatta shall exercise supreme sovereignty over the vidyādharas for a kalpa of the gods, having conquered his enemies by my favour"
Of course this supreme contirmation from Śiva himself nacides the matter Naravähapadatta and Madanamavjukā are de" born "pair, reincarnates of the gods, part of the indisputable divine order, they deserve the most elaborate and official marriage Ceremony But this is exactly the problem the author of the VH faced he could not possibly accept such an outcome determined
