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Vol. XXXV, 2012
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various pleasures for some time in the residence of the father-in-law. (4th Ul. 370-391).
Once, the prince remembered the benevolent ascetic friend and his separation began to pain him. He told Rsidattā sitting in his lap: "without the friend this world looks full of darkness to me. Rsidattā laughed and said: “Don't be sorry. In the form of the ascetic I had teste the your love of my lover, and give me the boon that you had promised, and accept Rukmini as an equal just as you have accepted me.” The prince began to compare a good person and an evil one, and started thinking as to how merciful is the mentality of this one. And, he did as requested by her. Then, Rsidattā invited Rukmini honorably. (4th Ul. 392-399)
Since there is a love-triangle in the story, the poet has given a good account of the mentality of all the three characters. The dispute that occurs between the husband and the wife due to the anger can be regarded as an illustration of the sentiment of fierceness. True love takes satisfaction in seeing the beloved happy. Selfish love invites the death of the lover at times. The picture of the extent to which the true lover can sacrifice is also found here. The limited sentiment of the meeting between the hero and the heroine is also delineated here.
Now, having taken leave of the King Suamdarapāņi and went out to go to his own city. King Hemaratha came forward to receive the prince, and made him enter the city with his two wives. On coming to know of the entire, incident, the king was ashamed of his behaviour. He regarded Rsidattā as the crest-jewel among the faithful wives, and handed over the whole kingdom to Kanakaratha, and took initiation of renunciation from Bhadrācārya. As the King, Kanakaratha ruled in accordance with justice. Rsidattā had a son called Simharatha.
Once, while both Kanakaratha and Rsidattā were sitting in the balcony. They saw in sky multitude of clouds, and in a moment the clouds were scattered due to terrific. They understood that all the things in the world are momentary, and the king got aversion to attachments, and passed the whole night talking about the Dharma-kathā. In morning, while he was sitting in the royal assembly, the gardener came and reported that a great Jain Saint Bhadrayaśa has arrived with his followers in the Kusumākara garden. The king rewarded the gardener for the happy news, and went with family to
luations to the Jain Saint. When the instruction of the preceptor was over, Rsidattā folded her hands and asked him: "O Respected One ! What
