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16. 8. ] Then the whole royal household was purturbed. There entered physicians well-versed in the science of medicine; they took up the medical treatises of various kinds; many kinds of medicines were pounded; and the ointments made from strange precious stones, were given. Even the ministers, who laughed even at the grand talents of S’ukra and Brhaspati, did not know what to do. The priests began the propitiatory observance, full of oblations, accompanied with sacred Mantras. So also the whole harem was dejected; the beauty of whose fragrant wreaths withered away; from whose paints, the pigment had half fallen away; the paintings on whose cheeks were washed away by the water of tears; and whose faded faces that were lotus-like, were bent upon their hands. So was also the harem of princesses; who were averse from the ball-play; who gave up the activities of painting; who stopped all music and dance; who left aside the collection of ornaments; whose minds were dejected and sad. The waiters had their faces dejected and cast on the cane-sticks; the sub-attendants suggested the intensity of the pain of the king; the cooks and other servants were also dejected and gave up their activities. [16] Then Hermit Agnis’arman passed some time at such a household but was not given any reception even by a word and so went away from the royal palace. Then he went to the penance-forest; the hermits saw him and said “Divine sir, you seem to have not broken the fast as your body seems pulled down. Have not you then broken fast ? Did not you then enter the palace of king Gunasena ?” Hermit Agnis'arman said "I entered the palace of the king but he seems
