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There is a king named S’ri-prabha in Ujjaini. He has a daughter by name Jayas'ri, beautiful like the banner of the god of love. Though she was asked for, she was not given to S'is’upāla the son of the king of Konkana. He gave her to S'ri-vijaya, the son of Vatses'vara, whose sole ambition was to do good to others. [10] Sri-vijaya came there for the purpose of a marriage with Jayas'ri. Then when the great a larriage festival began in great pomp. S'is'upala, seeing that she bad gone out to pay respects to the god of love, carried away Jayas'ri, making an attack in the morning. There arose a great confusion. S'ri-vijaya heard the matter. He pursued ( S'is'upala ) and caught him. A battle took place. Conquering S'is'upāla, he, though deeply wounded, brought back Jayas'ri. That highsouled man has his life in balance on account of the bigness of the wound. That princess also stands in great misery experiencing the indescribable condition, with her lotus-like face bent upon the left hand, (having determined ) I shall not take food so long as he has taken neither food nor drink.'
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