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He heard the mourning sound of a distressed man. Following the sound, Tripristha Vasudéva went onwards and with disappearance of darkness by the rays of the Kaustubha-gem glittering on his chest, he saw a man bound to a tree by numerous bands. Tripristha Vasudeva respectfully asked him. Who has reduced you to this condition?" He replied:-" O worthy man! I cannot say anything as I am bound tightly by numerous bandages. You, therefore, remove my bandages and I will narrate my account. Tripristha Vasudeva, then, cut off his ties with his discus, and becoming comfortable, he said :"O brother! Hear my account I am a vidyadhara named Ratnaśékhara. Vijayavatî, a daughter of Sinhala Rājā, blessed with charmful beauty and other admirable qualities, was offered to me for marriage after numerous requests. I started with all preparations with the object of marrying her, and as soon as I came into this country, a spiteful vidyādhara named Väyuvéga, deprived me of everything and went away after binding me thus with tight bandages. Tripristha Vasudéva said :-“ You being a vidyadhara, why are you desirous of marrying a daughter of a human being?" He replied, "O worthy sir! Her beauty is unequalled and her charm is unique." Tripristha Vasudeva then thought, "If she is really endowed with such qualities, she is fit to be married with me." He told the vidyadhara, Ah ! Even if you marry her, your enemy will carry her away, what is the use of marrying her then The vidyadhara replied :— "You are quite right. If you are powerful enough, you can marry her. I abandon all hopes of marrying her Tripriştha Vasudeva accepted his words and the vidyadhara went away to his abode with a respectful salutation Persuading Sinhaléśvara in various ways, Tripristha Vasudeva, contracted marriage with Vijayavati, daughter of Sinhalésvara,
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Tripristha Vasudeva then returned to his capital. A great coronation-festival was observed and he married thirty-two thousand girls. Living in an extensive palatial building, decorated with charming paintings of various kinds, equipped with servants, baffoons, actors, and musicans, with the beating
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