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42 After a few days, some songsters capable of competing with the melodious tunes of celt atial musicions, went into the assembly-hall of Triprastha Vasudeva who was deeply engrossed in enjoying the pleasures of this world They enchanted the heart of Tripristha Vāsudéva by their clevernegs in the art of singing, because people who had ever heard the smallest portion of the melodious sound of their singing very eagerly leave aside all their other engagements and attentively listen becoming motionless as if they were drawn as pictures in a painting. Ah! leaving aside the question of human beings, even the lower animals coming under the influence of their singing and remain. ing steadily with their eyes closed would not care for their food etc They, thus, remained constantly with Tripristha Vasudeva on account of their divine skill and they were objects of his excellent favours.
One day, the songsters commenced singing in the presence of Tripriştha Vasudeva who was sitting happily at night, in his sleeping-bed. The mind of the Vasudeva was greatly delighted with the singing. At sleeping-time, Tripristha Vāsudéva, instructing the servant of his bed-chamber, said, :-"O Good Man ! You dismiss these songsters when I am asleep. The servant accepted the order saying “Just as your Majesty orders." After some time, the Vāsudeva was enjoying sound sleep; but the servant did not dismiss the songsters and the singing was continuing as before. When, however, the Vāsudeva woke up late at night, on hearing the singing going on as before, he asked the servaat:-"Ah! Why did you not dismiss the songxters."
The servant replied:--"O Lord I "The singing was extremely pleasant to my ears and so I engaged them for some time" Although Tripristha Vasudeva was very angry, he curbed his anger for the time being and remained silent. When the Sun capable of expanding the forests of lotuses had risen, the Vasudeva got up from his bed, did his morning duties, and then sat in the assembly-hall. The feudatory princes, ministers, warriors, and others took their appropriate seata.
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