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spirit! Ah! Your conduct indicative of an excellent person. Ah! Your indifference towards your own self. Ah! Your tenderness towards persons coming under your shelter I am not at all afflicted in any way by my defeat at the hands of my eremy But I have happily met with an excellent person in your own self
He said: "O good man ! Daceitful Fate i4 devoid of the Idea of what is suitable or what is not so, and hence such difficulties unexpectedly overcome me and I have to suffer from the consequeuces of unendurable circumstances never experienced before All this is entirely different. A plantain pillar does not endure the pressu'e of the temples of a huge intoxicaled elephant. Besides, he is not tied by a share of a fibre of a lous. Now, give ne your own account. He replied : - What is there to be said ? You have actually seen with your own eyes I said :“Say out your actual account." The vidyādbara again replied :“ If you are really curious to know it, listen carefully.
You must have heard that there is in Bharata kşetra a high mountain named Vaitādhya-giri-beautified with silvery fortresges, and adorned by numerous jewels-which looks charming by couples of gods, siddhas, yakşas, rakşasas, kinnaras, kimpurupas etc, and by trees decorared with fragrant flowers spreading on all sides. There is a famons town named Gagana-Vallabha-lovely with handsome young females of Vidyadharos, and capable of dispeiling the beauty of all other lowns. It was ruled by a king named Vijayarāja whose feet-toes were beautified by the jewelled diadems of aerial kings puffed with pride of their thousand arts, bowing lov at his feet; who was comparing his own strength with that of Indra himself, who was capable of defeating his enemies by the magnanimity of his prowess; and who was well-known throughout the three worlds. He had a queen named Kāntimati who was endowed with beauty and suitable virtuous qualities and who was passionately affectionate towards himself. I was bis only son. On my birth-day, the vidyadhara-kings joy--fully celebrated a great festival in the town and all except elephants
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