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consent of King Jitasatru. On the way, Spring-season set in; during which season, Cupid made itself visible in the hearts of passionate young females, the hearts of travellers were terrified by the sweet sound of the cuckoo, honey-bees intoxicated by the drink of flower-juice were humming, all the directions were pervaded with mango-blossoms, and female bees were altracted there by the sweet fragrance of flowers of crimson amaranth, foolish persons were humiliated by remaining deluded from the happiness of indulgence, the sweet sound of musical instruments combined with that of songs usually sung by the townsfolk was heard, and swinging boards were hanging in bowers of trees. Besides, the Spring Season was full of atimukta flowers like a vitarāga ( one who is free from rāga-love, and dresa-hatred) who is free from the Karma of wandering in various existences was dark with rows of black wasps like Krsna (the lord of Laxmi) in another case as dark as the eye-brows, was charming by Pätala flowers like the Mānasa Lake with royal swans, was beautified by lodhra (Symplocos Racemosa) and tilaka (sesamum) trees, like young females decorated with glossy sandal-paste mark (on their forehead), and was full of Asoka trees but without sorrow like a virtuous muni (aucetic) Also, berds of forest buffaloes heated by the rays of the mid-day Sun were swimming in the mire of mudpite, in the same way, as on tops of mountains, the portion of the forest was looking charming like a well-arranged druggløtshop by the fragrance of the flowers of kutaja (Wrightia Antidy. senterica) silindhra (Musa sapientum-plantain free), siişa (Acacia sirissa), and other tiets-that is to say lovely by the smell of these flowers, a::d China rese-flowers appeared full-blown with bunches of flowers quite evident and smeared, as it were, by the recently wounded hearts of travellers, and also, the entire forest seemed to be dancing, by the singing of the soft note of tho cuckoo, by the music of the humming of bees, and by the armlike creepers moving with winds. And also, young men were very joyfully drinking wine, mixed with the fragrant smell of the lotus-like mouths of their beloveds and capable of working like a liquid medicinal herb instantly arousing Cupid; and the
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