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CHAPTER TWO Priyangusundari, who had come before, with a gāndharvamarriage. On the eighteenth day the door-keeper announced to the king that Sauri was the bridegroom given by the goddess and the king conducted him to his own house.
Marriage with Prabhāvati (560–587) Now, on Mt. Vaitādhya in the city Gandhasamțddhaka Gandhārapingala was king and he had a daughter Prabhāvati. She went in her wandering to the town Suvarņābha and saw Somaśrī 83 and at once a friendship started. Knowing her separation from her husband, Prabhāvati said: “Do not grieve, friend. I will bring your husband now." Somaśrī sighed and said, “ You will bring my husband, Manmatha in beauty, in the same way that Vegavati brought him.” Prabhāvati said, “I am not Vegavati," and went to Śrāvastī, seized Vārşneya, and brought him there.
Sauri, assuming another appearance, stayed there with Somaśrī. One day he was recognized and captured by Mānasavega, who had come there. An uproar arose and Sauri was freed by the elder. Khecaras and dissension with Mānasavega continued. Then in the city Vaijayanti in the presence of King Balasinha the two engaged in a dispute and Sūrpaka and others came there. Mānasavega said: “First Somasri was intended for me. He married her by a trick and my sister 84 without my permission.” Sauri said, “I married Somaśrī by her father's plan. He kidnaped her. The people know all that from Vegavati."
Being refuted thus, Mānasavega got up to fight and Nīlakantha, Angāraka, Sūrpaka, and other Khecaras. Vegavati's mother, Angāravatī, gave Sauri a divine bow and quivers and Prabhāvatī gave him Prajñapti. Yādava, his strength increased by the magic art and divine weapons, like Bidaujas, alone defeated all the Khecaras easily. Capturing
83 561. See above, p. 65. 84 568. Vegavati, See above, p. 65.
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