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Now he is well importuned by my father for my sake. Yet I am frightened now from lack of confidence in my good fortune, filled with anxiety whether or not he will approve my father's proposal."
While she was thinking this, Prince Pārśva, his voice deep as thunder, said to Prasenajit who was waiting: " By the father's command we have come to protect you, Prasenajit, but not to marry this daughter of yours. So do not insist on this uselessly, Lord of Kuśasthala. Having executed the father's command, we are going to the father's presence.'
Hearing that, Prabhāvati, very depressed, thought: "Such a speech from him is like a fall of fire from the moon. He was compassionate to every one, but cruel to me. How will you exist, alas! unfortunate Prabhāvati? Family deities always worshipped, now show my father some device at once. For his devices are destroyed now."
Prasenajit thought: "He himself is free from all desire, but he will do what I wish at Aśvasena's insistence. I shall go with him under pretext of wishing to see Aśvasena. I shall importune Aśvasena to accomplish that wish." Having caused friendship to be made with him so reflecting, Pārsvanatha honored and dismissed King Yavana. Prasenajit, being dismissed, said to Pārśvanātha, "I shall go, wishing to bow to honored Aśvasena, lord." Taking Prabhāvati, he went with Śrī Pārśva, who had said, "Very well," to the city Vārāṇasī.
Pleasing Aśvasena by the protection of those who had come for protection, Pārśvanātha approached and made him rejoice by the sight of himself. When Pārśva had gone to his own house, Prasenajit approached and went before him, accompanied by Prabhāvati. Aśvasena rose to greet him, raised him falling at his feet, embraced him with both arms, and said, perplexed:
"I hope your rescue took place. I hope that things are well with you, king. I wonder what the reason is that you have come here yourself."
Prasenajit said:" Always I, of whom you, a sun in splendor,
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