Udayan and Vasavadatta Diwakar Chitrakatha 039

Author(s): Rameshmuni, Vijaymuni
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai

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Udayan and Vasavadatta
In a few days the construction work was over. The queen herself went for inspection.
See, your highness, the walls of this fort have been made from the strong bricks and stone from Ujjayini. They will bear even the shock of an earthquake. Large canons have been installed on the parapet walls. Look there, the city gates have been made rock hard.
Indeed, you have made it
really impregnable.
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Next morning an emissary from Chandapradyot came to queen Mrigavati,
That very night the queen called her commanderin-chief and gave instructions
Close all the four city gates. Depute soldiers on the city walls all around and tell them to be
alert and on guard.
Hail to the queen ! Our king wants to know when will you leave with him for
Ujjayini ?
Tell the king thatl will soon inform him.
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And next day queen Mrigavati sent a letter to Chandapradyot.
O king, no matter how weak a lioness is, it can never live with a vulture.
Don't you know that a kshatriya woman protects her chastity even at the cost of her life. Mrigavati is the sister of Shivadevi, and will protect her honour at all cost.
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