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old dames and elderly ladies were reminded of similar arrivals of Rukmini and Krsna and of Pradyumna and his spouse in the past (iv.19-20). The young girls, with a touch of jealousy, greeted the happy bride and the bridegroom that formed an ideal and worthy couple which stands for all that is loving, befitting and glorious (iv.21-31). To them Usă assumed a dignified appearance in his company. They reflected how they formed a glorious and noble pair and how their amorous sports, enumerated in details in a poetic manner, would evoke respectable envy in the heart of any one (iv.32-41). As they entered the palace, they were blessed with usual rituals by elderly ladies; and they were greeted with affectionate eyes of Rāma and Krsna. Soon their marriage festival took place; and they began to enjoy, without any bashfulness, different pleasures after which they were yearning for long. The poet describes their amorous sports in details and item by item (iv.42-51). In the meantime there arose the moon, the very Sūtradhāra of their pleasure-dance. The prince sets forth his reflections, addressed to his beloved, on the rising moon in poetic terms instituting comparison and contrast between her face and the moon and projecting various similes and Utprekṣās based on the physical and mythological details about the moon (iv.52-80). Aniruddha and Uşā spent many a happy night in various sports. In conclusion, the author expresses his pious wish that Visņu-Krsna might bestow happiness on all (iv.81-2). 5. THE SOURCE, FORM, ETC., OF THE STORY
The story about the marriage of Uşā and Aniruddha is found in some of the Purāņas like Bhagavata, Harivamsa, Padmapurāņa, Vişnupurāņa, etc. The first two sources, namely
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