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After the completion of Book XII, the longest in the whole work, we once again return to 狈补谤补惫腻丑补苍补诲补迟迟补, whom we had nearly forgotten, and to whom the hermit 笔颈艣补峁単补箩补峁璦 was telling the tale of 惭峁沢腻峁卥补诲补迟迟补. Let us look back for a moment at the circumstances which led up to the tale.

We read (Vol. VI, p. l) that 狈补谤补惫腻丑补苍补诲补迟迟补.remained at 碍补耻艣腻尘产墨 with his numerous wives, but 鈥渆ver cherished the head queen, 惭补诲补苍补尘补帽肠耻办腻, more than his own life....鈥� One night he sees in a dream a heavenly maiden carry him off. But it proves to be no dream, and on waking he finds himself on the plateau of a great hill with a beautiful maiden by his side. The prince pretends to be still asleep to see what will happen. She first assumes the form of 惭补诲补苍补尘补帽肠耻办腻, but, on seeing there is no need for such a stratagem, marries him in her own shape by the 驳腻苍诲丑补谤惫补 form of marriage. 狈补谤补惫腻丑补苍补诲补迟迟补, anxious to discover the identity of the fair charmer, proceeds to tell her a tale. In reply she tells him one which is really her own history. It transpires that her name is 尝补濒颈迟补濒辞肠补苍腻 and that through love she has brought him to the Malaya mountain on which they now are. They live together happily (his other wives knowing all about it by their magical powers), but one day he loses sight of his loved one as she disappears into a dense thicket. He decides to wait for her on the bank of a lake, after bathing and worshipping the gods. He muses as he sits longing for reunion with 惭补诲补苍补尘补帽肠耻办腻. He seems already to have forgotten 尝补濒颈迟补濒辞肠补苍腻. So deeply does his grief at separation from his first wife affect him that he faints. At that moment the hermit 笔颈艣补峁単补箩补峁璦 arrives on the scene and revives him, and leading him to his hermitage tells him the tale of 惭峁沢腻峁卥补诲补迟迟补 (Vol. VI, p. 10 et seq.) in order to cheer him up.

This long tale with its numerous sub-tales finishes on p. 192 of the present volume with the following words:鈥�

鈥淲hen the hermit 笔颈艣补峁単补箩补峁璦 had told this story in the wood on the Malaya mountain to 狈补谤补惫腻丑补苍补诲补迟迟补, who was separated from his beloved....鈥�

The 鈥渂eloved鈥� we naturally take to be 尝补濒颈迟补濒辞肠补苍腻, because she has wandered off somewhere picking flowers, and 惭补诲补苍补尘补帽肠耻办腻 has been mentioned only once, quite casually.

But, strange to say, our text continues:

鈥淗e went on to say to him, 鈥楽o, my son, as 惭峁沢腻峁卥补诲补迟迟补 in old time gained 艢补艣腻峁卥补惫补迟墨 after enduring affliction, you also shall regain your 惭补诲补苍补尘补帽肠耻办腻...鈥欌赌�

This seems quite inexplicable. We know nothing about 惭补诲补苍补尘补帽肠耻办腻 being lost. As far as we are able to judge she is staying quietly at 碍补耻艣腻尘产墨 awaiting her husband鈥檚 return.

There is no possibility of an error in the original text, for it continues:

鈥淲hen 狈补谤补惫腻丑补苍补诲补迟迟补 had heard this nectarous utterance of the mighty hermit 笔颈艣补峁単补箩补峁璦, he conceived in his heart the hope of regaining 惭补诲补苍补尘补帽肠耻办腻. And with his mind fixed on her, he took leave of that good hermit. . . .鈥�

So 惭补诲补苍补尘补帽肠耻办腻 was lost, but when and where is a mystery. The Kashmirian compilers, whom Somadeva so carefully copied, do not seem to have noticed this, or at any rate they did not let it worry them at all.

We are not allowed to forget, however, that 尝补濒颈迟补濒辞肠补苍腻 is lost too, for the text concludes:

鈥淎nd roamed about on the Malaya mountain, looking for 尝补濒颈迟补濒辞肠补苍腻, whom he had lost, the fair one that originally brought him there.鈥�

She was obviously only a momentary love pour passer le temps, like so many of our hero鈥檚 other wives; but with 惭补诲补苍补尘补帽肠耻办腻 it was quite different. She was his first and chief love, and, as we shall see in Book XV, she is the only one to be crowned with him at his coronation. We can well understand that he would be much more concerned if 惭补诲补苍补尘补帽肠耻办腻 were lost than if it were only 尝补濒颈迟补濒辞肠补苍腻. But apparently both are lost!

In order to find a solution to the problem we must look ahead at the Books immediately following.

Book XIII, which is very short, leaves us in no doubt whatever as to whose loss the prince is worrying so much about. It begins (Vol. VIII, p. 1) as follows:

鈥淭hen 狈补谤补惫腻丑补苍补诲补迟迟补, the son of the King of Vatsa, afflicted with separation, being without 惭补诲补苍补尘补帽肠耻办腻... found joy nowhere.鈥�

He meets two Br膩hmans to whom he relates the story of his great loss. They cheer him up by telling him how they have surmounted seemingly impassable obstacles and gained the object of their desires.

At this moment Gomukha and others of the prince鈥檚 retinue suddenly arrive, and, 鈥�accompanied by 尝补濒颈迟补濒辞肠补苍腻,鈥� all return to the city.

So ends the Book. Thus we are no nearer a solution, but, if anything, rather more muddled. For not a word is said as to how, when or where 尝补濒颈迟补濒辞肠补苍腻 was found. 狈补谤补惫腻丑补苍补诲补迟迟补 apparently does not care one way or the other. There she is, so she might as well come along too!

We turn to the next Book (XIV) and find that our hero is quietly living in 碍补耻艣腻尘产墨 with all his wives, including 惭补诲补苍补尘补帽肠耻办腻! But immediately afterwards the whole mystery is solved, for we read:

鈥淭hen it happened one day that he could not find his principal charmer, 惭补诲补苍补尘补帽肠耻办腻, anywhere in the female apartments, nor could her attendants find her either.鈥�

The whole court is thrown into confusion by this sudden loss, and vain efforts are made to find her. 狈补谤补惫腻丑补苍补诲补迟迟补 is tricked into marrying an amorous 痴颈诲测腻诲丑补谤墨 named 痴别驳补惫补迟墨, but obtains information and help from her in recovering his lost love. He sets out on his search and is led into several other amorous adventures which result in as many marriages. After each one, however, the prince continues his search for 惭补诲补苍补尘补帽肠耻办腻.

Thus we see that Book XII is clearly in its wrong position. It must come after the loss of 惭补诲补苍补尘补帽肠耻办腻. The same, of course, applies to Book XIII. In fact, it seems clear that the adventure with 尝补濒颈迟补濒辞肠补苍腻 is merely one of the many which occur in Book XIV. Yet why has she the honour of a Book to herself, while the others are all crammed together? This and many other questions which arise will be discussed further in the Terminal Essay in Vol. IX, where each Book is dealt with separately. Here it is sufficient to note that a clear mistake in the order of events has occurred. We have a number of distinct adventures all dependent on the loss of 惭补诲补苍补尘补帽肠耻办腻, and one of them, that with 尝补濒颈迟补濒辞肠补苍腻, has got out of place and been used as a kind of frame-story for the story of 惭峁沢腻峁卥补诲补迟迟补. The fact may appear somewhat trifling, but on the contrary, it is of the utmost importance in determining the original form of the 碍补迟丑腻-sarit-蝉腻驳补谤补, and the changes it has undergone in the hands of its Kashmirian redactors.鈥攏.m.p.