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A SUMMARY OF CONTENTS 23 her. But love had made her bold and she acknowledged her love
for Chaddalaka and was ready to suffer any punishment. The king
however, freed her asking her not to be so bold again. But to his
surprise he saw her go to the house of Cha岣峝alaka.
The king now desired to break this bond of love. He therefore
invited another handsome youth called Sundaraka to entice her.
And she fell a victim to his charms. She invited him to her house
and spent a night with him in dalliance. Sundaraka had brought
a 'pattanik膩' with himself, in which all that passed between them
was recorded. Next morning A艣okavati repented for giving way
to a fleeting passion and thus being untrue to her true love. Sunda-
raka witnessed her repentance, and sad at heart returned to the
king.
To end the game the king then called Cha岣峝alaka when his
minister Tikkapaika was present and showed him the 'pattanika'.
Cha岣峝alaka understood that it was only a king's plot to break his
love. But he wanted to test A艣okavati. He therefore, made a plan
with Tikkapaika. According to the plan Tikkapaika put on the dress
of a p膩艣upata mendicant and came near the house of A艣okavat墨.
She saw him and was surprised to see him in this attire. When
asked to explain Tikkapaika said that as Chaddalaka had died in a
battle against the king of Kaccha he was aggrieved and has become a
mendicant.
On hearing of the death of Chaddalaka, A艣okavati, like a she-
elephant struck by lightning, fell down dead. The news was con-
veyed to Cha岣峝alaka. In the meantime there came to the assembly
of the king the news of A艣okavati's death on hearing the canard of
Tikkapaika. There was an uproar. Sundaraka considered himself
to be the cause of her death and repenting of his wickedness put an
end to his life by throwing himself into fire.
Chad岣峚laka also on receiving the news became mad with grief.
He rushed to the cremation ground and lit a pyre for himself and
threw himself into the fire.
The news of the death of three innocent people reached the
king's ears. He realized his mistake and remorse filled his heart.
He ran to the Goddess 膧艣膩pur膩 and desired to offer his head as well.
She prevented him from the rash act, and at his request revived all
the dead persons.
The king then gave A艣okavat墨 to Cha岣嶀笉alaka and
made Sundaraka the master of four thousand villages.
Visama艣ila: Thus, O daughter, there are cases where due to love,
courtesans have lost their wealth and lives too. Therefore as a rule
one should keep away from love as from a tiger.