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峁唎w, in the city 尝补峁卥腻 惭补苍诲辞诲补谤墨 and the other women of 搁腻惫补峁嘺鈥檚 palace lamented at the news of the killing of Khara and others. His sister, 颁补苍诲谤补峁嘺办丑腻, weeping, beating her breast with her hands, entered 搁腻惫补峁嘺鈥檚 house with Sunda. Seeing 搁腻惫补峁嘺, she clung to his neck and, weeping very loud, said: 鈥淎las! I am destroyed by fate. My son is killed, my husband is killed, my two brothers-in-law are killed, and fourteen thousand of the family-soldiers are killed. The capital, 笔腻迟腻濒补濒补峁卥腻, which was turned over to you, is destroyed by insolent enemies, while you are alive, brother. Fleeing to save my life, I took refuge with you with my son Sunda, having come here. Where shall I stay? Tell me.鈥�

顿补艣腻蝉测补 enlightened her confidently as she was weeping, 鈥淚 shall soon kill the slayer of your husband and son.鈥� Suffering from that sorrow and also from illness because of separation from 厂墨迟腻, he remained on his couch, having fallen like a tiger that has missed his jump.^[1] Then Queen 惭补苍诲辞诲补谤墨 came to him and said, 鈥淲hy, master, do you remain like a low person, as if you were helpless?鈥� 搁腻惫补峁嘺 replied: 鈥淏ecause of a fever from separation from 痴补颈诲别丑墨, I am not able to move, nor speak, nor think. If there is any advantage to you from me alive, abandon pride, proud lady. Go and induce 痴补颈诲别丑墨 to consort with me. Certainly, I shall not enjoy another鈥檚 wife unwilling. In this matter there is a promise on my part with my guru as a witness, which is a bar.鈥�

Grieved by her husband鈥檚 grief, she, high-born, went at once to the garden 顿别惫补谤补尘补峁嘺 and said to 厂墨迟腻: 鈥淚 am 顿补艣腻苍补苍补鈥檚 chief-queen, 惭补苍诲辞诲补谤墨. Turn to 搁腻惫补峁嘺. I shall be your slave. 厂墨迟腻, you alone are fortunate whom my husband wishes to serve, he whose lotus-feet are served by everyone, powerful. Now of what use is 搁腻尘补, an earth-dweller, a wretched creature, a mere soldier, as a husband, if 顿补艣腻苍补苍补 can be obtained as a husband?鈥� 厂墨迟腻 spoke angrily: 鈥淗ere a lion, there a jackal; here 骋补谤耻岣峚, there a crow; here 搁腻尘补, there your husband! Indeed, being husband and wife is fitting for that wretch and you. One of you wishes to enjoy other men鈥檚 wives, and the other becomes his messenger! You are not fit even to see, much less quarrel with. Go! Go from this place. Get out of my sight!鈥�

Then 搁腻惫补峁嘺 went there and said: 鈥淲hy 膩re you angry, 厂墨迟腻? 惭补苍诲辞诲补谤墨 is your slave. I myself am your slave. Show me favor, queen. Why do you not favor this person even with a glance, J膩nak墨?鈥�

厂墨迟腻, very virtuous, her face averted, said; 鈥淵ou are seen by 碍峁泃腻苍迟补鈥檚 glance, you, kidnaping me, 搁腻尘补鈥檚 wife. Shame on the hope of you whose hope is destroyed, seeker of the unsought (death), villain! How long will you live since 搁腻尘补 and his younger brother are death to enemies?鈥� Even though reviled by her in this way, again and again 顿补艣腻苍补苍补 spoke in the same way. Alas! the state of love is very powerful.

Just then, 膩s if unable to look at 厂墨迟腻 plunged in disaster, the depository of light submerged in the western 尝补惫补峁嘺 Ocean. Dreadful night began and 搁腻惫补峁嘺, possessing a terrible mind, blind with love and anger, launched attacks on 厂墨迟腻. Huge owls hooting, jackals howling, wolves making various noises, cats fighting each other, tigers giving blows (on the ground) with their tails, serpents hissing, 笔颈艣腻肠补蝉, ghosts, vampires, ghouls with drawn knives, leaping up, like badly behaved councilors of Yama, created by 搁腻惫补峁嘺, came to 厂墨迟腻, terrifying. 厂墨迟腻 continued meditating on the formula of homage to the Five Supreme Ones and was unterrified in fact and, moreover, did not turn to 顿补艣腻苍补苍补. At dawn 叠颈产丑墨峁�a峁嘺 went near 顿补艣补驳谤墨惫补, after hearing about the events of the night, and said to 厂墨迟腻: 鈥淔air lady, who are you? Where are you from? Whose daughter are you? Why are you here? Do not be afraid. Tell everything to me who am a brother to other men鈥檚 wives.鈥�

Recognizing that he was a mediator, 厂墨迟腻 related with downcast face: 鈥淚 am 厂墨迟腻, the daughter of Janaka, sister of 叠丑腻尘补峁囜笉补濒补, wife of 搁腻尘补bhadra, daughter-in-law of 顿补艣补谤补迟丑补. I came with my husband and his brother to the forest 顿补峁囜笉补办补. There one day my brother-in-law was wandering to and fro for amusement and saw a large sword in the air, and seized it from curiosity. He cut a nearby bamboo-thicket with the sword and unintentionally cut off the head of its subduer who was inside the thicket,

鈥極h! I have killed some innocent man who was not fighting,鈥� as if remorseful he came to his brother. Some woman friend of the subduer of the sword came there in anger, after my brother-in-law. Seeing my husband, an Indra of wonderful beauty, afflicted with a desire for dalliance, she asked him and my husband scorned her. She went away and a large army of Rak峁�ases came. 尝补办峁�m补峁嘺 agreed on a lion鈥檚 roar as a sign of distress and went to fight. A 搁腻办峁�a蝉补 gave a false lion鈥檚 roar, led my husband far away, seized me for his own destruction, evil-minded.鈥�

After hearing this, 叠颈产丑墨峁�a峁嘺 bowed to 搁腻惫补峁嘺 and said: 鈥淭his action which you have committed, master, is a disgrace to the family. Before 碍腻办耻迟蝉迟丑补 comes here with his brother to kill us, take 厂墨迟腻 and release her in his presence.鈥� 搁腻惫补峁嘺, red-eyed from anger at this speech, said: 鈥淲hat鈥檚 this you say? Do you, timid, forget my valor? For 厂墨迟腻, having been pacified, necessarily will be my wife. I shall kill the wretches, 搁腻尘补 and 尝补办峁�m补峁嘺, if they come.鈥� 叠颈产丑墨峁�a峁嘺 said: 鈥淏rother, the speech of the astrologer was true, that our family would be destroyed on account of 厂墨迟腻, wife of 搁腻尘补. Otherwise, how can you disdain the speech of me, a devoted brother? How has 顿补艣补谤补迟丑补, killed by me, lived so long? Even if a future event can not be otherwise, nevertheless, long-armed one, you are requested: Free 厂墨迟腻 who is the destroyer of our family.鈥�

Just as if he had not heard 叠颈产丑墨峁�a峁嘺鈥檚 speech, he put 厂墨迟腻 in 笔耻峁�p补办补 and, wandering, showed her: 鈥淭hese are pleasure-mountains with peaks of jewels and sweet cascades. These groves resemble the garden Nandana. These are bath-houses with showers of anything desired. These are pleasure-rivers with 丑补峁僺补蝉, lady with a 丑补峁僺补-walk. These are pleasure-houses resembling bits of heaven. Play with me in these wherever you wish, fair-browed lady.鈥� Meditating on 搁腻尘补鈥檚 lotus-feet, like a 丑补峁僺墨, the daughter of Janaka, like the earth in firmness, was not shaken at all by his speech. After wandering about for a long time in all the charming places, 顿补艣腻苍补苍补 released J膩nak墨 again in the grove of 补艣辞办补蝉.

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See III, App. I.