The Story of Surasundarī 10
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When the postnatal rites had been performed by a group of women skilled in that work,
and the duties of that time had been carried out by the chief housemaids and servants,
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the merchant Dhanadharma, his mind delighted by his joyful retinue's
announcement of the birth of a grandson, then began the celebration of congratulations.
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Moreover:
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Pleasing with crowds of city women entering with unbroken rice-platters in hand,
its main gates occupied by close kinsmen busy adorning beautiful women's faces;
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with white water-pots placed at the threshold of the best gates, provided with festoons of welcome,
and filled with the sweet ring of pots, as boys entered with white water-pots in hand;
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having shows where folk were engrossed in auspicious songs and dances, full of melodious sounds,
and betel given to the people who were drawn to view the spectacle;
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Moreover:
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The non-killing of living beings was proclaimed; the great host of prisoners was released; / various gifts were bestowed, bringing joy to the wretched, the masterless, and others.
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In every Jina temple, activities such as holy bathing with musical instruments were performed; / and the multitude of sādhus was honoured with choice garments and other gifts.
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The assembly of relatives was feasted; merchants and city elders were honoured; / and the birth-festival of the son was celebrated, causing wonder among the people.
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Having thus done what was to be done, when the twelfth day arrived, / he took a gift of homage and went before the king.
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Having paid homage, Dhanadeva said: “O Great King, at the merchant's word, / you should dine in our house together with the queen.”
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Laughing, the king said: “Is this not the merchant's house? / For the merchant is like a father, mindful of the entire realm.
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Even so, whatever the merchant says, that indeed we must do.” / When this was said, Dhanadeva, replying “A great favour!”,
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went to his own house and, with a joyful heart, / had all the necessary tasks proper for the occasion carried out by his attendants, when
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the king, accompanied by the queen, attended by a troop of female elephants, / arrived at the merchant's house as bards chanted shouts of victory.
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Having received auspicious honours, accompanied by the queen he dismounted from the female elephant / upon an excellent lion-throne set upon a dais made of choice pearls.
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Seated together with the queen, after the ritual / headed by the waving of lamps and offerings was performed by excellent courtesans,
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he partook of divine food according to rule along with his retinue; / his limbs were anointed with sandalwood paste, and he was clothed in choice divine garments.
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Then, with humble demeanor, Dhanadeva made this entreaty: / “O Great King! The queen’s dear sister speaks thus:
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‘All merchant wives, they say, give birth first in their father's house; / but due to some circumstance, that did not happen for me.
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Therefore, through the sight of the queen, I consider this very place to be my father's house. / So, if she would come this much of a distance, it would be wonderful.’”
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When this was spoken by him, the queen, permitted by the king, / went to Śrīkāntā accompanied by a chamberlain.
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And there, the delightful queen was worshipped with ointments, ornaments, garments, and the like, / and was addressed: “Please give a name to the son.”
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Then the queen said: “O merchant's wife, this is truly appropriate only for you; / nevertheless, since you have asked, it must certainly be done by us.”
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Taking that child into her lap with hands tender as lotus petals, / Kamalāvatī said, scattering fragrant perfumes:
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“This boy was born to Śrīkāntā and Dhanadeva; / his name, formed from half of his mother's and father's names, shall be Śrīdeva.”
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Saying “A most auspicious name has indeed been given by the queen,” / the auspicious sound was raised aloud by the group of women whose husbands were living.
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Then, seeing him of captivating body, his two hands clenched into fists, his eyes wide, / and his hands and feet delicate, the queen thought:
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“Blessed is my friend, to whom such a son was born, / delighting the hearts and eyes of men; but for me, not even this has come to pass.
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What use is my life, or what use is my useless, proud kingship, / since, wretched as I am, I do not behold the face of my own son?”
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Reflecting thus, having spoken to her dear friend, / the queen returned to her own palace accompanied by the king.
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And there, yearning for the birth of a son, full of sorrow as she brooded on that, / she abandoned bodily care and was dejected in all affairs;
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like one drunk, swooning, asleep, dead, or devoid of spirit, / like a yoginī absorbed in meditation, she ceased all activities.
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Her body wasting away, her lotus-face darkened by the distress of heavy grief, / she was at some point seen by the king; then Kamalāvatī was asked:
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“O Queen! Why do you seem despondent and of emaciated body now? / What desired thing is not fulfilled while I am your compliant servant?”
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Then the queen, drenched by a shower of tears, said: / “Dearest! By your grace, every desired thing is fulfilled.
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There is no happiness whatsoever that I have not obtained by your grace; / only the happiness of beholding a son have I not seen, even in a dream.
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Blessed are those women in this world, O lord, who day and night / behold an infant suckling at their own breast, alas!
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Even though she was married later, a son was born to Śrīkāntā; / though I am honoured by you, none was born to me, unfortunate as I am.
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Therefore, O King, give me a son, or else I have no life; / either my breast bursts or milk comes into it—there is no other way!”
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Then the king said: “Do not grieve on this matter, O Queen! / Having propitiated a deity, I will surely fulfill your desires.”
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Having said this, the king performed worship of the images of the lord Jinas, / donned white garments, and cast off all jewels and gold ornaments.
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He went to the pauṣadha hall, undertook a three-day fast according to rule, / sat on a kusa-grass mat, and began to speak thus:
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“Whether a deva or a dānava, whoever is endowed with devotion to the teaching of the Jina, / being present here, let him quickly come and grant the wish!”
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And while meditating thus in solitude, keeping the approach of people barred, / the king remained with motionless body for three days.
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Then, in the last watch of the night, seeing a man of radiant body / who dispelled the entire mass of darkness, the king thought:
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“His eyes blink; is he then not a deva? / Yet in the body of mortal men, such radiance does not arise.
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Who then might he be? His feet, moreover, do not touch the earth.” / While he was deliberating thus, he was addressed by him:
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“O noble King Amaraketu! Are you not exhausted by fierce austerities?” / As he was saying this, the king stood up and spoke to him:
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“Who are you, or whence have you come? Tell me, O fortunate one!” / The deva said: “O King, if you are curious, I shall tell you.
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I am an eminent deva named Vibhuprabha, dwelling in the Īśāna heaven; / with the time of my fall approaching, in order to perform what is beneficial for the next world,
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I went to the abode of Videha to pay homage to the Tīrthaṅkara. / There, I inquired of that Blessed One about my own destiny:
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‘O Blessed One, where will my rebirth be when I have fallen from here?’ / Then the Jina said: ‘In Bharata, in Hastināpura,
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King Śrī-Amaraketu, who desires a son, is observing pauṣadha in the pauṣadha hall; / you shall become his son.’”
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Hearing his word, O king, I have come before you; / therefore do not feel distressed: I shall become your son.
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Take this pair of earrings, O lord of men! Then, to the queen / by whom you desire a son, this ornament should be given.
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Having spoken thus, taking off the divine earrings from his ears / and handing them over to the king, the god became invisible.
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At the end of the night, having gone to the queen with a cheerful face, / the king recounted the entire event, beginning with the vision of the god.
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Having given her the pair of earrings, and having completed all morning duties, / having served food to the sādhus, he himself enjoyed excellent food.
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Then, on another day, the queen, having bathed after her period, in the final watch of the night, / having seen a dream, suddenly awoke with a trembling body.
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She was asked by the king: “Lovely one, why have you suddenly begun to tremble?” / She said: “Dearest, just now I saw a dream:
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‘A golden vessel entered my mouth and then came out; / then it was carried far away by someone in anger to be smashed.
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Yet again, after a long time, it was somehow recovered, filled with milk; / and thereupon I worshipped it with a garland of white flowers.’
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Having seen this dream, harsh at the start and beautiful in the end, / fear caused a trembling to arise in my body, O ruler of men!”
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Hearing that, the lord of men became deeply distressed in his heart; / he said: “Queen, the dream indicates the acquisition of a son.
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And the rest, having understood it according to the rule of consulting dream-interpreters, / I will tell you; do not harbour any anxiety in your heart.”
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Then, at dawn, having gone to the assembly pavilion, the king / commanded: “Quickly summon those who know the meaning of dream-treatises!”
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When the assembly was filled with feudatories, ministers, and city leaders, / the command having been executed accordingly by the men appointed there,
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the dream-interpreters, having paid their respects, sat down near the lord of men; / and Dhanadeva also sat down very close to the king.
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Then the king told them the entire previously recounted matter, / beginning with the appearance of the god, and ending with the experience of the dream.
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“Having thoroughly determined the nature of the dream, tell me its truth, sir!” / While, being thus addressed by the king, they were deliberating with one another,
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meanwhile Dhanadeva said: “O ruler of men, pay attention; / listen to the event that serves as the reason for knowing the highest meaning of the dream.
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Then I saw the Bhīla chief in the forest; and how Cittavega / was bound by snakes, yet released through the power of a jewel;
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how, when he related his own life story, the god arrived; / and how the god then saw the omniscient one in the city of Kuśāgranagara;
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how his future life was asked about, and how it was declared to him by the omniscient one: / ‘You, good sir, will become the son of King Amaraktu;
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and along with your mother you will be abducted there by an enemy god from a past life; / so, Cittavega, you will grow up in the house of a king of the Vidyādharas.’
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All this and more, previously spoken, was recounted in full to the ruler of men / by Dhanadeva, right up to his arrival in Hastināpura.
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“Therefore, Sire, that luminous god will be born / in the queen's womb; for the word of an omniscient one in this world never turns out otherwise.
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Carried off by an enemy god from a past life, grown up in the house of a Vidyādhara, / having mastered many kinds of magical lores, he will be reunited with his own mother.
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The desired gift of a maiden is to be understood even as the worship with the garland; / this, O lord of men, is the true meaning of the dream that shines in my heart.”
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Hearing this speech of Dhanadeva, the dream-interpreters / said: “Ah, extraordinary indeed is his skill of intellect!
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Even we, who constantly desire to know such things and are experts in many treatises, / being devoid of such intellect, were unable to determine it.
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Truly, an exceedingly fitting meaning has been expounded by the merchant's son, O king! / And it is thoroughly approved by all of us as well.”
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When this was said, having presented betel to them all, the king dismissed / them, and likewise all the feudatories, prominent men, and others.
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Then the king said: “Now, Dhanadeva, what should be done here, / since an unbearable separation from the queen has presented itself to us?
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Is there any countermeasure here for such an extremely wicked dream?” / Dhanadeva said: “The utterance of an omniscient one cannot be otherwise.
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Nevertheless, an expedient is undertaken so that misfortune might not occur; / for those fallen from a couch, the ground indeed remains in the same way.
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The divine jewel which was given to me at that time by the settlement chief, / set into this ring, let it remain on [her] hand.
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Its power is inconceivable, its greatness observed in multiple places; / therefore, Sire, have this placed on the queen's hand.
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Through its power, even the enemy god from a past life / may be unable to carry off the queen; or if he should somehow carry her off,
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even so, the enemy will not be able to act for [her] harm. / Knowing this, O ruler of men, do not feel any sorrow at all.”
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Moreover:
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“To ward off the dream, have festivities performed in the Jina temples; / honour the community of monks with suitable garments, seats, and the like.
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Grant the gift of fearlessness, and exert yourself in various special vows and austerities; / when this is done, O best of men, everything will indeed turn out well.”
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Having spoken thus and handing over his own ring, / Dhanadeva bowed to the king and departed from the royal palace.
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The king also, having gone to the queen's apartments, related / the whole matter, and gave that ring to the queen.
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And he said: “Queen, this should not be removed from your hand even for a moment; / through its power, malicious spirits have no sway.”
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Then the king had all the pilgrimages to Jina temples and the like performed; / and subsequently Kamalāvatī became pregnant.
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Surrounded by well-trained attendants who readily obtained whatever objects were desired by her heart, / in the seventh month a pregnancy-longing arose in the queen.
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When out of modesty she would not tell it to anyone, / once, seen to have a wasting body, she was addressed thus by the king:
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“Queen, what wish of yours is not fulfilled, since you now appear so frail?” / Then the queen said: “Lord, this is my pregnancy-longing:
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Mounted on an excellent elephant, dispensing gifts to the needy, / seated in your lap while an umbrella is held by you,
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attended by the entire host of servants, O king, let me parade through the city.” / The king said: “Lovely one, this shall be done at once!”
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Then the officials decorated an excellent royal elephant and brought it forward. / The king mounted it, and the queen [sat] in his lap.
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The king himself held aloft a white parasol adorned with pearls. / Then, with a multitude of panegyrists reciting diverse praises,
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with musical instruments roaring and countless conches sounding, / and with music swelling, performed by melodious singers,
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giving gifts throughout the entire city to fulfill the hopes of supplicants, / and being praised by the women of the city filled with joy,
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after roaming at will through various crossroads, squares, and public courtyards, / the elephant gradually went outside the excellent city.
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Suddenly running wild and scattering the whole crowd of people, / it set off with great speed, facing towards the northeast.
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“Hey, seize him, seize him, run! Here the elephant goes, here he leaves the city!” / Calling out thus, the servants ran behind him.
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Even the king was completely unable to restrain that excellent elephant in any way. / Then the queen was told: “This elephant has now run wild,
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and has set off at great speed; it cannot be turned back by any means. / Therefore, let us somehow climb down; otherwise, he will throw us down in the forest.”
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Kamalāvatī said: “How indeed is one to dismount, O lord of men?” / The king said: “Listen, do you see the banyan tree ahead?
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The elephant will pass beneath it; then, O queen, / letting go of the elephant, you must seize a branch at once.”
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And just as the king was speaking thus to the queen, / that elephant arrived with great speed beneath the banyan tree.
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Owing to his dexterity, the king swiftly grasped a branch of it, / saying repeatedly: “Grab hold, grab hold quickly, O queen!”
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Due to the elephant’s extreme speed, the ineptitude natural to a woman, / the heaviness of pregnancy, and the trembling of her body from fear,
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even though she made an attempt, she could not hold on there at all; / and then that excellent elephant dashed away from that place instantly.
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Then the king, plunged into deep sorrow, remaining as he was, looked out, / and saw that elephant travelling with speed through the sky.
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Then, amazed in mind, the king thought: “Ah, what a great wonder! / Leaving the path on the ground, the elephant travels through the sky!”
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Or rather:
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“That deity, an enemy from a previous life, surely disports himself in this form. / For the matters declared by the omniscient one do not turn out otherwise in this world.”
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While he was reflecting thus, the elephant vanished from sight. / Meanwhile, the king’s army, following in his tracks, arrived.
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Then, dispatching an army along the trail of the excellent elephant, / accompanied by hundreds of warriors headed by Samarappiya, to search for the queen,
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the king, overwhelmed with heavy sorrow, at the words of his feudatories and grandees / somehow reached his own city, despondent, weeping, and devoid of joy.
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Having lost all heart for his kingdom, he remained there for several days, / holding on to his life solely by the hope of regaining Kamalāvatī.
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Then one day the army headed by Samarappiya suddenly returned, / dejected, dispirited, exhausted, their lotus faces downcast with shame.
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Then the king asked Samarappiya: “Tell me, worthy sir, what happened: / Was the wicked elephant seen, and was the queen rescued from him?”
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Sighing deeply, Samarappiya said: “Listen, O King! / Having set out in the direction taken by the excellent elephant, we reached the forest.
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And there, O King, though we searched in many ways, / that excellent elephant was not seen, nor the queen, nor any report of them.
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As we went very far, asking groups of Śabaras again and again, / on another day a certain pilgrim said:
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‘Seven days from that day, in an excellent lake named Padmodara, / an elephant accompanied by a woman was seen falling from the sky.
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Then, frightened with fear, having entered a dense thicket of trees standing at a distance, / I saw the elephant there again, without the woman,
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roaming on the bank of the lake.’ Having heard those words of his, / [we] said: ‘Show us that excellent lake quickly, worthy sir!’
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Then he showed it, and we surveyed the lake together with him; / but even though we searched thoroughly, the queen was not found.
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Within just one yojana of the lake, men who were dispatched caught the elephant. / Taking it, we have come here to Your Majesty, devoid of joy.
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Did the queen meet her death right there in the deep waters of that lake, / or did she climb out from there and reach some inhabited settlement?
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Or else, was she destroyed by some wild beast in the forest teeming with predators? / We know nothing at all, O lord of men, of what happened to the queen.”
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And while Samarappiya was speaking thus before the ruler of the earth, / just then the gatekeeper bowed respectfully and spoke as follows:
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“An astrologer named Sumati is standing at the gate.” Hearing this, / the king said: “What, sir! Is this that very astrologer Sumati,
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by whose command my queen was given to me then by Naravāhana?” / Those standing by his side said: “It is so, O lord of men!” Then by the king
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it was said: “Let him enter quickly, so that we may ask about the queen's affairs.” / Immediately upon his command, he was ushered in by the gatekeeper.
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Honoured by the king, Sumati sat down with humility. / He was asked: “Tell me, does the queen live or not?”
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Applying his mental concentration, Sumati then said: “She lives; / her body is unharmed, and at present she is as if reunited with her kinsfolk.”
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“When will my reunion with her take place? Or what will become of her pregnancy?” / Asked thus by the lord of men, he applied his concentration again and spoke:
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“O lord of men, when in a dream you seize a garland of flowers situated in an inaccessible place, / just one month after that will be your reunion with your queen.
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A son will be born to her, but he will be separated from her as soon as he is born / by the decree of his lifespan, O best of men; so indeed the omen tells.”
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He was asked again by the king: “Separated from his mother, will he not live? / Where will he grow up, or when will there be reunion with him?”
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Then Sumati spoke again: “That son of yours will live for a long time. / But where he will grow up—this we do not know at all.
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When a maiden falls from the sky in the Kusumākara garden, / immediately after that will be your reunion with your son.”
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Hearing his words, the king, freed from sorrow, laughed and said: / “Ho there! Give a hundred thousand pieces of gold to Sumati at once!
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By these words of his, the fierce fire of grief spreading within me over separation from the queen / has been extinguished by a torrent of water: the hope of our reunion.”
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Then Sumati was honored with royal ornaments and a hundred thousand pieces of gold. / The king too came forth, having become somewhat free from sorrow.
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Then one night, the king, while sleeping, saw a dream: / while travelling facing the northern direction, in a well,
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a fallen, half-faded, white garland of flowers was seen by me; / when seized, it immediately became fresh and rich with fragrant scent.
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Having seen this dream, the king awakened and reflected thus: / 'Indeed, Sumati's words are confirmed by this dream seen by me today.
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Therefore, soon now, as I travel toward the northern direction, / union with the queen, who has fallen into a dire plight, will surely take place.'
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Having reflected thus, the king, under the pretext of inspecting his realm, / surrounded by a vast army, set out from Hastināpura.
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Having traversed several stages of the journey, into a certain forest region, / covered with lofty mountains and filled with dense trees,
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he encamped with his army. Then, into a well overgrown with tall grass, / somehow, through negligence, the king's chowrie-bearer fell.
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Then, ordered by the king, a man, using a rope, / descended there into the deep gloom; while he searched here and there,
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he saw a young woman concealed in a spot on the ledge of the well, / her body trembling with fear in the extreme darkness there.
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When asked, 'Who are you here, beautiful one?', she gave no reply. / Meanwhile, the court lady who had fallen into the water, her breath caught in her throat,
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was reached by him; having taken hold of her, he brought her out in due course / and spoke: 'O King! There is also another young woman staying here;
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though addressed, the noble lady does not speak, her slender body trembling with fear.' / Hearing this, the king's right eye began to twitch.
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Then the astonished king reflected: 'Could she be the queen? / But here in the forest, how could the queen possibly be present?
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Or rather, for living beings subject to karma in this saṃsāra, / under the power of destiny, there is nothing that cannot come to pass.
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If she should be the queen, then it is well indeed; and even if she is some other, / she must still be brought up, for Dharma is rooted in compassion.'
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Having thought thus, the king said to the man: 'Pull her up too.' / Then that man descended into the well again with the rope,
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and said: 'O fair-limbed lady! At the word of the king named illustrious Amaraketu, / I have entered again for the sake of rescuing you.
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Therefore mount the wooden frame, so that I may quickly bring you up / from this dark well that is like a hellish abode.' And hearing these words,
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she climbed onto the frame, and in due course the queen was brought up. / Her body emaciated, she was recognized with great difficulty by the king.
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She too, seeing the king, wept with a choked voice / and clung to the king's feet, her eyes brimming with tears.
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She was taken to his own tent. Seeing the queen, the entire retinue, / overcome by immense grief, wept with piteous faces and various laments.
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Then, having attended to her bodily needs, Kamalāvatī was asked by the king: / 'When you were carried off by that elephant, O queen, what did you experience?
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And when or how did you fall into this terrible well in the forest?' / Kamalāvatī spoke: 'Listen, Great King! I shall tell it all.
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When my lord caught hold of the banyan tree, I, unable to hold on, / was carried away all alone by the swiftly fleeing elephant.
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Then, reaching the rugged bank of a mountain stream, suddenly, / as if afraid of having its great speed checked, it sprang up quickly into the sky.
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Then, terrified with fear, I thought: 'Alas! Some god has entered / this noble elephant and carries it, for elephants do not travel in the sky.'
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Thus, with a heart struck with wonder, as I looked again and again toward the earth, / I saw mountains, trees, and the like all rushing backward together, as it were.
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Moreover:
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'A lone woman in the forest might be frightened in the midst of the woods'— / thinking thus, as it were, the trees ran swiftly as companions.
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The moving humans in the villages and towns appeared like swarms of insects; / even the water-filled great lakes looked like parasols fallen upon the ground;
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the long forest ranges were seen resembling serpents; / the mountains looked like boundary ridges, and the rivers like irrigation channels.
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Then, having traveled far, the jewel of my ring was remembered by me; / setting aside fear, it was struck by me upon the elephant's temple.
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Moreover, struck by the hand bearing the jewel, as if hit by a thunderbolt, the lord of elephants / gave a great roar and fell headlong swiftly from the sky.
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As it fell rapidly, looking downwards, / a vast lake with trembling waves was seen by me,
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its waters surging high from the strokes of tail-fins of large fish, / its blooming lotuses blocked by swarms of intoxicated bees;
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further, shimmering with masses of gems, with flocks of lapwings floating, / adorned with rows of cakravāka birds, filled with flocks of birds;
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with numerous large monitor lizards roaming, beautified by lines of lotuses, / teeming with many wild beasts, bustling with schools of fish;
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with huge water-creatures stirring, resounding with cries of cranes and water-fowls, / adorned with rows of swans, graced with tamāla and palm trees;
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encircled by buzzing bees, garlanded with lines of cranes, / with shimmering mother-of-pearl shells, and terrifying waterspouts swirling.
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Then, into that boundless great lake filled with water, / the elephant, its limbs powerless, fell from the sky and sank into the middle of the water.
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When that lord of elephants sank helplessly into the deep waters, / by the power of the jewel I remained floating right upon the water.
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Reaching a plank, I also came ashore on the bank of the lake; / seated there, terrified and overcome with great grief, I reflected thus:
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'Though endowed with such majesty, how have I become all alone in an instant, / like an ordinary country woman? Ah, exceedingly intricate is the ripening of karma!
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Where is that host of servants? Where is that splendor? Where that obedient retinue? / What will become of me now, made solitary by fate?'
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Reflecting on these and other things, having covered my face with my upper garment, / deprived of shelter, I began to weep there in sorrow.
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Meanwhile, I was addressed by someone: 'Why, fair lady, do you weep so piteously?' / Thereupon, in confusion, I looked in that direction.
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