Ardhakathanak 223

223

aisī bidhi bahu dina gae, karata gupata Śiva-pūja.
āyau sambata ikasaṭhā, caita māsa sita dūja. //

In this manner many days passed while he performed this secret worship of Śiva. / Saṃvat sixteen hundred and sixty-one arrived, on the second day of the bright fortnight of Caitra.