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him I was married ; and this night, when I was asleep on
the top of the palace, and my husband was asleep also, I was
carried off by this villain.' When she said this I kept both
of them here, the lady and Ityaka, the latter in fetters ;
now remains for your Majesty to decide what is to be done."
When the emperor heard this from his commander-in-
chief, Harisikha, he went in some perplexity to Gopalaka and
told him the story. Gopalaka said :
" My dear nephew, I
do not know about this ;
I know so much that the lady was
so let the prince be summoned
lately married to Palaka's son ;
from Ujjayini, together with the minister, Bharataroha ; then
we shall get at the truth." When the emperor received
this advice from his uncle, he sent the Vidyadhara Dhumasikha
to Palaka, his younger uncle, and summoned from
Ujjayini that prince, his son and the minister. When they
arrived, and bowed before the emperor, he and Gopalaka
received them with love and courtesy, and questioned them
about the matter under consideration.
Then, in the presence of Avantivardhana, who looked
like the moon robbed of the night, 1 of Suratamanjari, her
father, and of Ityaka, of Vayupatha and his peers, and the
hermit Kasyapa, and the men-at-arms, Bharataroha began
to speak as follows :
168. Story of King Palaka and his Son Avantivardhana
Once on a time all the citizens of Ujjayini met together
and said to Palaka, the king of that city :
" To-morrow the
festival called the giving of water will take place in this city,
and if your Majesty has not heard the true account of the
origin of this festival, please listen to it now.
168a. King Chandamahdsena and the Asurats Daughter 2
Long ago your father, Chandamahasena, propitiated tlie
goddess Chandi with asceticism, in order to obtain a splendid
1 In Sanskrit the moon is masculine and the night feminine.
2 This story is found in Vol. I, pp. 124-128. See also the note on the
"External Soul" motif on pp. 129-132 of the same volume. The examples
it