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INVOCATION
MAY Siva,
BOOK XIV: PANGHA
CHAPTER CV
the granter of boons, who, when pleased,
bestowed on Uma half his own body, grant you your
desire !
May the vermilion-stained trunk which Ganesa at night
throws up in the dance, and so seems to furnish the moonumbrella
with a coral handle, protect you !
[M] Then Naravahanadatta, son of the King of Vatsa,
possessing as his wives those various ladies, the most beautiful
in the three worlds, and Madanamanchuka as his headqueen,
dwelt with Gomukha and his other ministers in
Kausambi, having his every want supplied by his father's
magnificent resources. His days passed pleasantly in dancing,
singing and conversation, and were enlivened by the exquisite
enjoyment of the society of the ladies whom he loved.
Then it happened one day that he could not find his
principal charmer Madanamanchuka anywhere in the female
apartments, nor could her attendants find her either.1 When
he could not see his beloved, he became pale from grief, as
the moon loses its beauty in the morning, by being separated
from the night. And he was distracted by an innumerable
host of doubts, saying to himself : "I wonder whether my
beloved has hidden herself somewhere to ascertain my sentiments
towards her ; or is she indignant with me for some
trifling fault or other ; or is she concealed by magic,
or has
she been carried off by someone ? " When he had searched
for her, and could not find her anywhere, he was consumed
1 I adopt the reading of MSS. Nos. 1882 and 2166, parijanah.
seems to make better sense. See Vol. VII, p. 195. n.m.p.
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