Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
hunger. To which the dark skinned one replied
thus „I am an outcaste and it is not meet that you
should taste the food I have. But if you deign to do
so, you should first promise to wed me in my own
place before my parents and live with me there. If
so, I will give you this very instant what I have in
my hand. To which I nodded assent reluctantly;
and instantly she handed to me with great avidity
what she had. After having partaken of a half of
this nectar and tasted the juice of Jambu fruits to
quench my thirst, my sharp appetite was appeased.
Then she took hold of my hand, saying I was a
good fellow and led me on to her parents, like the
subtle body of a person conducted to the terrific
hell. There she asked leave of her father to bestow
her hand upon this lover of hers. Finding no
obstacles in the way on the part of the father, the
pair left this forest laden with ghosts, and were
taken over to the village by this dark Neecha
(outcaste) of a father who was like Yama s servant
the village which was redolent of the stench of
flesh. In order to celebrate their marriage, he killed
for flesh the bodies of monkeys, horses, fowls,
crows and pigs and dried them like festoons in the
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