Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
particulars. At this, the king slighted his words,
since his low status was being brought to publicity
and having loudly scorned him off his presence, he
at once withdrew into his palace.
Meanwhile the ladies of the harem were observing
from the balcony all that had passed between the
king and the low caste men; quite surprised, they
apprised the minister who was then staying in the
palace, of the occurrences thus „This lord of earth,
our king, belongs to the lowest class of Chandalas.
How shall we act now?‟ Unable to find any way
out of the scrape, they were stunned, perplexed,
and morose. Whereas the king, not daunted by all
by all these, seated himself on the throne as before,
as if nothing fresh had transpired. But the ladies,
courtiers and others who had before approached
him, stood at a distance from him like a carcase
unfit to be touched by the hands. The sad present
plight of the king, who was alone, even in the
presence of innumerable subjects, can only be
likened to a forlorn traveller left in a foreign
country without knowledge, wealth or any other
means. Then all the subjects held a solemn
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