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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
hurried so and come away as soon as this? You
may, O girl, if you like, still gratify your passion by
returning to your lover. At these words of the
King, Madanika said thus: It is the supreme duty of
the unblemished to put up with and overlook the
faults of the ignorant. The qualities of females are
unsteady in diverse ways. Therefore, be pleased to
excuse me for my heinous crime.
Thereupon Sikhidwaja of mighty Jnana said the
following words to his wife Madanika: A tree may
grow in the sky, but never will anger rise in me, O
lady. Thus was he in full possession of equal vision
over all. Then Chudala soliloquised to herself thus:
The King has destroyed to the root passion and
anger. He will not subject himself to the many
enjoyments and the love of transcendental Siddhis,
This king of puissant arms has at last attained the
end of Jnana. Let me no longer pass under false
colours. Let me cast aside the body of Madanika,
and assuming that of Chudala appear before him.
With this thought in her mind she transformed
herself into Chudala and presented herself in her
true character before him, when the quiescent King
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