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AVANTISUN DARIĪ KATHĀ SĀRA
forest. With the desire of worshipping the god, I gathered
flowers, placed my flower basket at the foot of a tree and went
to bathe in a mountain torrent close by. There I saw a
woman in distress; she was carrying this child in her arms,
and crying aloud, 'Is there fire here.' I consoled her saying
that I would kindle. fire for her and questioned her as to what
brought her to that sorry predicament.
(Av. Sāra IV. 71-74; Av. p. 186)
'Sir,' said the woman, 'I am a nurse of the daughter of
Kālagupta, the head of the merchant guild (SrenŚreṇimukhya) in
the island of Kaālayavana. When my mistress grew into
a young woman, she became a hater of males in general. One
day I took her to a garden to amuse her where she fainted;
and recovering consciousness, she cried, 'Samudradatta! my
love! where are you?' Later on she lold<error> lold</error> me in confidence,
'Good mother! I remember that I was in my former life
Suvrataā the daughter of a poor merchant named Kṛṣṇagupta
in this island. I heard once from behind a wall the following
conversation between a stranger and my father:
Story of Samudradatta
'Sir,' said he, 'I am a merchant named Samudradatta
(of Ujjain). I had occasion to contract the friendship of
Karṇiīputra (Müūladeva); and, as illuck would have it, I fell
in love with his coustesan wife (Madanasenã and had secret
ā and had secret
relations with her). In indignation he said (that he would
not take away the life of a friend, but) that he would steal my
wife in the event of my marrying a well-born girl. For fear
of him I have not married. I desire to marry your daughter
in secret, so that I may have a son to prepetuate my race.
(Please take this price in gold.)' My father gave me in
marriage to that young man; and he took me to Ujjain and
kept me in secret, in his house.
(Av. Sāra IV. 75-81; Av. pp. 186-87)
Story of Karniputra
ṇīputra
'After a while I found myself in quite a different place
and a stranger was addressing me politely with folded hands:
'Good Lady! know that I am Karnṇīputra. I swore in the
presence of my enemy Samudradatta to abduct his wife. I
learnt from my spies that you had been kept in secret in his
house. I reached you through an underground passage and
house. I reached you through an underground passage and
found you every inch a chaste woman. By means of a spell
I made you stupefied and obey my will, Having given out
forest. With the desire of worshipping the god, I gathered
flowers, placed my flower basket at the foot of a tree and went
to bathe in a mountain torrent close by. There I saw a
woman in distress; she was carrying this child in her arms,
and crying aloud, 'Is there fire here.' I consoled her saying
that I would kindle
brought her to that sorry predicament.
(Av. Sāra IV. 71-74; Av. p. 186)
'Sir,' said the woman, 'I am a nurse of the daughter of
Kālagupta, the head of the merchant guild (
the island of K
a young woman, she became a hater of males in general. One
day I took her to a garden to amuse her where she fainted;
and recovering consciousness, she cried, 'Samudradatta! my
love! where are you?' Later on she
'Good mother! I remember that I was in my former life
Suvrat
in this island. I heard once from behind a wall the following
conversation between a stranger and my father:
Story of Samudradatta
'Sir,' said he, 'I am a merchant named Samudradatta
(of Ujjain). I had occasion to contract the friendship of
Karṇ
in love with his coustesan wife (Madanasen
relations with her). In indignation he said (that he would
not take away the life of a friend, but) that he would steal my
wife in the event of my marrying a well-born girl. For fear
of him I have not married. I desire to marry your daughter
in secret, so that I may have a son to prepetuate my race.
(Please take this price in gold.)' My father gave me in
marriage to that young man; and he took me to Ujjain and
kept me in secret, in his house.
(Av. Sāra IV. 75-81; Av. pp. 186-87)
Story of Kar
'After a while I found myself in quite a different place
and a stranger was addressing me politely with folded hands:
'Good Lady! know that I am Kar
presence of my enemy Samudradatta to abduct his wife. I
learnt from my spies that you had been kept in secret in his
house. I reached you through an underground passage and
house. I reached you through an underground passage and
found you every inch a chaste woman. By means of a spell
I made you stupefied and obey my will, Having given out