2023-02-26 04:07:45 by ambuda-bot
This page has not been fully proofread.
ASUMMARY OF CONTENTS.
47
Somadatta having finished his story, the prince paid his
respects to the minister and his son Mānapala. Then they all
proceeded to Puspodbhava's house, followed by Somadatta who
had recovered from his illness. Puşpodbhava's mother seeing
Vidyeśvara exclaimed with joy, 'How fortunate am I to see
this man here! It was he who saved me when I was dying in
the Kalinga forest.' They were all in a flutter of joy at
their happy reunion.
(Av. Sāra VII. 44-51)
The next day Puspodbhava took Vidyeśvara and Somadatta
to a lonely place and told them how Sāmba and Yajñavatī
were born as prince Rāja vāhana and the princess of Avanti
by the curse of the sage Jaritāri, how they met in the royal
garden with the memory of their former life and how they
had been pining for each other. "The Prince," added
Puspodbhava, "does not like to marry her without the consent
of her parents and much less to carry her away in their
absence. But the condition of the prince admits of no delay.
I have a plan which fits in with the purpose in hand. I pro-
pose that some one of us skilled in magic should exhibit
some miracles before Mānasāra and dazzle him with wonders.
Then the marriage should be celebrated between the royal
prince and the princess in the world of magic. When the
function, concealed partly by the veil of magic, is concluded,
the secret will, of course, be, out and a crisis will develop.
But the prince will be in safe hands and the princess herself
will come forward to save him."
(Av. Sāra VII. 52-56)
This proposal was approved by Somadatta and Vidyeś-
vara; and, as may be expected, the task devolved upon the
latter. Meanwhile Puşpodbhava informed the princess of
the plan through his wife. Next day, Vidyeśvara went to
the court of Mänasära and introduced himself as a magician
well versed in his art and requested an audience for the display.
of his skill. Permission. being given, the magician waved.
his magic wand of peacock feathers when there appeared.
many snakes and then birds that devoured then. After
exhibiting many items of magic to the astonished
spectators, the magician addressed the king with a view to
uniting his daughter in wedlock with the excellent match in
hand: Your Majesty! King. Rajahamsa whom you defeated
:
.
47
Somadatta having finished his story, the prince paid his
respects to the minister and his son Mānapala. Then they all
proceeded to Puspodbhava's house, followed by Somadatta who
had recovered from his illness. Puşpodbhava's mother seeing
Vidyeśvara exclaimed with joy, 'How fortunate am I to see
this man here! It was he who saved me when I was dying in
the Kalinga forest.' They were all in a flutter of joy at
their happy reunion.
(Av. Sāra VII. 44-51)
The next day Puspodbhava took Vidyeśvara and Somadatta
to a lonely place and told them how Sāmba and Yajñavatī
were born as prince Rāja vāhana and the princess of Avanti
by the curse of the sage Jaritāri, how they met in the royal
garden with the memory of their former life and how they
had been pining for each other. "The Prince," added
Puspodbhava, "does not like to marry her without the consent
of her parents and much less to carry her away in their
absence. But the condition of the prince admits of no delay.
I have a plan which fits in with the purpose in hand. I pro-
pose that some one of us skilled in magic should exhibit
some miracles before Mānasāra and dazzle him with wonders.
Then the marriage should be celebrated between the royal
prince and the princess in the world of magic. When the
function, concealed partly by the veil of magic, is concluded,
the secret will, of course, be, out and a crisis will develop.
But the prince will be in safe hands and the princess herself
will come forward to save him."
(Av. Sāra VII. 52-56)
This proposal was approved by Somadatta and Vidyeś-
vara; and, as may be expected, the task devolved upon the
latter. Meanwhile Puşpodbhava informed the princess of
the plan through his wife. Next day, Vidyeśvara went to
the court of Mänasära and introduced himself as a magician
well versed in his art and requested an audience for the display.
of his skill. Permission. being given, the magician waved.
his magic wand of peacock feathers when there appeared.
many snakes and then birds that devoured then. After
exhibiting many items of magic to the astonished
spectators, the magician addressed the king with a view to
uniting his daughter in wedlock with the excellent match in
hand: Your Majesty! King. Rajahamsa whom you defeated
:
.