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taken to a hermit's life and my daughter has taken service
with Kalpasundarī, the queen of the usurper.
Had the two royal children lived, they would have been exactly of your
age and looks.' When I heard her tale, tears gushed into my
eyes. I said to her, 'Mother ! here I am, your son, and I
can have the usurper done to death, but nobody knows me
here as the prince.' . The old woman was overwhelmed with
joy and gave me a meal. I thought out a plan to kill the
usurper through his queen and asked my foster-mother if she
had any knowledge of his antaḥpura. Meanwhile her
daughter came there; and having heard about me from her
mother told me that Kalpasundarī was one of the most
beautiful and accomplished ladies of the day but that there
was no love lost between her and the usurper. I employed
ladies to widen the rift between the queen and her husband
and also to win her love for me.[^¹]
(Av. Sāra VIII. 110-125)
[^1]. The Ms. of Avantisundarī Kathā Sāra breaks off here.
taken to a hermit's life and my daughter has taken service
with Kalpasundarī, the queen of the usurper.
Had the two royal children lived, they would have been exactly of your
age and looks.' When I heard her tale, tears gushed into my
eyes. I said to her, 'Mother ! here I am, your son, and I
can have the usurper done to death, but nobody knows me
here as the prince.' . The old woman was overwhelmed with
joy and gave me a meal. I thought out a plan to kill the
usurper through his queen and asked my foster-mother if she
had any knowledge of his antaḥpura. Meanwhile her
daughter came there; and having heard about me from her
mother told me that Kalpasundarī was one of the most
beautiful and accomplished ladies of the day but that there
was no love lost between her and the usurper. I employed
ladies to widen the rift between the queen and her husband
and also to win her love for me.[^¹]
(Av. Sāra VIII. 110-125)
[^1]. The Ms. of Avantisundarī Kathā Sāra breaks off here.