The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-09-26

se@V~ ~Neees~<Ats& w "N1 W x~Nf VI ~~@S .N~~~ a little while.' But Ae. thinking oi Mugavasi, went away witAoa, hearing her, then Hlostama, ahasAed, cursed him in her anger: 'Raja. you shall Ne sep- arated for fourteen years from hsS wAo has 6lled your mind 90 much that you do not hear my worlds MAsali heard that, and the Raja pining foS his beloved went in the chariot to KAnsamhi, but to Ayodhya tn his mind, Then with long ing heart he told all he heard rum lndEa abou, Mrigav to his ministers Yogand. hara and o,hers, and being impatient of delay he sert a messenger to Ayodhya 10 obtain the maiden from her father the King kritavsrman. .Apd kritavarman having heard from the messenger the in. formation, told il with gladness to the queen KAlavAsi, and she said thiS 10 him 1: 'Raia, Mngavati ought to be given tc Sahasranika, and certain Rrahukan told me this in a dream, Then the king being pleased sho~ed to this messenger the skill in dancing. singing and other accomplishments ot MrEavati, and her unsqualled beauty, And then ktitavar- man gave 10 that Raia his daugh,ey who was prominent in lovely accomplish ments and who was like the incarna,c moon {; the marriage of SAhasranika and MIiga- vati being perfected by their mutual virtues was like the union of learning and wisdom.
 Then not long after sons were born to the ministers of the Rsjs a son named YogAndharayana was born 10 Yogand- hara, and Supratika had a son born called Rnmanvat. X son named VAsant- aka was born to the one who was the superintendent, of the princess amuse. ment. And then after some days the Queen Mrgayau became pregnant by the ktng SahasrAnika. Then she aSsed her husband who vas never satished with gazing upon her, to gra.iiy her craving by filling her pleasure tank with blood :o! her ts Sat5s !S. And the 2a.a he.:s a pious man, In order 10 GTatity the de- sire of the queen. filled the tank with the juice of rcd dyes so that 1t looked full of blood, While she was bathing in it and covered with red dye, bird of the race of Garuda suddenly flew down and seized her, thinking she was n piece of flesh. At the time when she was taken away by the bird somewhere, tho for,itudc of Sahasrauika left and he became dis. tracted in mind and went away as fl to seek her. The heart of the king being attached to his beloved was now carried of by that bird, and therefore he fell senseless upon the ground. Ma,ali know. ing everything by hts divine power. as soon as the kaJa recovered his senses de- scended by a path in the sky and came there. He consoled ihe Raja, told him the curse of Tilo,tama and when it should end AS he had heard t long before, and then went away. Then the king, afflicted with grief, thus lamentsd Alas, Q, my beloved, that wicked Tilottama has Ac- complished all her desires.' Having learned all about the curse, and being instructed by his ministers, he clung to lie, though with difficulty, In the hope of seeing her again.
 The bird immediately took the Qaecn Mrgavau away, and seeing tha, she was alive abandoned her by chance on the mountain behind which the sun rises. And when the bird put her down and Left her. the queen, affi ic,ed with sorrow and fear saw herself helpless upon the slopes Of an inaccessible mountain. Then while sae was weeping alone in the iorcs, with only one garment on, great ser. pent rose up and prepared to swallow her. And she who was to cause happi- ness was released by some heavenly hero who killed the serpent and disappeared as soon as seen. Then desiring to die she threw herself down tn iron, of a wiid elephant, and even he protected her. as fl out of pity And, wonderful ,o tell, even the wild beasts would not kill her, although she fell into their power, for what canno, Dc done by Siya7
 Then the maiden, weary with the weight of her womb, and inclined to throw herself down from the mountain, thought of her husband and wepi aloud. The son of a hermit hearing that, who was seeking fruit and roots, came up and found her looking the personi6cs.ion of sorrow. And having asked her the par ticulars of this matter, and consoled her with difficulty, with his heart overHowing with pity he conducted the queen to the