The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-15
aranga I4.

Then while the Raia of Natsa was re maining in the Nindhya forest, the gate keeper of Candamahasena came into hts presence And after he came he bowed humhly before him and said to the Raja as follows The Raia Canda- mahaSena sends this command to you You did the proper thing when you carried of Nasavadatta yourself, because you were brought here by me for this very purpose, for could not give her to you while you were under restraint here and l feared you would not have any affection for me Therefore now, . Raia, wait li;tle so that the marriage of my daughter may be in due form, For in a short time my son Gopalaka will % to you and will celebrate in proper form the marriage of his sister The gate keeper made known this message to the Raja of Natsa and said other things to Nasavadatta. Then the king of Natsa being pleased made up his mind to go to kausambi with the happy Nasavadatta " You await here the coming of Gopa- laka, and then come on to kausamhi with him Thus saying the great king stationed there his friend Pulindaka. and his tather-in-law gate-kecpcr Then the great Raia set out with his queen Nasavadatta to his own city Then early in the morning followed hy great elephants, oo1ing out streams of ichor, who accompanied him out of affection and moving like the peaks of the Nind- hya mountain; he was praised as t were on the earth roaring with tho changing hoofs of his horses and the tramping of his soldiers, with compositions surpass- ing his hards and by the clouds of dust raised hv his army and ascending into the beavers he made Indra fear that the mountain was sporting with wings Then the king in two or three days reached his own country and slept one night in palace of Rumanvat, and upon the next day along with his beloved he enjoyed the delight of entering after long time Kausamhi in which the pco- pie with eager faces were awaiting his return Then that city was ikea woman time, beginning her suspicious bathing and adorning with her women, and here the citizens, their sorrows being ended. looked upon the Raja of Natsa accompanied ty his dear wifi" aS the peacocks behold cloud accompanied with lightning and the wives of the citizen. standing on the tops of the palaces covered the sky with their faces fitting to and fro like golden lotu>es blooming in the midst of the heavenly Ganges
 Then the Raia of Natsa, together with Nasavadatta, entered the royal palace like another lord of prosperity, and then that palace shone as if awakened from sleep, crowded with men come out of devotion and rejoicing with the songs
 
 laka, the brother of Nasayadatta came accompanied by the gatckccper and Pulindaka. he was met by the Kaja as if he was another joy, and Nasavadatta received him with eyes expanding with delight At the time she was looking upon this brother from fear that she mi ght be ashamed, tears flowed from her eyes Then being encouraged by him with the words of her fathers com mands, she thought that her life object was accomplished in being reunited to her own relations Then upon the next day Gopalaka zealously undertook the high festival of her marriaee with the the king of Nat~a received the hand of Nasavadatta. like beautiful shoot newly budded on the creeprr of love. She for her part, with eyes shut with the intense joy of clasping her beloycds hands, having her trembling limbs bathed with perspiration and covered all over with sensations of delight ap peared at that moment as if beaten by the god of love with his weapons of perplexity. those of the wind and water one after the other, and while she passed around the fire, leaving 1t to her right, her eyes red with the smoke, she made as it were test of the sweetness of wine and honey. Then by the jewels brought by Gopalaka and the present of the Raia. the king of Vatsa became