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is useless to fight with fate. ‘ Thy love is unattainable, therefore do not 
yearn for it’ (121). The parrot gives similar advice. 1 Thou canst not con- 
quer Simhala by force of arms. The way is difficult, and can only be 
traversed by Ascetics, Sannyasis, Yogis and the like. Thou could’st not 
bear the discomforts of such a life. An ascetic who doth not practise 
austerities hath no success (122). No success can bo gained without 
austerities, and thy body is besieged by the thieves of thy passions ; 
awake, fool, ere they steal all that thou hast’ (123). The king, aroused 
by these remonstrances, discovers that he is involved in the darkness of 
ignorance, and that without a (spiritual) guide he cannot find his way 
to Padmavatl ( i.e . wisdom) (121). His Hindu friends remonstrate, but 
he refuses to hear them ; without a guide (or guru), he can do nothing 
(125). He gives up his kingdom, becomes a Yogi, and puts on the 
ascetic dress (126). The astrologers say it is not a lucky day for starting. 
He retorts that in love-matters, no one considers lucky times or hours. 
They are for people who are in possession of their senses. ‘ Doth a sail 
ask if it is a lucky day when she mounteth the funeral pyre ? I must 
start on my quest. Do ye all return to your homes ’ ( 127). The captains 
of his army call upon all to accompany him to Simhala, after providing 
themselves with necessaries (128). 
CANTO IX. 
The Farewell. 
The King’s mother implores the king to stay (129). He asks her 
not to tempt him from the right way. ‘ Earthly joys are fleeting. My 
guru hath ordered me to journey to Simhala. Farewell’ (130). 
Nagamatl weeps. ‘Let me go with thee, as Sita did with Riima. Thou 
wilt find no PadminI as beautiful as I am ’ (131). Ho replies, ‘ When 
Sita accompanied Rama, Riivana carried her off. I cannot take thee 
and be a Yogi. See how Raja Bhartrihari left sixteen hundred wives, 
when he took to a life of mortification,’ saying this he starts on his 
journey (132). His mother weeps. So also his Queens. They break 
their ornaments. Nine maunds of pearls and ten maunds of crystal 
bracelets are destroyed. At first there was a great confused sound, aud 
then all was silence (133). 
CANTO X. 
The Land Journey. 
The king departs from the city, the people hear of it. Sixteen 
thousand knights accompany him. They all become Yogis, and take 
