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I have, my body, my soul, my yozzth, my life, I dedicate to thee ’ (335). 
Again, she adds, ‘ Verily thou art crimson from my colour. Thou art a 
Raja of noble family. But thy home is in Jambu-dvlpa, how didst 
thou learn of Simliala ? How did Qagkara teach thee this love’ (336). 
Ratna replies, 1 1 did what Hlramanl told me, and I became absorbed in 
thee’ (337). She smiles and confesses that she fell into a like state 
with regard to him at Hlramani’s words (338). * * * * Morning 
comes, then Ratna leaves her. The bridesmaids come and'see Padmavati 
sleeping (345). They wake her. Her disarray (346). They laugh, 
and tease her about her disarray and ask how Ratna had treated her 
(347). She replies that she had learned that there is no one dearer 
than a husband and that her maiden feaz-s were unfounded (348). She 
gives further particulars (349). They comment on her disordered 
condition (350). They run and tell her mother Queen Campavatl, that 
Padmavati is not well. ‘ She looketh withered, and her colour is gone.’ 
Campavatl hearing this, knows what it means, and laughs. She goes 
with the tiring women to Padmavati, kisses and blesses her (351). The 
women sit round and commiserate Padmavati. ‘ The child is restless,’ 
they say. 1 The lotus bud is full of tenderness, and ‘ slender, and 
delicate is her waist. She is like the moon in eclipse, she who shone 
like the sun with a thousand rays.’ They anoint and bathe her, and 
again she blooms like the full moon (352). They clothe her in beauti- 
ful garments (353). 
Ratna Sena appears in public. His friends who accompanied him 
from Citaur congratulate him (354). He replies and gets 16,000 PadminI 
girls, and gives them to his friends as wives (355). 
Padmavati calls her companions, and gives them pi’esents. They 
rejoice (356). She then goes to Mahadeva’s temple and worships him 
(357). 
Night approaches. The bride and bridegroom meet again. 
Amorous talk. He challenges a fight. She prepares the artillery of 
her eyes, and calls on him to fight with an equal. She is a Queen and 
he a Yogi (358). He replies, ‘lam a Yogi who conquereth both in 
love and in war. I am both Hanuman and the god of love. A master 
of horses and of the lower lip. I wound my enemy with the sword, 
and thy heart also, &c., &c.’ (359). 
CANTO XXIV. 
The six Seasons and the t.welve Months. 
Spring ( Vasanta ) comes, a season of joy (360). The hot season 
( Grtsma ) (361). The rains (Pdvasa) (362). The autumn ( (farad ) 
