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not, 0 king, that there were but a sheep # and a jackal within thy heart. 
Not one kaori of sense hast thou in thy body. 302. (Thy mother) be¬ 
cause she is a widow, wisheth to make her daughter-in-law a widow too. 
Even if my husband pass her house, (jealously) doth she turn her eyes 
upon him.” 
The King spake. 
803. “ Ha ! thou daughter of a vile one ; thou hast abused my mother. 
I might have stayed a few days, but I will go to-morrow.” 304. He 
could not bear the childishness of the damsel, and so the fair king went to 
the place of audience. 305. (There was a grove) of twelve supari trees 
and thirteen tdl trees, and in its shade sat the king’s son. 306. The 
brahmans and the relations all sat in a row, and Bir Simh, his Bhandari, 
gave him the accounts of the kingdom. 307. On a golden seat sat Maya- 
na with her feet on a silver stool. The Lady Mayana went to the audience 
of her good son. 308. The full cutcherry hummed with the noise of the 
crowd, and there the fair Mayana stood. 309. When the king saw his 
mother, he made obeisance ; as he made obeisance, he tied his cloth around 
his neck. 
Mayana' spake. 
310. “ Long live the widow’s son. May Dharma bless him. May 
the years of his life be many as the sands of the sea. 311. I thought the 
widow’s son had gone to be a pilgrim ; but lo, till to-day he is here with 
his fair wife. 312. The Satya Yuga is passed, we are in the second Yuga, 
the third Yuga will come. But in the Kali Yuga sons will marry early. 
313. The Kali era is a foul era, and hath now approached. Each sitteth 
alone and enjoyeth another’s wealth. 314. Kings will no longer do jus¬ 
tice in their kingdom, and sons will no longer offer sacrifices for their 
fathers. 315. Wives will no longer be faithful to their husbands. Pupils 
will no longer reverence their teachers. 316. Behold, four miscreants 
went to destruction. 317. The miscreant who doth not reverence his 
teacher, him even jackals will not eat. Even crows will not touch the body 
of a Vaishnava. 318. Let a miscreant be cast into fire and he becometh 
dust and ashes. Let him float upon the water and he becometh food for 
fishes. 319. He is buried beneath the earth and he becometh food for 
worms. No where do I see salvation for a miscreant.” 
The burden of her song. 
320. “ My darling blue lotus, how canst thou become an eremite P Men 
will say there goeth one who hath no mother.” 321. The king made up 
his mind to be a pilgrim, and at a cross-road his queen began to weep. 
* I, e. That your heart contained nothing but cowardice and treachery. 
