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Vaisampayana continued, "Thus addressed, O great king, by the Rishi, Yudhishthira of great fame then said, 'O holy one, I desire to listen to the rules about that charity which is meritorious. "Markandeya said, 'O great king, O Yudhishthira, the rules about charity which thou wishest to hear from me are always highly regarded by me.
And thereupon the king said: "O my mistress, do what seemeth fit to thee, and what thou wishest; for I will comply with thy desire in all that thou wilt do." And the damsel said: "Know, O King of the age, that we walk in the sea with our eyes open, and see what is in it, and we see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the sky as on the face of the earth, and this hurteth us not.
The words that I shall speak, will, O Janamejaya, be conducive to thy pleasure. I shall narrate to thee the story of the investiture of Kumara and the prowess of that high-souled one, since, O ruler of men thou wishest to hear it! In days of yore the vital seed of Maheshvara coming out, fell into a blazing fire.
'Choose thou, chieftain, said she, 'whether I shall open unto thee without announcing thee, or whether I shall tell her that rules here that thou wishest to enter. 'Say that I am here, said Perceval. 'And if she will not house me for the night, then will I go forward.
Then, recovering himself with a sudden effort, "Friend," said he, "how long have I been in thy hut?" "Three days." "Three days lost!" "Three days hast thou lain unconscious." "Hast thou a horse to sell me?" "Thou wishest to go?" "At once." "I have neither horse nor carriage, little father. Where the Tartar has passed there remains nothing!" "Well, I will go on foot to Omsk to find a horse."
"How!" said Peter; "hast thou translated the works of the mighty Dafydd?" "With notes critical, historical and explanatory." "Come with us, friend," said Peter. "I cannot promise such a dinner as thou wishest, but neither pipe nor fiddle shall be wanting." "Come with us, young man," said Winifred, "even as thou art, and the daughters of Wales shall bid thee welcome."
The king is always overflowing with mercy, and thou, too, art constantly putting obstacles in my way from a childish sense of virtue! Having said these words, Vrikodara, with his crescent-shaped arrow, shaved the hair of the prince's head, heaving five tufts in as many places. Jayadratha uttered not a word at this. Then Vrikodara, addressing the foe said, 'If thou wishest to live, listen to me.
I arose from my seat. ‘I am the cause of all this,’ said I, ‘by my folly and imprudence, and it is thus I have returned your kindness and hospitality; I will depart from you and wander my way.’ I was retiring, but Peter sprang up and detained me. ‘Go not,’ said he, ‘you were not in fault; if there be any fault in the case it was mine; if I suffer, I am but paying the penalty of my own iniquity’; he then paused, and appeared to be considering: at length he said, ‘Many things which thou hast seen and heard connected with me require explanation; thou wishest to know my tale, I will tell it thee, but not now, not to-night; I am too much shaken.’
If thou canst act according to those counsels, thou mayst yet obtain vast wealth, indeed, thy kingdom and kingly power and great prosperity. If thou likest it, O king, tell me, for then I shall speak to thee of that policy. ""The king said, 'Tell me, O holy one, what thou wishest to say. I am willing to hear and act according to thy counsels.
In fact, I do not wish to be restored to the status of manhood, O Vasava. Hearing this answer, Indra once more asked her, saying, 'Why is it, O puissant one, that abandoning the status of manhood thou wishest that of womanhood? Questioned thus, that foremost of monarchs transformed into a woman answered, 'In acts of congress, the pleasure that women enjoy is always much greater than what is enjoyed by men.
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