Accordingly while the king of Vatsa was remaining in that Vinclhya forest, the warder o king Chandamahasena came to him. And when he arrived, he did oheisance to the king and spoke as follows: The king Chanda- mahasena sends you this message. You did rightly in carrying off Vasava- datta yourself, for I had brought you to my court with this very object ; and the reason I did not myself give her to you, while you Avere a prisoner, was, that I feared, if I did so, you might not be well disposed towards me. Now, O king, I ask you to wait a little, in order that the marriage of my daughter may not be performed without due ceremonies. For my son Gopalaka will soon arrive in your court, and he will celebrate with appro- priate ceremonies the marriage of that sister of his. This message the warder brought to the king of Vatsa, and said various things to Yasava- datta. Then the king of Vatsa, being pleased, determined on going to Kausambi with Yasavadatta, who was also in high spirits. He told his ally Pulindaka, and that warder in the service of his father-in-law to await, where they were, the arrival of Gopalaka, and then to come with him to Kausambi. Then the great king set out early the next day for his own city with the queen Vasavadatta, followed by huge elephants raining streams of ichor, that seemed like moving peaks of the Yindhya range accompanying him out of affection ; he was, as it were, praised by the earth, that outdid the compositions of his minstrels, while it rang with the hoofs of his horses and the tramplings of his soldiers ; and by means of the tower- ing clouds of dust from his army, that ascended to heaven, he made Indra J'ear that the mountains were sporting with unshorn wings.* Then the king reached his country in two or three days, and rested one night in a palace belonging to Human vat ; and on the next day, accompanied by his beloved, he enjoyed after a long absence the great delight of entering Kausambi, the people of which were eagerly looking with uplifted i for his approach. And then that city was resplendent as a . wil'e. her lord having returned after a long abse .ning her adornment and auspi- cious bathing vicariously by means of her women ; and there the citizens, their sorrow now at an end, beheld the king of Yatsa accompanied by his bride, as peacocks behold a cloud accompanied by lightning ;fand the wives of the citizens standing on the tops of the palaces, filled the heaven with their

• Alluding to Indra'.- having cut tin 1 wiii^s of the mountains,

f The i" :il'<>vl arc d. li-ht. d at tin- approach of the rainy season, when row tonics to :in end.