he gladdened Bandhumati, as the full moon gladdens the lovely water of

the ocean. Then Mahipala, on whom her father had already devolved the burden of the kingdom, enjoyed as a king desired pleasures with her.

When prince Naravahanadatta, the son of the king of Vatsa, had heard in the company of his wife, from the mouth of his, minister Marubhuti, this matchless romantic story, pleasing on account of its picture of affection, he was exceedingly pleased.