And he assigned to him as advisers the sons of his own ministers, Vusantaka

and Rinnan vat and Yaugandharayana. Then a rain of flowers fell, and a celestial voice was heard " By the help of these excellent ministers, the prince shall obtain dominion over the whole earth." Then the king devolved on his son the cares of empire, and enjoyed in the society of Mri- gavati the long-desired pleasures of the world. At last the desire of earthly enjoyment, beholding suddenly that old age, the harbinger of composure had readied the root of the lung's ear,* became enraged and fled far from him. Then that king Sahasranika established in his throne his excellent son Udayana,f whom the subjects loved so well, to ensure the world's pros, perity, and accompanied by his ministers, and his beloved wife, ascended the Himalaya to prepare for the last great journey.

Then Udayana took the kingdom of Vatsa, which his father had be- queathed to him, and, establishing himself in Kausambi, ruled his subjects well. But gradually he began to devolve the cares of empire upon his ministers, Yaugandharayana and others, and gave himself up entirely to pleasures. He was continually engaged in the chase, and day and night he played on the melodious lute which VasukiJ gave him long ago ; and he subdued evermore infuriated wild elephants, overpowered by the fascinating spell of its strings' dulcet sound, and, taming them, brought them home. That king of Vatsa drank wine adorned by the reflection of the moon-faces of fair women, and at the same time robbed his minister's faces of their cheerful hue. Only one anxiety had he to bear, he kept thinking, " No- where is a wife found equal to me in birth and personal appearance, the maiden named Yasavadatta alone has a liking for me, but how is she to be obtained ?" Chandamahasena also in Ujjayini thought ; " There is no suit- able husband to be found for my daughter in the world, except one Udayana by name, and he has ever been my enemy. Then how can I make him my

• Alluding to his grey hairs. In all eastern stories tho appi'aramv of the first

grey hair is a momentous epoch. The point of the whole passage consists in the 1'aet that jard, old age, is feminine in form. t There is a pun between the name of the king Udayana and prosperity (itdaya). J Not VYisuki, but his eldest brother. Ch hdi/d means "colour ;" ho drank their colour, /.<., madr them pair. It also means "reflection in the wine."