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Suta said, “When the intelligent son of Bhrgu had questioned Sudharma, who was filled with grief and joy, she explained everything to him”. Sudharma said, “In the region of Surastra there is a great and famous city called Devata. My husband, Somakanta, lived there and ruled the kingdom. He was very proud, munificent, courageous, mighty and heroic, possessed innumerable troops and was a destroyer of the kingdom’s enemies. He performed sacrifices, was most handsome, of regal splendour, and made his friends very happy. The King was discriminating in all his duties and proficient in the treatises on political conduct. For a long time, excellent Brahmin, the King enjoyed his own domain, a position attained due to the ripening of earlier good karmas. Accompanied by his two ministers, he has come to this forest. Since he has presented the kingdom to our son, I have been wandering here and following him. I have come here with two ministers named Subala and Jnanagamya.
Having received the King’s permission, those two went into the forest in search of food. I understand that cooked food is ample nourishment for the poor and for a prosperous king also, although there is not so much nourishment in cooked food alone. When he was in the company of the Brahmins, he did not find pleasure in oily, sweet, acidic, salty or bitter food, so now the King verily enjoys foods like fruits, roots and tubers of sour and harsh flavors. Raksasas, spirits, ghosts, birds and beasts of various kinds terrify us here. I don’t know why they haven’t killed us. I cannot bear to feel the King’s misery, yet I am standing here before him. Nor can I see an end to his unhappiness or to his bad karma. He used to sleep in a soft bed which was heavenly, but now you can see on his body the dilapidation caused by time.
His many kinds of lovely perfumes used to fragrance all the directions, but now he smells bad and is smeared with purulent blood. Surrounded by Brahmins, the King was immersed in an ocean of bliss, but now he is covered by worms and is sunk in an ocean of misery. I don’t know how we will cross over this ocean, son of Bhrgu. Like a boat on the deep-sea rescues those who are drowning, you must be that boat and help save my husband.”
“JAYA JAYA GANESHA JAYA JAYA VIGNESHA JAYA JAYA ANGUSESHA”
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R. HARISHANKAR