KADAMBAR. 879. tter collecting his victims went away. I was then oppressed by a mighty thirst and made for the lake, stumbling at every step, At that very time Harita, the son of Jabali, came past on his way to bathe in the lake. Seeing my plight, he pitied me, took me to the lake and with his own lhand forcing a few drops of water into my mouth, brought life back to me. After Harta had bathed and worshipped the setting sun, he brought me to the hormitage of Jabali, who looked at me and said He is reap ing the fruit of his own misconduct. All his disciples besought xplain what these words meant. He dismissed them to perform their evening devotions and when they again gathered und him, he began. Jabali (whom the parrot reports to Shdraka) speaks. In Ujjayin, there ruled a king named Tarpda, who, placing the responsibilty of government on his Brahmapa minist er Sukanasa devoted himself to many exercises and pleasures. To fill his cup of happiness to the brim, only one thing was wantingHe had no on, His queen was vilasavats. One day the found her lying on her couch plunged in deep grief. When to his inquiries she gave no reply, her favourite attendant told the king that, going to worship Malhakala on the 14th day of the month, she had heard the priests in the temple recite those pain ful words of the Mahabharata that there is no heaven for the 5Onless. The king said to vilasavat that all things that happen to mortals are the rosults of their actions in past lives, asked her to be firm and righteons and comforted her with the words that a virtuous life is bound to bring its own reward . The king once Baw in a dream in the early morning the full moon entering into the body of his queen Vilasavati as she lay asleep on the terrace of the palace. Rising he sent for Sukanasa and told his dreamSukanasa too had a dream in which he saw a Brahmana of noble bearing, place a lotn8 (Pundarika ) in the lap of his wife, Manorama. Sukanasa knew that dreams seen in the early moring never deceive and cheered the king and queen with the prediction that a son would be born to them In course of time, Vilasavati gave birth to a son. The whole city, from the king to the peasant, went in for a round of pleasures and rjoicings. About the same time Manorama bore 3 son to Sukanasa. As suggested by the dreamthe king's son
