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Udyana Veena
When the King of Vatsa played Veena, in their despair, heard this voice coming from the air, “I, O king, am a female Vidyadhara named Mayavati, and for this long time I have been a female elephant in consequence of a curse; and to-day, O Lord of Vatsa, I have done you a good turn, and I will do another to your son that is to be: and this queen of yours, Vasavadatta, is not a mere mortal; she is a goddess for a certain cause incarnate on the earth.”Then the king regained his spirits, and sent on Vasantaka to the plateau of the Vindhya hills to announce his arrival to his ally Pulindaka; and as he was himself journeying along slowly on foot with his beloved he was surrounded by brigands, who sprang out from an ambuscade. Udayana, with only his bow to help him, slew one hundred and five of them before the eyes of Vasavadatta. At the same time, the king’s ally Pulindaka came up, together with Yaugandharayana, Vasantaka showing them the way. The King of the Bheels ordered the surviving brigands to desist, and after prostrating himself before the King of Vatsa, conducted him with his beloved to his own village....Read Kathamukha...Sivkishen Ji, Author