विक्रम चरित (उज्जैन सम्राट् विक्रमादित्य - पराक्रम, न्याय एवं ३२ पुतलियों की कथा सटीक)

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presence, and received with due respect. He presented
the letter from King Bulsain, which King Bhudrasain
proceeded carefully to read. When he came to the conclud-
ing part, where his son's wife's sufferings were briefly related,
he shed tears of repentance; nevertheless, he rejoiced that
no serious injury had befallen her. He forgot all past grief
in his present joy; so, rising with a radiant face, his eyes
beaming with pleasure, he proceeded into the apartment of
the queen, his wife,—who had barely got over the double
grief, if we may so say, of the loss of her dear and only son
and the perfidy of his wife,—and acquainted her with the
joyful intelligence that had reached him. She was so much
affected with the alternation from extreme sorrow to equal
joy, that for a time she seemed stupified; at last she collected
her scattered thoughts, and was, in some degree capable of
appreciating the extent of her new-found happiness. The
king, after communicating the intelligence to the queen,
proceeded to meet his long-lost and providentially-restored
offspring. On his approach, King Bulsain, his grandson,
alighted to pay his devoirs to his grandsire, and they
embraced each other affectionately. Then Prince Soorsain
approached his father, and prostrated himself at the feet of
the aged Bhudrasain. This was indeed a moment of the
most exquisite pleasure to Bhudrasain;—to have for his
offspring two of the handsomest and most accomplished
princes that could be found in those days, caused him to
weep with extacy. They then mounted their horses and
returned to the city, where they were received with accla-
mation by the populace. The king led his children to the
palace, together with the princess his daughter-in-law and
her adopted child, whose age, it will be remembered,
corresponded with that of King Bulsain. The queen, now
quite recovered from the sudden indisposition caused by
the unexpected arrival of her children, made her appearance
also among them, and might be seen, equally with the king,
engaged in the mutual exchange of kind offices. Her
daughter-in-law prostrated herself at her feet, and looked