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

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both feel—myself and the companion of my travels, my
bosom friend—at this unexpected and delightful interview
with you. We trust it may tend to secure your happiness,
and that of your humble servants now before you.' He
then entered into a brief history of himself and the prince,
and communicated all that it was desirable to do. The
princess, after hearing the whole, addressed them thus:—
'Prince Sewdass, and you, good Hurridass, behold before
you an unfortunate virgin, the offspring of noble parents,
who are at present residing toward the south, at a place
called Single Dwip. I am called Moheeny. The giant you
have slain decoyed me from home, and then forcibly con-
veyed me hither. I fainted as he carried me away in his
monstrous and fiendish arms, and when I came to my senses
I found myself incarcerated in this dreary cavern. 'To add
to my grief, the monster endeavoured by every means to
make me love him. I have been here for some days, and
as I constantly remained in my own apartment of the cave,
he never once asked me to share his bed. How lucky for
me has it proved that you chanced to journey this way,
and have thus been the means of saving me from ruin and
death! I was suddenly awakened, during the encounter of
the prince with the giant, by a loud shriek, which filled me
with great fear. I sallied forth from my apartment, and,
from the summit of the rock, witnessed the combat. The
joy I experienced at the fall of the giant I cannot well
express.' Saying this, she advanced towards the prince,
and threw herself at his feet, but he raised her again imme-
diately. She then approached Hurridass with the same
intention, but he begged her to forbear. Both the prince
and Hurridass were deeply moved at the recital of her tale:
while they admired her beauty and accomplishments, they
pitied her cruel fate.
"Things were not, however, to remain thus long. She
felt that she could no longer smother her passion for the
prince. It must be divulged. She could not refrain from
commending his valour, and extolling him above all the
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