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

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never forget. You seem to have great influence with his
majesty : use it now in my behalf. All I want is nine
days for completing my vow. I also desire that his majesty
will be pleased to order the necessary preparations for the
occasion, and direct the chief priest of his household to
prepare for the vrut, in accordance with our law. Lose no
time, good mother, but go quickly and submit my requests
to his majesty, and intercede for me.' The deluded Sham-
bae returned to the king, and communicated to him all that
Moheeny had said ; at the same time she besought him to
have patience, and to grant Moheeny's request ; adding
that there was no fear of her escaping, as she was strictly
confined within his palace, and carefully watched. The
king unwillingly consented, and retired to sleep. Next
morning he directed a temporary shed to be erected, beau-
tifully and richly ornamented, and, having summoned the
priests and worshipped the deity, as was the custom, the
brahmins and other devout persons were sumptuously feasted
for the space of nine days. On the ninth day, towards the
close of the ceremony, Moheeny, according to the direction
of the chief priest, worshipped the deity, and then, clasping
her hands together, she addressed it thus :—‘ O goddess !
I know thee to be the principal maker of the universe ; the
hermits and sages are perpetually thinking of thee ;
Brahma* is unable to recount thy invisible power ! How
then can I, with my profane tongue, praise thee as I ought ?
People born blind are restored to sight if thou but lookest on
them ; the lame are made to walk, the idiot restored to
sense, and the dumb made to speak ! Thy compassion is
great beyond measure ! If thou pleasest thou canst imme-
diately change pebbles into precious stones ; therefore the
devotees engage in the profoundest and most abstract
contemplation of thee. Hermits are absorbed in the medita-
tion of thy goodness ; the pious and learned are continually

• The first of the Hindoo Triad, or the form of the deity as crea-
  tor of the universe.