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

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there ; and on the princes and nobles he bestowed ornaments,
apparel, elephants, horses, and other costly articles; in a word,
he treated them with profuse liberality, and feasted them
with great magnificence. Before they parted, the religious
men bestowed their blessings on the king, and the princes
and nobles made professions of never-dying friendship and
gratitude. Thus ended the great sacrificial day.
Bhutty and Somedut no sooner became possessed of the
parrot than they commenced their homeward journey, and
did not slacken their pace until they reached Oojein, some
few days after. In the evening, after dark, Bhutty took the
parrot in his hand and went into the apartment of the
queen (Vickramadetea's wife) without the knowledge of the
wicked Koobjuck the usurper, and informed her in a few
words of his object in visiting her at such an unusual hour.
On hearing the welcome intelligence of the near presence
of her lord and master, she was transported with joy. She
requested him to acquaint her with the particulars of his
visit to the court of Gopichund, the renowned monarch. It
was indeed affecting to witness the eager inquiry which
marked every feature of the queen, and the intense interest
with which she listened to the minister; and how much the
more when she found that her lord, in the guise of the
parrot, still retained the use of his speech!—for he entered
into a relation of all that had happened to him since he
first set out from his palace. Great was the affection she
displayed towards the parrot,—her humble demeanour
towards him was exactly that of a loving wife to her husband.
At the end of the relation she addressed herself thus to the
bird:—"My lord and husband!—will you be pleased to
instruct me how I can help you to regain your own body?
The space of six months which I have demanded at the
hands of the wicked Koobjuck, before I admit him into my
apartment, will expire to-morrow, and he has promised to
show me then the miracle of transmigration. He has not,
since the day on which he vainly strove by every means at
his command to make me subservient to his pleasure, held