Then spake the King Sudarsana's sons, "We have heard every word, and are
delighted; it fell out just as we wished."
"I rejoice thereat, my Princes," said Vishnu-Sarman; "may it also fall
out according to this my wish--
"Lakshmi give you friends like these!
Lakshmi keep your lands in ease!
Set, your sovereign thrones beside,
Policy, a winsome bride!
And He, whose forehead-jewel is the moon
Give peace to us and all--serene and soon."
[3] Used in many religious observances by the Hindoos.
[4] Heaven, earth, and the lower regions.
[5] The Hindoo accounts for the origin of evil by this theory of a
series of existences continued until the balance is just, and the soul
has purified itself. Every fault must have its expiation and every
higher faculty its development; pain and misery being signs of the
ordeals in the trial, which is to end in the happy re-absorption of the
emancipated spirit.
[6] The mouse, as vehicle of Gunesh, is an important animal in Hindoo
legend.
[7] The champak is a bushy tree, bearing a profusion of star-like
blossoms with golden centres, and of the most pleasing perfume.
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