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possessed by inexperienced youths. "My son," said he, “ is yet

a child, and he knows only how to sleep and rise again lo play.

Be thou, therefore, such a guide to him that he may not come lo

ruin.”

Viranarayana from his very childhood was a naughty and

unmanageable boy, and Vågbhala, convinced of this, could

not find it in his heart to hold out the language of drained hope

to his dying and beloved brother, “My dear brother,” said he,

as the tears rushed down his cheeks, "you know that no one is

able to avert what is to happen. As for myself, I will serve the

prince as faithfully and as diligently as ever I have served you,"

Scarcely had Vågbhala finished his speech when the king

breathed his last,

When Vîranåråyana came of age, a marriage was arranged

between him and the daughter of the Kachhavaha prince of Jaya

pur, and he set out for Amarapur (Amber), the capital of

the Kachhavâha. On the way Viranarayana and his party

were pursued by Jalalud-din, and had to turn back to

Ranathambhor without being able to marry the Jayapurāni,

Here a greaț battle ensued but neither party obtained the adavan-

tage. Jalalud-din saw that it would be difficult to conquer

Viranarayana on the field, and therefore determined to

on trap him into his power by stratag.... For the present, there-

fore, he returned to his country; but after some days he sent a

very flattering message to Viranarayana through one of his

most trusted servants. The messenger represented to Virana-

rayana that he and Jalalud-din were the sun and moon in the

surrounding starry heaven of kings, and that his master, ex-

tremely pleased with the gallantry displayed by the prince in the

late war and sought his friendship. He also represented how good

it would be if they both lived in harmony and saw each other

frequently; how strong they both would be by this alliance,

which would be like the union of wind with fire, and which would