49. It is by virtue of our great merit, that she has presented herself to our sight, and brought us back from other worlds to your presence in this place.
50. Hearing this, the lotus-eyed king, rose from his seat, and with pendant wreaths of flowers and a strap of cloth hung about his neck, prostrated himself at her feet.
51. He exclaimed:—I hail thee, O divine Sarasvatí! that dost confer all blessings on mankind. Deign to confer on me the blessings of understanding and riches with a long life.
52. As he was saying so, the goddess touched him with her hand and said, “be thou my son, possessed of thy desired blessings, and gain thy blessed abode in future.
53. “Let all evils and evil thoughts be far from thee, and all thy discomforts be dispersed from this place; let an everlasting joy alight in thine hearts, and a thick population fill thy happy realm. May all prosperity attend on thee for ever.”
CHAPTER LIX.
Extinction of Padma’s Life.
Argument. Great joy on the King’s return to Life. His Government of the kingdom and his final Liberation.
Vasishtha said:—“Be it so,” said Sarasvatí and disappeared in the air; and the people rose in the morning with their revivified king.
2. He embraced the renascent Lílá, who embraced him in her turn, and they were exceeding glad in their coming to life again.
3. The palace was filled with loud acclamations of joy as those of giddy revelry: and the citizens were full of mirth and merry, song and music.