49. Thus therefore it must be known by both the wise and unwise, that all beings are destined to roll in their re-iterated rotations of pleasure and pain (according to the results of their prior merits and demerits); and that there is no power to change the ever changeful ordinances of unchanging destiny.
[CHAPTER CV.]
Metamorphoses of Kumbha to a female form.
Argument:—Kumbha's relation of her transformation to a woman by right, and her attachment to the prince.
SIKHIDWAJA said:—If such is the case, sir, that destiny over rules all events, why should you be sorry for aught that has befallen to you, knowing that you are a godson and knowing the knowable also.
2. Kumbha replied:—Hear, O prince, the wonderful accident that has befallen on me; and I will relate to you all that has happened to me in body.
3. The heart becomes light when its griefs are imparted to a friend, as the thickened gloominess of the cloudy atmosphere, is dissipated after discharge of its waters in rains.
4. The troubled mind is restored to its serenity, by its communication with a sincere friend, as the turbid waters of a jar is cleared by its being filtered with kata seeds.