68. The loving pair then lay themselves down, and rolled upon their snow white bed of flowers; as when Mandara mountain, rolled about and churned the Milky ocean.
69. They passed their bridal night in mutual caresses and conversation on topics of love, and the live long night glided before them as a few moments only.
[CHAPTER CVII.]
The advent of false Indra in the cottage of the happy pair.
Argument.—The travels of the pair, and their meeting the false Indra, and their call to Heaven.
NOW as the orient sun, gilded the world with his golden rays; the queen consort of Sikhidhwaja, changed her form of Madaniká to that of the Bráhman boy Kumbha.
2. She stood confest as such before her friend, sitting in the cavern of Mandara, where they lived in conjugal union together, as a pair of sylvan deities by night.
3. They roved about in the daytime, amidst the sylvan forests and amongst the trees and plants loaded with fruits, and flowers of various hues.