16. Then thou wilt say, tell me O good man, how this Vidúratha waxed so very rich, and possessed his forces as numerous as the waves of ocean; and what cause impelled him to rise against me.
17. The Minister will reply:—This lord has Lílá as his lady, who had won the favour of the fair goddess Sarasvatí; who is the supportress of the world, by her extreme devotion to her. (Sarasvatí is the goddess of wisdom and hand-maid of God. See Sir Wm. Jones’ prayer).
18. The benign goddess took this lady for her foster-daughter, and enabled her to achieve all her actions, and even obtain her liberation with ease. (Wisdom facilitates all human act).
19. It is by favour of this goddess, that this lady is able to annihilate thee at a single nod or word of hers; wherefore it is no difficult task to her to destroy thee all at once.
20. Sindhu then will answer him saying:—If what thou sayest is true, it is wondrous indeed, how then could the invincible Vidúratha come to be slain by me in warfare.
21. And why he being so highly favoured by the goddess, could not get the better of me in this combat (by slaying me with his hand).
22. The Minister will reply:—Because he always prayed the goddess with earnestness of his heart, to give him liberation from the cares and troubles of this world.
23. Now then, O lord, this goddess that knows the hearts of all men, and confers to all the objects of their desire, gave thee the victory thou didst seek, and conferred <on> him the liberation he sought by thy hands.
24. Sindhu then, will respond to it; saying:—If it is so, then I must ask, why the goddess did not confer the blessing of liberation on me also, that have been so earnestly devoted to her at all times.
25. The Minister will then say in his reply:—This goddess resides as intelligence in the minds of all men, and as conscience also in the hearts of all individual beings, and is known by the title of Sarasvatí to all.