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and embraced her again. Just then the queen came back to forgive her husband and accept his apologies. She heard his voice and decided to sneak up on him from behind and put her arms around his neck. But then she overheard the other two and realized that they were in love. The king fell at her feet, but the queen had Sagarika imprisoned—until she was identified (through the necklace) as the princess Ratnavali. Then Vasava·datta adorned Ratnavali with her own ornaments, took her hand, and joined it with the king’s.

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The Lady who Shows her Love

King Udayana, married to Queen Vasava·datta, was supposed to take as his second wife the princess Priya·darshika, but before the wedding could take place, Priya·darshika’s father (Vasava·datta’s uncle) had been deposed, and in the ensuing chaos Priya·darshika went into hiding under the name of Aranyika (“The Lady of the Jungle”). Vasava·datta, not knowing who Aranyika was, took her into her service, but the king fell in love with her. The queen, worried that she had lost the king’s affections, decided to stage a play about herself and king Udayana.

Aranyika was to play the queen, while their friend Mano·rama was to play the king. But Mano·rama, without Aranyika’s knowledge, colluded with the jester so that the king took Mano·rama’s place and Aranyika and the king could make love right under the queen’s eyes. Vasava·datta gave Aranyika the ornaments from her body, and she gave Mano·rama the ornaments that Vasava·datta’s father had given the king at their marriage. The king met Mano·rama, ________