विक्रम चरित (उज्जैन सम्राट् विक्रमादित्य - पराक्रम, न्याय एवं ३२ पुतलियों की कथा सटीक)

99 presence, and received with due respect. He presented the letter from King Bulsain, which King Bhudrasain proceeded carefully to read. When he came to the conclud- ing part, where his son's wife's sufferings were briefly related, he shed tears of repentance; nevertheless, he rejoiced that no serious injury had befallen her. He forgot all past grief in his present joy; so, rising with a radiant face, his eyes beaming with pleasure, he proceeded into the apartment of the queen, his wife,—who had barely got over the double grief, if we may so say, of the loss of her dear and only son and the perfidy of his wife,—and acquainted her with the joyful intelligence that had reached him. She was so much affected with the alternation from extreme sorrow to equal joy, that for a time she seemed stupified; at last she collected her scattered thoughts, and was, in some degree capable of appreciating the extent of her new-found happiness. The king, after communicating the intelligence to the queen, proceeded to meet his long-lost and providentially-restored offspring. On his approach, King Bulsain, his grandson, alighted to pay his devoirs to his grandsire, and they embraced each other affectionately. Then Prince Soorsain approached his father, and prostrated himself at the feet of the aged Bhudrasain. This was indeed a moment of the most exquisite pleasure to Bhudrasain;—to have for his offspring two of the handsomest and most accomplished princes that could be found in those days, caused him to weep with extacy. They then mounted their horses and returned to the city, where they were received with accla- mation by the populace. The king led his children to the palace, together with the princess his daughter-in-law and her adopted child, whose age, it will be remembered, corresponded with that of King Bulsain. The queen, now quite recovered from the sudden indisposition caused by the unexpected arrival of her children, made her appearance also among them, and might be seen, equally with the king, engaged in the mutual exchange of kind offices. Her daughter-in-law prostrated herself at her feet, and looked