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

133 that had befallen them since they left the palace, and with their present situation, as also with the nature of the oath that had been exchanged between them, and which was the cause of their elopement. King Soomunt immediately set about doing as he was desired, and wrote the letter, in which he dwelt at some length on the sufferings and hard- ships both himself and Malattee had undergone ere they had finally arrived at their present state of happiness, and respectfully, but in very forcible terms, pleaded their youth and the ardour of their love in extenuation of the indiscre- tion they had committed in leaving the palace, at the same time expressing deep regret for the consequent uneasiness and alarm they had caused their respective parents; he also affectionately and earnestly besought their forgiveness, more particularly that of his mother. When Soomunt had finished the letter, and sealed it, he despatched it by a trusty officer, and directed him to use all haste in delivering it to the king his uncle. When the officer arrived at the city, he went directly to the palace, and, having disclosed his mission, he was immediately taken before the king (Malattee’s father). The officer prostrated himself before the monarch in the usual manner, and, after a short speech of deference and respect, presented the letter. The king perused it, and was much pleased with the eloquent and masterly style in which it was written; he immediately sent for his sister, and read it over again to her. In doing so, he paid a just compliment to her son by extolling his qualifications and merit in the highest possible terms. “The receipt of the intelligence contained in Soomunt’s letter naturally enough caused much joy, and to none more so than the widowed Shoodhamutty, whose happiness in learning that her son was living and in the enjoyment of good fortune and power, was indeed indescribable. So great was also the king’s joy, that he ordered the intelligence to be published abroad, lest he should be overpowered with it by locking it up within his own bosom. ‘It would be too much,’ thought he, ‘so I must even share it.’