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

210 perhaps gain some information which would enable him to find her. Charoo sincerely thanked the hermit, and after- receiving his blessing, set out again towards Himonchul. When he arrived at the summit of the hill, he did not pause until he had reached the Vur tree occupied by the royal birds. He was again received by them as before, with welcome and kind regard ; they addressed him as an old friend and acquaintance. The disconsolate Charoo, after the usual salutations and a due acknowledgment of their invaluable aid and kind solicitude, informed them of all that had occurred to him since he had been last with them, and dwelt long on the painful loss of his beautiful and much-loved wife. The birds deeply sympathised with him, and desired him to moderate his grief, offering at the same time every assistance in their power to lessen the weight of his affliction. They voluntarily offered to transport him to the Chitrakoot mountain, and said that they would wait his convenience and pleasure in bringing him back. Charoo was highly pleased, and in some degree restored to composure by so much civility and kindness, and he unfeignedly thanked them, in suitable terms. “ The following day, one of the birds went as usual for their food, taking with him the widowed Charoo, whom he conveyed safely to Chitrakoot, and before leaving him asked him whether he wished to return that day, or to remain on the mountain, so that he might call for him on his way home if necessary. Charoo replied that he did not know when he would be ready to return. ‘I fear, however,’ said he, ‘that when I wish to do so I shall be unable to find you.’ The bird told him not to be apprehensive on that account, for that they called there about noon every day, on their way to and from the celestial regions, and that when he felt inclined to return he need only come and wait there, and he would surely meet with one or other of them. Charoo thanked the friendly bird, and after having taken leave of him, proceeded to the town. He went into the same street in which he had exchanged the merchants'