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

213 conversing until a late hour in the evening, when they retired to rest. “Four months soon slipped by, and still Charoo remained at Chitrakoot, in the enjoyment of every pleasure in its highest perfection. One day, while seated with his beloved Chitrangee, he observed that the palace in which they lived had seven stories. He had not noticed this before; he therefore desired Chitrangee to show them to him. She accordingly took him to the first of the upper stories, which was decorated with costly materials and splendid furniture of the greatest rarity. She then led him into another, and so on to the last. In each he found much to admire and a great deal to enquire about. When they came to the seventh story, Charoo saw a large bherry* lying in a corner, and he asked Chitrangee to allow him to play on it. She, however, begged of him not to do so, saying that if the sound reached Indra's court, his majesty would instantly send for her. Charoo, regardless of this advice, took the sticks and began to play. Immediately after the sound had died away, a messenger arrived from the Amravutty,† intimating to Chitrangee that his majesty remembered her, and commanded her to attend forthwith at his royal mansion. She had no alternative but to obey; so she at once ordered her trumpeters and attendants to get ready. She then proceeded to her own apartment, and, having arrayed herself in her finest apparel, informed Charoo that she was going to Indra's palace, he having sent for her, owing to the sounding of the drum. ‘I know,’ said she, ‘that he has sent for me to sing and dance before him, so I must go without demur. You will remain here until I return. I shall soon be back.’ Charoo disliked being left alone, and expressed a desire to accompany her, but Chitrangee advised him not to present himself at the court of Indra, as she feared something might happen to cause * A kettle-drum. † The paradise of Indra.