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

226 and regretted, equally with Charoo, their approaching separation. ‘My beloved Charoo,’ said she, ‘I do not know how long I shall remain entombed in the ocean, nor how I am to be released from that position. Indra has, however, pledged his royal word that I shall not have to remain long there, but I cannot banish my doubts.’ Charoo was deeply affected at the excessive grief of Chitrangee, and he tried to soothe her by citing several moral examples and arguments. ‘My dearest love,’ said he, ‘do not give yourself up to grief. Consider the infinite power of God, who can do all things, and can devise means of relief when none are apparent to us, blind mortals as we are. Resign yourself, therefore, to Him; be hopeful and patient, and He will, in his own good time, bring about the completion of all we can desire. It is to Him alone that we should address ourselves in our misfortune.’ Charoo thus contrived to restore Chitrangee’s mind to some degree of tranquillity, and they then sat down together and partook of their usual repast. The whole of that day was spent by Chitrangee in bewailing her hard lot, and by Charoo in consoling her by trying to impart to her courage and patience; he also assured her that he would not rest a moment until she was emancipated from her dreadful condition. After supper they retired for the night as usual. Chitrangee, troubled and uneasy in her mind, thought of nothing but her coming fate, but at length she fell asleep, and, as before, remained inanimate. Charoo was very sanguine in the belief that he should succeed in devising means to regain his beloved and affectionate wife, though there were times when his heart wholly failed him as he contemplated the awful condition to which she was now reduced. He felt that he could not of himself be of any service to her,—it was from others that he must look for aid, and even that was an uncertainty, at the best; however, he offered up a long and earnest prayer for help and guidance to the Supreme Ruler of the universe. He slept not a wink that night, so great was his anxiety, and at dawn, when he rose, he found the city and all in it,