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

in company with any one, and let all this be accomplished . by the middle of the day. The vemon* will then descend from heaven, with instruments sounding to welcome your arrival at the gates of Paradise, and the assembly of Indra will bear you company. Return quickly home, and perform all I have directed you to do." Upon hearing these consoling words, and the promise of being taken up to heaven, she retraced her steps with hope and great joy, after having prostrated herself a second time before the idol, and poured out a flood of enraptured thoughts, and expressions of her willingness to act as she had been bidden. On her arrival home she set about distributing her riches, which consisted of money, jewels, horses, cattle, and all the other paraphernalia of a prosperous household. She gave all these to the beggars and brahmins who had crowded round her residence when her resolution to give all she possessed in charity had become known, and she was quite elated with the idea that in return for all this sacrifice she was to be translated to heaven. Those who profited by the benevo- lence of the woman were one and all loud in their praise of her person and her proficiency in singing, which had enabled her to amass together so large a fortune as was then displayed to their wondering eyes. She was quite gratified at what she heard, and frequently said, by way of replying to these encomiums, "If I merely bestow a small portion of my wealth or goods in alms, I shall receive double for it from Indra, when I shall have the opportunity, which I am in a fair way of securing, of delighting him with my songs," little dreaming, poor deluded being, that the parrot had even then commenced his revenge for what she had done and had meditated doing. After having parted with all she possessed, and the day also having drawn to a close, she retired for the night, and prepared by sound and refreshing sleep for the fatigues of the morrow. In the morning she rose betimes, and, securing the attendance of a barber, as she had been directed the previous day, set out to the temple,

• A celestial self-moving car.