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II.] "Queen Adunā fell on the earth, crying alas! alas!

"Her lamentations would have melted a stone.

"The citizens assembled and began to shed tears for their king's departure.

"Children, old men, youths, and women all began to weep.

"The very ocean seemed to move in surging waves, at the sight of the sorrow of the Queen.

"The horses and elephants wept silently in the stables.

"The birds 'Çārī' and 'Çuka' wept in their cages and would not touch their food.

"The maidens who attended on the Queen began loudly to lament.

"The Queen herself threw away her ornaments.