17. His son Sindhuratha was the father of Sailaratha, and his son Kámaratha was father of Maháratha. 18. His son Vishnuratha was father of Nabhoratha, who gave birth to this my lord of handsome appearance. 19. He is renowned as Vidúratha, and is born with the great virtues of his sire, as the moon was produced of the milky ocean, to shed his ambrosial beams over his people. 20. He was begotten by his mother Sumitrá, as the god Guha of Gauri; and was installed in the realm at the tenth year of his age, owing to his father’s betaking himself to asceticism. 21. He has been ruling the realm since that time with justice; and your appearance here to night, betokens the blossoming of his good fortune. 22. O goddesses! whose presence is hard to be had, even by the merit of long devotion, and a hundred austerities, you see here the lord of the earth-famed Vidúratha, present before you. 23. He is highly blessed to-day by your favour. After saying these words, the minister remained silent with the lord of the earth. 24. They were sitting on the ground with their folded legs (padmásana), and clasped hands (kritánjali), and downcast looks; when the goddess of wisdom told the prince, to remember his former births, by her inspiration. 25. So saying, she touched his head with her hand, and immediately the dark veil of illusion and oblivion was dispersed from over the lotus of his mind. 26. It opened as a blossom by the touch of the genius of intelligence, and became as bright as the clear firmament, with the rays of his former reminiscence. 27. He remembered by his intelligence his former kingdom, of which he had been the sole lord, and recollected all his past sports with Lílá. 28. He was led away by the thoughts of the events of his past lives, as one is carried away by the current of waves, and reflected in himself, this world to be a magic sea of illusion. 29. He said: I have come to know this by the favour of the goddesses, but how is it that so many events have occurred to me in course of one day after my death. 30. Here I have passed full seventy years of my lifetime, and recollect to have done many works, and remember also to have seen my grand-sire. 31. I recollect the bygone days of my boyhood and youth, and I remember well all the friends and relatives and all the apparels and suite, that I had before. 32. The goddess replied:—Know O king! that after the fit of insensibility attending on your death was over, your soul continued to remain in the vacuum of the same place, of which you are still a resident. 33. This royal pavilion, where you think yourself to abide, is situated in the vacuous space, within the house of the Bráhman in that hilly district. 34. It is inside that house that you see the appearances of your other abodes present before you: and it was in that Bráhmana’s house, that you devoted your life to my worship.