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Canto VIII — The Message and Farewell
Canto VIII — The Message and Farewell
Canto VIII
Uttaramegha — The Arrival at Alaka

Canto VIII — The Message and Farewell

अष्टमः सर्गः

At last the yaksha speaks the message itself — alive, sleepless, four months remaining, the second-self image as proof — and dismisses the cloud with a benediction that he, too, may never be parted from his lightning-wife for even a moment.
Invoking the sacred fire...