Note 5 — Chapter CXIX

When Muktáphaladhvaja heard this speech of hers, and could not see her, he fell into a state which was painful from the contending emotions of joy and despondency; and he said to her, “Princess, my former birth has returned to my recollection, and so I recognised you, as soon as I saw you, for you still wear your old body, but as you saw me when I was dwelling in my Vidyádhara5 body, how can you recognise me, now that I am in a mortal body? So I must certainly abandon this accursed frame.” When he had said this, he remained silent, and his beloved continued in concealment.