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Library:Ruru gives half his life and revives Pramvara, with hatred strikes unharmful snake (Dundubha).
Sūta said.
Among them, with the brahmins seated all around there, Ruru cried out, having gone to the dense forest, very sad.
Struck by grief, he then lamented piteously and said many words, grieving and thinking of his beloved, the beautiful lady.
She lies on the ground, slender-bodied, increasing my grief. Of all the relatives, what indeed is a sorrow greater than this?
If any penance has been given, performed, or any teachers have been properly worshipped by me, let my beloved live by that.
As I have been self-controlled and firm in vows from birth, O best of women, so today only, O beautiful lady, arise.
The messenger of the gods said.
What you speak with words, crying with sorrow, is indeed false. O virtuous one, the life of a mortal does not exist for one whose life is gone.
This wretched one, whose life has passed away, is the daughter of Gandharva and Apsaras. Therefore, O dear one, do not grieve in any way.
Here, a means has been established before by the gods and the great souls. If you wish to do that, you will obtain this beautiful lady.
Ruru said.
What means have been made by the gods, tell truly, O celestial. I will do that, having heard, you deserve to protect me.
The messenger of the gods said.
O son of Bhrigu, give half of your life to the maiden; thus, Ruru, your wife Pramadvara will rise.
Ruru said.
I offer half of my life to the maiden, O best of celestial beings. Let my beloved, adorned in the form of beauty, rise.
Sūta said.
Then the king of the Gandharvas and the divine messenger, the two excellent ones, approached Dharmaraja and addressed this speech.
Pramadvara, the wife of Ruru, with half the life of the king of righteousness, may rise, auspicious one, if you think she is indeed dead.
Dharmaraja said.
Pramadvara, the wife of Ruru, O divine messenger, if you desire, let her rise, endowed with half of Ruru's life indeed.
Sūta said.
Thus having been spoken, then the maiden, the best among women, stood up. She cried, as if asleep, with half of his life, the beautiful one.
This is seen in the future indeed, of Ruru of great energy: let the excessively prolonged life decrease by half for the sake of the wife.
Then, on an auspicious day, their parents performed the marriage with joy, and they enjoyed each other's company as well-wishers.
He, having obtained a rare wife with the radiance of lotus filaments, made a vow for the destruction of the crooked ones, steadfast in his vow.
"He, having seen all the crooked ones, filled with intense anger, strikes as they come, always taking up a weapon."
Once, the sage Ruru approached the great forest and saw Dundubha lying there, endowed with age.
Then, raising the staff, he, like the staff of time, struck in anger, and the sage said to him, 'Dundubha.'
"O ascetic, I have not offended you in any way today. Then why do you harm me out of anger, endowed with wrath?"
