POEM IN DETAIL :-
ONE NIGHT , UPAGUPTA AN ASCETIC , A DISCIPLE OF LORD BUDDHA , LAY ASLEEP ON THE DUSTY GROUND BY THE CITY OF MATHURA. THE SKY WAS OVERCAST WITH CLOUER HANONE D, HER FEET TINKLING, TOUCHED THE CHEST OF THE ASCETIC. HE WOKE UP STARTLED; HE SAW THE LIGHT OF THE WOMAN'S LAMP. SHE WAS WEARING PREDS, AND THE DOORS WERE ALL SHUT. IN THE PREVAILING DARKNESS, VASAVADATTA A DANCING GIRL PASSED THAT WAY. THOUGH SHE WAS CARRYING A LAMP IN PRECIOUS JEWELS. SHE SAW THE FACE OF THE YOUNG 'ASCETIC'. HIS EYES WERE FULL OF TOLERENCE AND COMPASSION. HIS FACE REFLECTED PEACE AND AUSTERITY.
THE YOUNG DANCING GIRL BEGGED TO BE FORGIVEN FOR HER FAULT. AT THE SAME TIME, STRUCK BY HIS PHYSICAL CHARM, SHE INVITED HIM TO COME WITH HER TO HER HOUSE. SHE SAID LOVINGLY THAT THE BARE DUSTY EARTH WAS NOT A FIT BED FOR A HANDSOME YOUNG MAN AS HE WAS. UPAGUPTA SIMPLY ADVISED HER TO GO TO HER HOUSE. HE, HOWEVER, PROMISED TO VISIT HER AT THE PROPER TIME. SUDDENLY, THERE WAS A FLASH OF LIGHTNING AMONG THE CLOUDS. THE DANCING GIRL WAS FRIGHTENED TO HEAR THE THUNDER PF THE COMING STORM.
DAYS PASSED, AND IT WAS THE FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS IN SPRING SEASON. THE TREES ON THE ROADSIDE WERE LADEN WITH FLOWERS. THE PEOPLE WERE IN A MERRY MOOD. SOME OF THEM PLAYED SWEET NOTES ON THE FLUTE. A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WENT TO THE WOODS TO CELEBRATE THE FESTIVAL. THE NIGHT WAS LIT WITH FULL MOON. THE STREETS OF THE TOWN WERE LONELY. UPAGUPTA WAS GOING ON HIS WAY WHILE LOVE-SICK "KOELS" WERE SINGING OUT THEIR COMPLAINTS FROM THE MANGO TREES. THE ASCETIC PASSED THROUGH THE CITY GATES AND STOOD AT THE BASE OF THE CITY WALL.
SUDDENLY, UPAGUPTA, SAW A MOUNTAIN LYING IN THE SHADOW OF THE WALL. SHE WAS THE SAME DANCING GIRL, VASAVADATTA, WHO HAD ONCE INVITED THE ASETIC TO HER HOUSE. AT THAT MOMENT SHE WAS AFFLICTED WITH A DEADLY DISEASE. HER WHOLE BODY WAS COVERED WITH SORES OF SMALL-POX. SHE HAD BEEN FORCED TO LEAVE THE TOWN SO THAT SHE MIGHT NOT SPREAD THE DISEASE BY TOUCH. SHE WAS ALONE AND FORSAKEN. THE ASETIC TOOK PITY ON HER. HE DID NOT HESITATE TO GIVE HER SERVICE AND HELP. HE SAT BY HER SIDE, TOK HER HEAD ON HIS KNEES, OFFERED WATER TO HER THIRSTY DRY LIPS, AND FINALLY APPLIED MEDICINE TO HER WOUNDS. THE WOMAN FELT EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO HIM. SHE ASKED THE KIND ASCETIC WHO HE WAS. UPAGUPTA TOLD HER THAT HE HAD KEPT HIS WORD AND COME TO HER AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME.
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