Verse 44

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The gates and where they open· Verses 44–49

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Sung to prettily by singers here and there, playing, surrounded by women, in the hot season he went down into the river. Seven of that city's gates were made above and two below, so that whoever was master there might go out to one thing or another. Five gates faced east, one south, one north, and two west. I will tell you their names, king. Khadyota and Avirmukhi were two eastern gates made in one place, and by them the lord went with his friend Dyuman to the country called Vibhrajita. Nalini and Nalini were two eastern gates made in one place, and by them he went with his friend Avadhuta to the region called Saurabha.

The gate in front named Mukhya: by it the king of the city went, with Rasajna and Vipana, to the two regions Apana and Bahudana.