Mackenzie, Donald Alexander: Indian myth and legend: with illustrations by Warwick Goble and numerous monochrome plates (London, 1913)

NALA AND DAMAYANTI 339

I will enter his body, and he will be bereft of his king-
dom and of his bride. Thou, Dwapara, wilt enter the
dice and give me thine aid."

So was a malignant compact arranged between the
demon of evil and his darksome ally, and together they
went towards Nishadha to haunt the stately palace of
Nala, waiting for the fatal moment.