Ponniyin Selvan 8

 So what? Is it easy to behold so many beautiful maidens in one place? Even their laughter andTeasing would be heavenly music. In Vandiya Devan's eyes, all those girls on the lake shoreappeared like the heavenly nymphs Ramba and Menaka!At the same time, he noticed something towards the south-west along the flow of theVadavaaru hesitated. About seven or eight large boats with white, spreading sails filled withThe breeze was coming swiftly, like white swans floating with widely spread wings.Everyone involved in various activities turned to look eagerly in the direction from which
The boats were coming. One of the boats came forward more quickly and reached the lake shore.where the embankment turned west. Several well-built footmen carrying sharp and shiny spearswere in that boat. Some of them jumped on to the lake shore and started shoving the people with
shouts of "Go! Move!" Before being pushed around too much, the people picked up theircontainers and belongings and quickly started climbing the bank. Vandiya Devan could notunderstand any of this. Who were these men? Who was coming in the sailboats behind them?
Where were they coming from? Perhaps they belonged to the royal household?Vallavarayan Vandiya Devan approached an elderly man leaning on his cane by the bank. "Sir, Whose men are these? And whose boats are those coming behind like a school of swans?