The Bajang Child Swinging the Moon (117)

In thinking thus, she even feels her admiration increase for Sumantri. It is not his lord, Prabu Arjunasasrabahu, but Sumantri who defeated Prabu Darmawasesa so that she could be brought to Maespati.

Dewi Citrawati realizes that love happens without a reason. She believes that it is not love if she is still looking and blindly searching for a reason as to why she is in love. This also makes her feel unashamed to love Sumantri, even though she must lower her status. She is the daughter of a king, so she deserves a proposal from a king as well. So why does she want to love Sumantri, who is a mere servant? She does not want to argue this issue, because in her heart she feels that it is impossible for love to distinguish between kings and servants. And love will never feel defeated or humiliated simply because she loves a servant. After all, why should she humiliate Sumantri just because of his status as a servant?

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