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Speaker 1: Laksharata and lab Dadata from the sun'skit. There was on

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the earth a city named Lakshapura. In it there lived

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a king named Laksharata, chief of generous men. He never

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knew how to give a petitioner less than a lack

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of coins, but he gave firelacs to any one with

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whom he conversed. As for the man with whom he

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was pleased, he lifted him out of poverty. For this

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reason his name was called Laksharata. A certain dependent named

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lab Datata stood day and night at his gate with

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a piece of leather for his only loin rag. He

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had matted hair, and he never left the king's gate

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for a second day or night, in cold, rain or heat.

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And the king saw him there, And though he remained

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there long in misery, the king did not give him anything,

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though he was so jams and compassionate. Then one day

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the king went to a forest to hunt, and his

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dependant followed him with a staff in his hand. There,

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while the king seated on an elephant, armed with a bow,

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and followed by his army, slew tigers, bears, and deer

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with showers of arrows. His dependant, going in front of

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him alone on foot, slew with his staff many boars

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and deer. When the king saw his bravery, he thought

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in his heart, it is wonderful that this man should

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be such a hero. But he did not give him anything.

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And the king, when he had finished his hunting, returned

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home to his city to enjoy himself, but that dependent

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stood at his palace gate as before. Once on a Timela,

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Shatata went out to conquer a neighboring king of the

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same family, and he had a terrible battle, and in

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the battle, the dependant struck down in front of him

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many enemies with blows from the end of strong stuff

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of acacia wood. And the king, after conquering his enemies,

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returned to his own city, And though he had seen

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the valor his dependent, he gave him nothing. In this condition,

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the dependent lab Datata remained and many years passed over

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his head while he supporting himself with difficulty. And when

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the sixth year had come, King Lakshadata happened to see

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one day, and, feeling pity for him, reflected, though he

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has been long afflicted, I have not as yet given

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him anything, so why should I not give him something

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in a disguised form, and so find out whether the

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guilt of this poor man has been effaced or not,

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and whether even now fortune will grant him a sight

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of her or not. Thus reflecting, the king deliberately entered

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his treasury, taking with him a lemon in his hand,

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And upon his return therefrom he held an assembly of

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all his subjects, having appointed a meeting outside his palace,

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and entered the assembly all his citizens, chiefs and ministers.

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And when the dependant entered among them, the King said

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to him, with an affectionate voice, come here. Then the dependent,

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on hearing this, was delighted, and coming near, he sat

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in front of the king. Then the King said to him,

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utter some composition of your own. Then the dependent recited

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the following aria verse. Fortune ever replenishes the fool man,

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as all the streams replenished the sea, but she never

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even comes within the range of the eyes of the poor.

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When the King had heard this and had made him

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recite it again, he was pleased and gave him the

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lemon which he had carried. And the people said, this

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king puts a stop to the poverty of every one

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with whom he is pleased. So this dependent is to

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be pitied, since this very king, though pleased with him,

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after summoning him politely, has given him thing. But this lemon,

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a wishing tree in the case of ill starred men,

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often becomes a pallaza tree. These were the words which

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all in the assemblies said to one another in their

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despondency when they saw that, for they did not know

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the truth. But the dependant went out with a lemon

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in his hand. And when he was in a state

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of despondency, a mendicant came before him, And that mendicant

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named Raja vandin seeing that the lemon was a fine one,

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obtained it from that dependent by giving him a garment.

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And then the mendicant entered the assembly and gave that

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fruit to the king, And the king, recognizing it, said

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to that hermit, where reverend, Sir, did you procure this lemon?

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Then he told the king that the dependant had given

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it to him. Then the king was grieved and astonished,

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reflecting that his guilt was not expiated even now, the

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king lak Shatata. He took the lemon, rose up from

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the assembly and performed the duties of the day, and

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the dependent sold the garment, and after he had eaten

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and drunk, remained at his usual pose at the king's gate.

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And on the second day the king held a general assembly,

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and everybody appeared at it again, citizens and all. And

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the King, seeing that the dependant had entered the assembly,

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called him as before and made him sit near him, and,

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after making him again recite the very same aria verse,

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being pleased, he gave him that very same lemon which

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had given him before, and all there thought with astonishment, Ah,

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this is the second time that our master is pleased

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with him without his gaining by it. And the dependent,

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in despondency, took the lemon in his hand, and, thinking

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that the King's good will had again been barren of results,

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went out. At that very moment a certain official met him,

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who was about to enter that assembly, wishing to see

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the king. He, when he saw that lemon, took a

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fancy to it, and, regarding the omen, procured it from

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the dependent by giving him a pair of garments. And

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entering the king's court, he fell at the feet of

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the sovereign, and first gave him the lemon, and then

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another present of his own. And when the king recognized

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the fruit. He asked the official where he got it,

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and he replied from the dependent, and the king, thinking

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in his heart that fortune would not even now give

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the dependent a sight of her, was exceedingly sad, and

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he rose up from the assembly with that lemon. And

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the dependent went to the market with a pair of

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garments he had got, and by setting one garment he

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procured meat and drink, and tearing the other in half,

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he made two of it. Then on the third day,

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also the king held a general assembly, and all the

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subjects entered as before, and when the dependant entered, the

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king gave him the same lemon again, after calling him

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and making him recite the arri a verse. Then all

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were astonished, and the dependant went up and gave that

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lemon to the King's favorite, and she, like a moving

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creeper of the tree of the king's regard, gave him gold,

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which was, so to speak, the flower the harbinger of

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the fruit. The dependant sold it and enjoyed himself that day,

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and the king's mistress went into his presence, and she

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gave him that lemon, which was large and fine, and he,

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recognizing it, asked her when she procured it then she said,

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the dependant gave it to me. Hearing that the King

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thought fortune has not yet looked favorably upon him, his

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merit in a former life must have been slight, since

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he does not know that my favor is never barren

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of results. Thus veri the king reflected, and he took

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that lemon and put it away safely, and rose up

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and performed the duties of the day. And on the

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fourth day the king held an assembly in the same way,

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filled with all his subjects, fordatories, ministers and all. And

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the dependant came there again, and again the King made

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him sit in front of him, and when he bowed

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before him, the King made him recite the aria Verse

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and gave him the lemon. And when the dependant had

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half got hold of it, he suddenly let it go,

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and the lemon fell on the ground and broke in half.

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And as the joining of the lemon which kept it

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together was broken, there rolled out of it many valuable jewels,

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illuminating that place of assembly. All the people, when they

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saw it, said, ah, we were deluded and mistaken, as

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we did not know the real state of the case.

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But such is the nature of the King's favor. When

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the king heard that, he said, by this artifice, I

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endeavored to ascertain whether fortune would now look on him

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or not. But for three days his guilt was not effaced.

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Now it is effaced, and for that reason Fortune has

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now aunted him a sight of herself. After the King

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had said this, he gave the dependent those jewels, and

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also villagers, elephants, horses, and gold, and made him a

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feudal chief. And he rose up from that assembly, in

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which the people applauded, and went to bathe. And that dependent, too,

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having obtained his ends, went to his own dwelling,