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Speaker 1: A tale of a demon from the Sanskrit of Somemodiva,

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translated by Charles H. Tawny. On the banks of the Godavari,

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there is a place named Pratishshana. In it there lived

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of old time a famous king named try Vakramasena, the

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son of Vaikramasena, equal to Indra in might. Every day,

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when he was in his hall of audience, a mendicant

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named kashan Tissila came to see him to pay him

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his respects, and presented him with a fruit. And every

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day the king, as soon as he received the fruit,

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gave it into the hand of the superintendent of his treasury,

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who was near him. In this way, ten years passed,

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But one day, when the mendicant had left the hall

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of audience, after giving the fruit to the king, the

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king gave it to a young pet monkey that had

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escaped from the hands of its keepers, and happened to

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enter there. While the monkey was eating that fruit, it

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burst open and there came out of it a splendid,

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priceless jewel. When the king saw that, he took up

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the jewel and asked the treasure the following question, where

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have you put all those fruits which I have been

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in the habit of handing over to you after they

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were given to me by the mendicant. When the superintendent

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of the treasury heard that, he was full of fear,

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and he said to the King, I used to throw

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them into the treasury from the window without opening the door.

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If your Majesty orders me, I will open it and

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look for them. When the treasurer said this, the King

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gave him leave to do so, and he went away,

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and soon returned and said to the King, I see

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that those fruits have all rotted away in the treasury.

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And I also see that there is a heap of

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jewels there, resplendent with radiant gleams. When the King heard it,

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he was pleased and gave those jewels to the treasurer.

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And the next day he said to the mendicant, who

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came as before, Mendicant, why do you court me every

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day with great expenditure of wealth. I will not take

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your fruit to day until you tell me. When the

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King said this, the mendicant said to him in private,

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I have an incantation to perform which requires the aid

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of a brave man. I request hero that you will

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assist me in it. When the king heard that, he

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consented and promised him that he would do so. Then

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the Mendicant was pleased, and he went on to say

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to that king that I shall be waiting for you

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at nightfall in the approaching black fortnight, in the great

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cemetery here under the shade of a banyan tree, and

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you must come to me there. The king said, well,

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I will do so, and the mendicant Cashantasila, returned, delighted

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to his own dwelling. Then the heroic monarch, as soon

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as he had got into the black fortnight, remembered the

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request of the Mendicant, which he had promised to accomplish

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for him, And as soon as night came, he enveloped

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his head in a black cloth and left the palace unperceived,

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sword in hand, and went fearlessly to the cemetery. It

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was obscured by a dense and terrible pall of darkness,

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and its aspect was rendered awful by the ghastly flames

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from the burning of the funeral pyres, and it produced

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horror by the bones, skeletons, and skulls of men that

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appeared in it. In it were present formidable buddhas and

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vitalas joyfully engaged in their horrible activity, and it was

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alive with the loud yells of jackals, so that it

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seemed like a second mysterious, tremendous form of bairava. And

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after he had searched about in it, he found that

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mendicant under a banyan tree, engaged in making a circle.

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And he went up to him and said, here, I

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am arrived, Mendicant, Tell me, what can I do for you.

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When the mendicant heard that and saw the king, he

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was delighted and said to him, King, if I have

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found favor in your eyes, go alone a long way

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from here toward the south, and you will find an

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ahsoka tree. On it. There is a dead man hanging up,

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Go and bring him here. Assist me in this matter. Hero.

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As soon as the brave king, who was faithful to

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his promise, heard this, he said, I will do so,

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and went toward the south. And after he had gone

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some way in that direction, along a path revealed by

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the light of flaming pyres, he reached with difficulty in

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the darkness that Ahsoka tree. The tree was scorched with

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the smoke of funeral pyres and smelled of raw flesh

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and looked like a bhuta. And he saw the corpse

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hanging on its trunk as it were on the shoulder

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of a demon. So he climbed up and cutting the

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string which held it, flung it to the ground. And

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the moment it was flung down, it cried out as

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if in pain. Then the king, supposing that it was

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a lie, came down and rubbed its body out of compassion.

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That made the corpse utter a loud demoniac laugh. Then

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the king knew that it was possessed by a vitala

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and said, without flinching, why do you laugh? Come, let

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us go off, And immediately he missed from the ground

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the corpse possessed by the vitala, and perceived that it

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was once more suspended up on that very tree. Then

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he climbed up again and brought it down, For the

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heart of heroes is a gem more impenetrable than adamant.

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Then King tri Vikramasna through the corpse possessed by a

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vitala over his shoulder and proceeded to go off with

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it in silence. And as he was going along the

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Vitala in the corpse that was on his shoulder said

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to him, King, I will tell you a story to

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beguile the way. Listen the story of the prince who

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was helped to a wife by the son of his

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father's minister. There is a city, said the demon, named

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Vara Nasi, which is the dwelling place of Siva, inhabited

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by holy beings, and thus resembles the plateau of Mount Kailasa.

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The river Ganges, ever full of water, flows near it

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and appears as if it were the necklace ever resting

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on its neck. In that city there lived of old

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time a king named Prata Pamukuta, who consumed the families

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of his enemies with his valor as the fire consumes

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the forest. He had a son named vaj Ramukuta, who

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dashed the God of Love's pride in his beauty and

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his enemy's confidence in their valor. And that prince had

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a friend named Buddi Sarira, whom he valued more than

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his life, the sagacious son of a minister. Once on

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a time, that prince was amusing himself with that friend,

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and his excessive devotion to the chase made him travel

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along distance. As he was cutting off the long maaned

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heads of lions with his arrows, as it were the

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chowries that represented the glory of their valor. He entered

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a great forest. It seemed like the chosen home of love,

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with singing cuckoos for bards, fanned by trees with their

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clusters of blossom waving like chowies. In it, he and

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the minister's son saw a great lake, looking like a

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second sea, the birthplace of lotuses of various colors. And

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in that pool, by gods, there were seen by him

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a maiden of heavenly appearance, who had come there with

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her attendants to bathe. She seemed to fill the splendid

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tank with the flood of her beauty, and with her glances,

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to create in it a new forest of blue lotuses.

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With her face that surpassed the moon in beauty, she

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seemed to put to shame the white lotuses, and she

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at once captivated with it the heart of that prince.

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The youth, too, in the same way, took with a

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glance such complete possession of her eyes that she did

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not regard her own attire or even her ornaments. And

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as he was looking at her, with his attendants, and

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wondering who she was, she made, under pretense a pastime,

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a sign to tell him her country and other particulars

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about her. She took a lotus from her garland of

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flowers and put it in her ear, and she remained

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for a long time, twisting it into a form of

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an ornament called danta patra, or tooth leaf. And then

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she took another lotus and placed it on her head,

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and she laid her hand significantly upon her heart. The

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prince did not at the time understand these signs, but

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his sagacious friend, the minister's son, did understand them. The

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maiden soon departed, being led away from that place by

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her attendants, and when she had reached her own house,

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she flung herself down on a sofa, but her heart

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remained with that prince to justify the sign she had made.

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The prince, for his part, when without her, was like

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a vid yahara who has lost his magic knowledge, and

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returning to his own city, he fell into a miserable condition,

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and one day the minister's son questioned him in private,

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speaking of that beauty as easy to obtain, whereupon he

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lost his self command and exclaimed how is she to

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be obtained when neither her name, nor her village, nor

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her origin is known, So why do you offer me

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false comfort? When the prince said this to the minister's son,

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he answered, what did you not see what she told you?

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By her signs. By placing the lotus in her ear,

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she meant to say this, I live in the realm

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of King karnat Palla. By making it into the tooth

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leaf ornament, she meant to say, know that I am

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the daughter of a dentist. There By lifting up the lotus,

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she let you know her name was Padmavati, And by

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placing her hand on her heart, she told you that

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it was yours. Now, there is a king named karnot

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Palla in the country of Kalinga. He has a favorite courtier,

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a great dentist named Sangra Mahvardhana. And he has a

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daughter named Padmavati, the pearl of the three worlds, whom

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he values more than his life. All this I know

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from the talk of the people, and so I understand

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her signs, which were meant to tell her country and

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the other particulars about her. When that prince had been

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told all this by the minister's son. He was pleased

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with that intelligent man, and rejoiced as he had now

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got an opportunity of attaining his object. And after he

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had deliberated with him, he set out with him from

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his palace on the pretense of hunting, but really in

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search of his beloved, and went again in And on

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the way he managed to give his retinue the slip

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by the speed of his swift horse, and he went

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to the country of Kalinga, accompanied by the minister's son.

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Only there they reached the city of King karnat Pala

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and searched for and found the palace of that dentist.

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And the prince and the minister's son entered the house

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of an old woman who lived near there to lodge.

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The minister's son gave their horses water and fodder and

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placed them there in concealment, and then said to that

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old woman, in the presence of the prince, do you

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know mother a dentist named Sangra Ma Vardharna. When the

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old woman heard that, she said to him courteously, I

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know him well. I was his nurse, and he has

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now made me attend upon his daughter as duenna. But

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I never go there at present, as I have been

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deprived of my clothes, for my wicked son, who is

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a gambler, takes away my clothes as soon as he

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sees them. When the minister's son heard this, he was delighted,

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and he gratified the old woman with the gift of

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his upper garment and other presents, and went on to

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say to her, you are a mother to us, so

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do what we request you to do. In secret. Go

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to that Padmavati, the daughter of the dentist, and say

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to her, the prince whom you saw at the lake

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has come here, and out of love, he has sent

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me to tell you. When the old woman heard this,

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she consented, being won over by the presence, and went

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to Padmavati and came back in a moment. And when

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the Prince and the minister's son questioned her, she said

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to them, I went and told her secretly that you

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had come. When she heard that, she scolded me and

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struck me on both cheeks with her two hands smeared

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with camphor. So I have come back, weeping, distressed at

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the insult. See here, my children, these marks of her

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fingers on my face. When she said this, the Prince

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was despondent, as he despaired of attaining his object. But

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the sagacious minister son said to him in private, do

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not despond for by keeping her own counsel and scolding

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the old woman and striking her on the face with

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her ten fingers white with camphor, she meant to say,

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wait for these remaining ten moonlight nights of the white fortnight,

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for they are unfavorable to an interview. After the minister's

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son had comforted the Prince with these words, he went

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and sold secretly in the market some gold which he

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had about him, and made that old woman prepare a

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splendid meal, and then those to aid it with that

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old woman. After the minister's son had spent ten days

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in this fashion, he again sent the old woman to

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Padmavati to see how matters stood, And she, being fond

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of delicious food, liquor, and other enjoyments of the kind,

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went again to the dwelling house of Padmavati to please

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her guests and return and said to them, I went

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there to day and remained silent, But she, of her

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own accord, taunted me with that crime of having brought

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your message, and again struck me here on the breast

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with three fingers dipped in red dye. So I have

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returned here thus marked by her. When the minister's son

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heard this, he said of his own accord to the Prince,

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do not entertain any despondent notions, For by placing the

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impression of her three fingers marked with red dye on

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this woman's heart, she meant to say, I cannot receive

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you for three nights. When the minister's son had said

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this to the Prince, he waited till three days had passed,

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and again sent the old woman to Padmavati. She went

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to her palace, and Padmavati honored her and gave her food,

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and lovingly entertained her that day with wine and other enjoyments.

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And in the evening, when the old woman wished to

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go back to her house, there arose outside a terrible tumult,

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when the people were heard exclaiming alas alas, a mad

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elephant has escaped from the post to which he was

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tied and is rushing about trampling men to death. Then

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Padmavati said to that old woman, you must not go

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by the public road, which is rendered unsafe by the elephant.

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So we will put you on a seat with a

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rope fastened to it to support it, and let you

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down by this broad window here into the garden of

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the house. There you must get up a tree and

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cross this wall, and then let yourself down by another

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tree and go to your own house. After she had

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said this, she had the old woman let down from

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the window by her maid into the garden by means

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of that seat with a rope fastened to it. She

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went by the way pointed out to her and related

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the whole story exactly as it happened to the Prince

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and the minister's son. Then the minister's son said to

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the Prince, your desire is accomplished, for she has shown you,

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by an artifice, the way you should take. So go

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there this very day, as soon as evening sets in,

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and by this way enter the palace of your beloved.

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When the minister's son said this, the Prince went with

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him into the garden by the way over the wall

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pointed out by the old woman. There he saw that

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rope hanging down with the seat, and at the top

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of it were some maids who seemed to be looking

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out for his arrival. So he got on the seat,

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and the moment those female servants saw him, they pulled

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him up with the rope, and he entered the presence

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of his beloved through the window. When he had entered,

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the minister's son returned to his lodging, and when the

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prince entered, he beheld that Padmavati with a face like

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a full moon, shedding forth beauty like beams, like the

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night of the full moon, remaining concealed through fear of

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the black fortnight. As soon as she saw him, she

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rose up boldly and welcomed him with affectionate embraces and

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other endearments natural in one who had waited for him

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so long. Then the prince married that fair one by

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the Gandharva form of marriage, and all his wishes, being

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now fulfilled, remained with her in concealment. And after he

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had lived with her some days, he said to her,

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one night, my friend, the minister's son came with me

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and is staying here, and he is now left alone

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in the house of your duenna. I must go and

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pay him a visit, fair one, and then I will

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return to you. When the cunning Padmavati heard that she

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said to her, lover come, now, my husband, I have

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a question to ask you. Did you guess the meaning

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of those signs which I made? Or was it that

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friend of yours, the minister's son. When she said this,

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the Prince said to her, I did not guess anything

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at all, but that friend of mine, the Minister's son,

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who is distinguished for superhuman insight, guessed it all and

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told it to me. When the fair one heard this,

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she reflected and said to him, then you have acted

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wrongly in not telling me about him before. Since he

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is your friend, he is my brother, and I must

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always honor him before all others with gifts of betel

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and other luxuries. When she had dismissed him with these words,

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the Prince left the palace at night by the way

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by which he came, and returned to his friend, and

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in the course of conversation he told him that he

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had told his beloved how he guessed the meaning of

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the signs which she made. But the minister's son did

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not approve of this proceeding on his part, considering it imprudent,

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And so the next day dawned on them conversing. Then,

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as they were again talking together. After the termination of

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the morning prayer, the confidant of Padnavati came in with

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betel and cooked food in her hand. She asked after

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the health of the minister's son, and after giving him

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the dainties order by an artifice to prevent the Prince

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from eating any of them, she said in the course

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of conversation that her mistress was awaiting his arrival to

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feast and spend the day with her, and immediately she

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departed unobserved. Then the minister's son said to the Prince,

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now observe, Prince, I will show you something wonderful. Thereupon

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he gave that cooked food to a dog to eat,

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and the dog, as soon as it had eaten, it

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fell dead on the spot. When the Prince saw that,

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he said to the minister's son, what is the meaning

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of this marvel? And he answered him the truth is

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that the lady has found out that I am intelligent

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by the fact that I guessed the meaning of her signs,

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and so she has sent me this poisoned food in

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order to kill me. For she is deeply in love

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with you and thinks that you, Prince, will never be

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exclusively devoted to her. While I am alive, but being

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under my influence, will perhaps leave her and go to

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to your own city. So give up the idea of

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being angry with her. Persuade the high spirited woman to

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leave her relations, and I will invent and tell you

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an artifice for carrying her off. When the minister's son

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had said this, the Prince said to him, you are

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rightly named Buddhisariyra, as being an incarnation of wisdom. And

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at the very moment that he was thus praising him,

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there was suddenly heard outside a general cry from the

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sorrowing multitude alas alas the king's infant son is dead.

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The minister's son was much delighted at hearing this, and

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he said to the Prince, repair now to Patna Vati's

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palace at night, and there make her drink so much

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that she shall be senseless and motionless with intoxication and

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apparently dead. And when she is asleep, make a mark

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on her side with a red hot iron spike, and

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take away all her ornaments, and return by letting yourself

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down from the window by a rope. And after that

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I will take steps to make everything turn out prosperously.

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When the minister's son had said this, he had a

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three pronged spike man with points like the bristles of

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a boar, and gave it to the prince. And the

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Prince took in his hand that weapon, which resembled the crooked,

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hard hearts of his beloved end of his friend, which

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were firm as black iron, and saying I will do

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as you direct, went at night to the palace of Padmavati,

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as before, for princes should never hesitate about following the

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advice of an excellent minister. There he made his beloved

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helpless with drink, and marked her on the side with

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the spike, and took away her ornaments. And then he

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returned to that friend of his, and he showed him

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the ornaments and told him what he had done. Then

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the minister's son considered his design as good as accomplished.

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And the next morning the minister's son went to the

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cemetery and prompt disguised himself as an ascetic, and he

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made the Prince assume the guise of a disciple, and

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he said to him, go and take the pearl necklace,

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which is part of this set of ornaments, and pretend

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to try to sell it in the market, but put

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a high price on it, that no one may be

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willing to buy it, and that everyone may see it

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being carried about. And if the police here should arrest you,

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say intrepidly, my spiritual preceptor gave it to me to sell.

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When the minister's son had sent off the prince on

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this errand he went and wandered about in the marketplace,

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publicly showing the necklace. And while he was thus engaged,

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he was seen and arrested by the police, who were

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on the lookout for thieves, as information had been given

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about the robbery of the dentist's daughter. And they immediately

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took him to the chief magistrate of the town, and he,

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seeing that he was dressed as an ascetic, said to

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him courteously, Reverend sir, where did you get this necklace

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of pearls which was lost in this city? For the

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ornaments of the dentist's daughter were stolen during the night.

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When the Prince, who was disguised as an ascetic, heard this,

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he said, my spiritual preceptor gave it to me. Come

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and question him. Then the magistrate of the city came

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to the minister's son and bowed and said to him reverend, sir,

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where did you get this pearl necklace that is in

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the possession of your pupil. When the cunning fellow heard that,

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he took him aside and said, I am an ascetic

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in the habit of wandering perpetually backwards and forwards in

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the forest. As chance would have it, I arrived here,

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and as I was in the cemetery at night, I

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saw a band of witches collected from different quarters, and

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one of them brought the prince with the lotus of

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his heart laid bare, and offered him to buy rava.

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And the witch, who possessed great powers of delusion, being drunk,

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tried to take away my rosary while I was recite

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my prayers, making horrible contortions with her face. And as

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she carried the attempt too far, I got angry, and

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heeding with a charm the prongs of my trident, I

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marked her on the side, and then I took this

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necklace from her neck. And now I must sell this necklace,

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as it does not suit an ascetic. When the magistrate

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heard this, he went and informed the king. When the

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king heard it, he concluded that that was the pearl

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necklace which had been lost, and he sent a trustworthy

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old woman to see if the dentist's daughter was really

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marked with a trident on her side. The old woman

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came back and said that the mark could be clearly seen.

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Then the king made up his mind that she was

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a witch and had really destroyed his child. So he

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went in person to that minister's son, who was personating

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an ascetic, and asked him how he ought to punish Padmavati,

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and by his advice, he ordered her to be banished

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from the city, though her parents lamented over her, And

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when she was banished and was left in the forest,

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though desolate, she did not abandon the body, supposing that

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it was all an artifice devised by the minister's son.

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And in the evening, the minister's son and the prince,

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who had abandoned the dress of ascetics and were mounted

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on their horses, came upon her, lamenting, and they consoled

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her and mounted her upon a horse and took her

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to their own kingdom. There the prince lived happily with her,

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but the dentist, supposing that his daughter had been devoured

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by wild beasts in the forest, died of grief, and

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his wife followed him. When the Vitala had said this,

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he went on to say to the King, now I

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have a doubt about this story. Resolve it for me.

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Was the minister's son guilty of the death of this

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married couple or the prince or Padmavati? Tell me, for

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you are the chief of sages. And if King you

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do not tell me the truth though you know it,

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this head of yours shall certainly split into a hundred pieces.

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When the Vetala said this, the king, who discerned the

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truth out of fear of being cursed, gave him this answer, O,

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thou skilt in magic arts? What difficulty is there about it?

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Why none of the three was in fault, but the

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whole of the guilt attaches to King karnate Paula. The

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Vetala then said, why what did the king do? Those

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three were instrumental in the matter. Are the crows in

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fault when the swans eat the rice? Then the king said, indeed,

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no one of the three was in fault, for the

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minister's son committed no crime as he was forwarding his

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master's interests. And Padmavati and the prince being burned with

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the fire of the arrows of the god of love,

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and being therefore undiscerning and ignorant, were not to blame,

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as they were intent on their own object. But the

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King karnate Pala, as being untaught in treatises of policy,

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and not investigating by means of spies the true state

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of affairs even among his own subjects, and not comprehending

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the tricks of rogues, and inexperienced in interpreting gestures and

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other external indications, is to be considered guilty on account

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of the indiscreet step which he took. When the Vitala,

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who was in the corpse, heard this, as the king,

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by giving this correct answer, had broken his silence, he

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immediately left his shoulder and went somewhere unobserved by the

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force of his magic power in order to test his persistence,

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and the intrepid king at once determined to recover him