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While I was thus speaking to him a serpent put out his head from a hole near me, and, knowing how to charm serpents, I made it come forth, and secured it. Then I said to Purnabhadra: "O friend, this is just what I wanted.
Meanwhile, my mother, who had been prepared by Purnabhadra to hear of her husband's death, went immediately to the king, attended by a large number of friends, and said; "The gods know if my husband was your enemy or not; I will not now attempt to defend him; but, whether he was innocent or guilty, your anger should cease now he is dead.
This very day he will be led round the city, be proclaimed a traitor, and have his eyes put out. "I, having lost my only friend and protector, have no wish to live, and was fastening my sash to hang myself, when you interrupted me." When Purnabhadra had finished this story, I said to him, "I am that child who was exposed in the cemetery, and saved by the fairy.
When this request is granted, as no doubt it will be, she must prepare the funeral pile, and make ready for self-immolation, laying the apparently dead body on a couch in a private room till I come, when I will tell her what is further to be done." Purnabhadra, delighted with the plan which I proposed, no longer wished to destroy himself.
Prahâravarma, King of Mithila, father of Apahâravarma and Upahâravarma. Priyamvada, Queen of Prahâravarma. Purnabhadra, the reformed robber, servant of Kâmapâla. Pushpapuri, the capital of Magadha. Râgamanjari, an actress, sister of Kâmamanjari. Râjahansa, king of Magadha, father of Râjavâhana, the hero of the story.
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