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## Chapter Nineteen
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"Why have you done this for so long? You have withered from the wind and sun, your head garland has lost its luster, you are so fond of wandering that you do not care about the pain in your body? From today onwards, do not violate the time for bathing and eating, and from today onwards, play only within the garden inside the inner palace." ||34-37||
Thus, the king, filled with devotion to Samudravijaya, explained to his younger brother Vasudeva and, taking his hand, entered the palace of Shivadevi, surrounded by seven enclosures. ||38||
There, he bathed and ate with Vasudeva and personally made arrangements so that Vasudeva would not be aware of anything. Having done all this, King Samudravijaya was happy and carefree. ||39||
And the young Vasudeva also always remained in the gardens of Shivadevi, playing with entertainment like drama, music, etc. ||40||
Then, one day, while a hunchbacked maidservant was carrying a fragrant paste for Shivadevi, the young man harassed her and snatched it away. Enraged, the hunchback said, "Young man! It is because of such actions that you have been imprisoned in this way." ||41-42||
Hearing the hunchback's words, Vasudeva, filled with doubt, asked her, "Hunchback! What have you said? What is the meaning of your words?" Then she told him exactly what the king had advised. ||43||
Then, knowing that he had been deceived, Vasudeva became estranged from the king. Being clever, he left the city under the guise of being righteous. ||44||
He went to the cremation ground at night, taking a servant with him under the pretext of practicing mantras. There, he left the servant at a certain place, instructing him to answer when he called. Then he went alone some distance away. There, he adorned a dead body with his own jewels and placed it on a pyre. Then he said, "May the king, worthy of worship like a father, and the gossiping townspeople live happily for a long time; I am entering the fire." ||45-46||
Saying this loudly, he ran and pretended to enter the fire. Then he disappeared into the distance, leaving the city behind. ||47-48||
When the servant informed the king Samudravijaya of this incident, the king, along with the townspeople, the inner palace, and the Vrishni clan, was immediately... ||49||