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## The Twenty-Eighth Chapter
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Hearing this news, Chandragati, the Vidyadhara, was troubled. He came to his wife and spoke to his son thus: "Son, be calm and perform all your duties, including eating. I accept the girl who resides in your heart."
28
Consoling his son, Chandragati spoke to his wife in private, bearing joy, sorrow, and wonder: "My dear, how can we, the Vidyadharas, associate with the earth-dwellers, abandoning the incomparable daughters of our own kind?"
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"Furthermore, how can we go to the home of an earth-dweller? Even if we beg, what will be the glory of our faces if he doesn't give us his daughter?"
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"Therefore, I will bring the girl's father here by some means. There is no other way."
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"My lord, you know what is right and wrong. But I must say that your words are pleasing to my heart."
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Then the king, with great respect, called his servant, Chapalavega, and informed him of the whole matter.
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Pleased with the king's command, Chapalavega quickly went towards Mithila, like a young, joyful swan going towards a fragrant lotus.
34
Descending from the sky, he assumed the form of a beautiful horse, ready to frighten the cows, buffaloes, horses, and elephants.
35
Wherever he went to cause destruction, a loud cry of distress arose. King Janaka heard the horse's actions from the crowd.
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Not only did he hear, but filled with joy, anxiety, and curiosity, he went out of the city to see the horse's actions. He saw the horse, young and full of vigor.
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The horse was very tall, captivating the mind, with excellent qualities shining on his body. He had a great swirl on his right side, his face and belly were lean, he was very strong, and he was striking the earth with the front part of his hooves.