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"It is natural to be incensed against the man who kills one's father and it is also natural to think of killing such a person."
"I never thought about your extraordinary heroism."
JAIN RAMAYAN
"Oh you mad girl. We cannot understand a person's heroism by thinking. We can experience it only by a fight. A person's heroism can be realised only in a fight against him."
"But....
"I think you are sad because you couldn't kill me. Is that not so ?"
""
"Not at all".
"Then ?"
"In fact I am supremely happy".
"Happy?
What for?"
"If I had killed you there would have been no end to my grief and repentance."
"Oh, that is not true. You would have been happy if you had killed me but now you say you are happy that you have not killed me."
"You have spoken the truth. I have an entreaty to make to you."
"What is it?"
"Some enlightened man once told my father that the hero who would kill him would marry me."
"Oh !"
"Therefore I entreat you to marry me."
"Do you think you will be happy if you marry me?"
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"Why not? Surely, I will be happy? You are unexampled as a hero. If I can marry you I will be supremely happy. I will be proud of you and I will deem myself fortunate."
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