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me some way to fill it to the brim. Now I am totally tired." Then the husband said, "Ma pramadi nishatyaye...the night is closing, the sun is about to rise. Do not stop dancing, continue."
The phrase, Ma pramadi nishatyaye worked wonders. Its meaning brought success. The prince dropped his necklace into the bowl. Even the princess gave her necklace. A monk dropped his valuable navrattna kambal1 into the bowl. The king was amazed; he just did not understand what was happening.
He asked the prince, "How did you give such an expensive necklace to the dancer?"
The prince replied, “Sir, there is a big secret here. Let me tell you the truth. It has been coming to me again and again that now the king is old and if he dies I would be king. Sometimes it also struck me to kill my father, the king and become king myself. But just now the dancer said the night has gone past and but a few hours are left for dawn, why do you think as you do? That changed my entire perspective. I thought I have sinned. He is my teacher. He has cleared my thinking. Against this, the necklace is of meager value."
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