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Udayan and Vasavadatta One day Udayan was giving lessons on some divine composition.
Princess the fifth string of the Veena is loose. The note
does not have the right tone.
Udayan said with irritation
Why this striking beauty was said to be one-eyed?
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Hey one-eyed princess, can't you see the strings? Be attentive in your practice.
Vasavadatta tightened the string, but she was still missing the proper rendering again and again.
Udayan realized that this too was a part of Chandapradyot's conspiracy. He at once drew the curtain apart. He came face to face with Vasavadatta and was stunned by her beauty.
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Being called one-eyed, Vasavadatta got angry
You leper, you could not appreciate the beauty of my deep blue eyes, is that why you call me one-eyed?
(A leper? Who?
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Oh! He is
an Adonis and not
a leper.
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