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EMPEROR VIKRAMADITYA
The jackal howled again
He added
noo
Friend ! Come,
let's get that wealth. It will be very useful
to us.
No! To snatch ornaments from a corpse is the work of a Chandal." I am a Kshatriya (martial clan), I cannot do
this work.
Wait! The she-jackal is again telling something
Matribhatt carefully listened.
What she says now?
The brave person standing here will become the king of Avanti within
a month
Friend ! I can't say what turn the wheel of future will take. But the prediction of a she-jackal cannot
be false.
Friend! You are very superstitious. I believe in my endeavour
alone.
This is impossible. My respected elder brother Bhartrihari holds the reign of the kingdom. How can I be the king while he is there?
# Low caste people; keeper of a cremation ground.
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