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EMPEROR VIKRAMADITYA In the morning they entered a town and stayed in a boarding house. Many travellers came to pay homage when they saw an Avadhoot Yogi. Some people from Avanti informed
Avanti is in a very bad state
these days.
Why do you say that ? King Bhartrihari rules
there.
The news alarmed the Avadhoot; he asked
Why such inauspicious statement
that King Bhartrihari....?
No ! There is no king in Avanti at present. Avanti is without a ruler.
King Bhartrihari has renounced the world and retired into the jungle
for meditation.
And his younger brother Vikram ?
Prince Vikramaditya has also left. Nobody knows where he
has gone.
Now the throne
of Avanti will always remain unoccupied
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