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lap and cried aloud, "O Son! what festival can I celebrate in this forest which strikes fear in the heart's of the man? Had you been born in your father's or grandfather's (Mahendra's) house, there would have known no limit to the celebrations. But alas! the unmeritorious have not the merit to celebrate such occasions. What can I do? The only thing I can do is to bless you my heart. I bless you with a long life, which all men prize above everything."
Anjana gave birth to a child in the dense forest. Hearing a woman crying, a viman. descended
Meanwhile, a Vidyadhar flying above in his Viman - a celestial Car saw a woman crying down in the forest and being filled with pity; came down to investigate.
"Why are you crying ?" asked he.
Vasanttilka narrated Anjana's misery. As he heard the account, tears began to flow from his eyes. Restraining his tears at length he said" I am the King of Hanupur. I am the son of King Chitrabhanu and Queen Sundrimala. My name
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