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Despair hung heavy on him, he said to Prahsit, "I have searched Anjana far and wide but could not find her. God only knows what might be her fate now. Could she have already been devoured up by a lion ? Oh ! like a mean person, I have not looked back in torturing and tormenting her. Now the time for repentence has come. You go to Adityapur and inform my parents that I have not yet found Anjana. I shall search her in the forests and if she is not found... I shall embrace fire," said Pavananjaya.
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Hearing Pavananjaya's message, Ketumati fainted
With a very heavy heart, Prahsit reached Adityapur and related the message of Pavananjaya. Ketumati fainted. As her conscious returned she cried ; "Prahsit ! Why did you leave your friend who was ready to die? Oh ! Why did I abandon my guile-less daughter-in-law ? Hard and cruelhearted as I am, without any thinking what did I do ? Oh ! son ! where have you gone ? Come and give reply to your
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