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should be like dust in a gentleman's eyes! Alas! in the whole world where is that decency now? There remains only wickedness!"
Even hearing thus
the harsh, unpleasant, ironical voice, the team extends its hands.
As it touches the pearls,
everyone's body begins to writhe in pain
as if stung by scorpeons,
begins to turn sides
as if being baked like papada (a thin crisp cake),
restlessness, pain in every organ from head to foot prevail as if poison has spread in all; everyone becomes senseless including the deluded minister.... everyone's body turns blue!
Seeing all this
the king's mind too gets filled with fear,
his mouth doesn't open
as if has been locked,
pulse in his hand slows down.
The king experiences that
he has been fixed by the efficacy of some mantra,
his hands cannot move
have become motionless,
Silent Soil:: 213
