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CHAPTER I
GLIMPSES ALONG LIFE'S JOURNEY SOME PREVIOUS INCARNATIONS.
1. Jaya Varma “ Arise and conquer while ye can,
The foe that in your midst resides; And build within the mind of man, The Empire that abides."
W. Watson.
Long, incalculably long, long, ago, Sri Sen was the king of Indrapuri, in the country of Gandhilā. His queen' was Sundari, who was really very beautiful, as the name implied. From her Sri Sen had two sons, Jaya Varmā and Șri Varmā who was the younger. The parents were very fond of their younger son, and appointed him their successor. Any other prince in place of Jaya Varmā would have resented this unkindly act, and revolted against the parental authority. But Jaya Varmā was a different being. He did not cherish resentment or disaffection towards the authors of his being, and did not seek to oust his