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One day an idea occurred to him “Ab! It is not advisa. ble to stay any longer here. Because Benares cuts my body more and more like a sharp knife, and Mandakini ( the Ganges ) vexes me every day like a partner. Let me, therefore, go to Jālandhara and let me assure my self of the display of affection shown by Candralékbă. With this idea in his mind he took the road to Jālandhara. On his way, there at mid-day, he remembered the excellence of the dinner taken with Vidyāsiddha and with both his eyes full of tears, he thought :- Ah ! shameless adamantine ill-starred heart! Why do you not get ashamed now; although heated by the flame of the unbearable fire of separation from such an excellent person i Besides, the highly effective preservative armlet is the same and I am the same Brāhmin, but without the presence of Vidyāsiddha all the dire ctions appear empty. Or, what benefit is there to me an unfortunate man even though I am in possession of the preservative armlet!" One, with an adverse Fate, is always in difficulties although he has acquired Cintamaņi ( magical thought-gem fulfilling its possessor's every wish ). The rise of a virtuous quality, also, is necessarily dependent on the state of its receptacle, but it does not happen indifferently. Water, also, assumes the from of a pearl when it falls into the cavity of a shell." Thinking thus, and with his mind concentrated on this idea, Gobhadra, walking without delay, eventually reached Jālandhara with a sad heart. After an inquiry from people residing nearly, he entered Candrakāntā's house. Seeing the house deserted, he asked a female door-keeper sitting near the door, "O good woman! How les it that no one is seen here ? Not hearing the words owing to deafness, she polnted out her ears. Thinking that she was deaf be sbouted loudly At that time Ishāna Candra Vidyāsiddha who was in the adjoining house overheard the voice and he recognized him. Calling out to him he said, "O Gobhadra ! Come over to this side. I am living here.” On hearing these words with a doubt in his mind that some one like Vidyasiddha was calling him, he saw Ishāpachandra Vidyāsiddha bound tightly with numerous fetters quite unable to extend his feet
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