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Meanwhile, the ships moved on without knowing what hd happened to their unfortunate master.
After the ships had gone to a safe distance, the merchant raised an alarm about his friend. He was searched in all the ships but was nowhere to be found. As it pas the dead of night, nothing was visible on the sea. So the minister was declared to have been lost
With his plot turned into a success, the merchant pas hilarious At one stroke, he was now the master of all, including the beautiful princess But he must first win the princess confidence He came to her and spoke a few words by way of consoling her Saubhagyasundari was an intelligent lady and she took 110 time to read into the whole situation Sagardatta now started sending various proposals to the lady, but she turned them down At last, the ships entered into the harbour of Gambhirpur. The princess at once alighted from her ship, went straight to the temple of Arhat Risabha, took shelter into it and bolted it from inside,
Elsewhere, the minister supported by the log of wood safely reached the shore There was a city nearby, but it appeared to be a deserted one. It was a vast city with many mansions and shops but there was no human being He walked through the streets, till at last he came to a big palace which apparently belonged to the king But it was empty too At the sixth floor was spread a cot on which sat a she-camel Not far from her there lay two types of collyriun and two sticks He picked up a stick and applied the white collyrium to the camel's eyes, and lo, soon the animal changed into a fine damsel She asked him to take a seat
The minister was greatly surprised In one breath, he asked her many questions as to who she was, who were her parents, what situation she was in, what city was that and why the city was without a population,
The damsel shed tears of sorrow and said, "Noble sir I That would be a pretty long story But
| SR No. | 011052 |
| Book Title | Jain Stories 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Mahendramuni, K C Lalwani |
| Publisher | A B Jain Shwetambar Terapanth Samaj |
| Publication Year | 1976 |
| Total Pages | 209 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 9 MB |