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144 him. But Dharan was after money making.
Going further, we found that a person named Maurik was to be hanged. It was a question of ten thousand gold coins.. Dharan gave that money and got him released.
Thus we reached Achalpur. Dharan earned a lot of money there. Going fur-ther, we reached one Kadambari forest. There our companions were looted. We were separated. We could not get a drop of water in the forest. I was dieing of thurst. There was no other scurce. So my husband thrust a knife into his belly. I quenched my thirst by that blood. With the help of 'Vranropan' medicine, his wou-nd was healed. From there we reached the Yaksha Temple. This is our story "
The thief heard this story and thought: The husband of this lady took out his blood even to save the life of her, and yet she is unfaithful to such a husband
