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ously moving ahead.
All of a sudden, many persons came out from the grooves of trees. They were all, equipped with weapons. Their faces were covered under the mouth-garbs. They spoke sternly: "Halt !"
With these words, they dashed many persons to the ground. They began to loot them.
It was not possible that the caravan can be looted in the presence of a Kshatriya. Sen challanged the dacoi ts. He wounded so many of them by the sword. If he had wished he could have killed them. But being moved by mercy, he said: "Go away. Save yourselves. I do not wish to kill you. I use my weapons only for protection of the sonls."
For the dacoits this was not expected. They had learnt only one lesson: either kill others or be killed. Mercy and huma
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