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absorbed in this thought when Kaundinya. spoke further.
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"Great guest! To day I do not see any asectic who can match this sage. He has recently come to this hermitage. In few days, the whole world around here: has been brightened up by the spiritual light of this sage."
During all these discussions, AgnishaIrma was lost in meditation. He was not conscious of the outward happenings. When he opened his eyes, after the completion of meditation, he saw Gunsen. He recognised Gunsen quite well. It was not a remote past. The evil doings and mental injuries done by Gunsen came to the surface of his mind. He felt as acute pain as one feels with the bite of a scorpion.. But soon he dumped the misery in the lower levels of his mind. He spoke to Gunsen in tender tones :
"Prince Gunsen! I can never forget
