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sleeping under the cover of a sheet.”
There was now no question of wasting time. All the watchmen struck him together. They killed Vrudhdhdatt, knowing him to be Chainpak.
See, what kind of exchange distiny makes. See how mysteriously it kills some person and saves some other from imminent death.
The watch men threw away the dead body of Vrudhdhdatt. They then passed the whole night in this thought,
"Now we shall demand reward in the morning.”
When they saw Champak in the morning, they were terrined.
There were loud lamentings in the house. Sadhudatt felt such a serious impact of the loss of his brother that he also collapsed and died..