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the most thoughtful and foreseeing chandel? In one way he disobeyed the orders of his king, but in another way he has saved us all from sinking."
The king said: "Oh chief minister ! What you say is quite true. If the chandal had not left them alive, how could we have seen such a day as to-day ?"
The news that Amarsen and Vayarsen were alive and that they were enjoying kingly happiness in Kanchanpur spread in the palace of the king and the city of Hastinapur.
An ocean of joy then rose up. Joy derived after despair is extraordinary. Every limb of Maharani Vijaya was filled with highest joy. The mere remembrance of her sons made her breasts overflow with milk.
King Shursen sent a man to call the chandal. The chandal began to tremble on hearing the call of the king. He thought: "The secret hidden for years has
