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was Madhavi. Kusumavali told to her, soon after she gave birth to a son :
‘You immediately throw away this child somewhere. Give news to the king that the born child was a dead one.'
The maid-servant was spell-bound. She was trembling to hear such orders. She spoke out :
"Your Honour ! What are you telling? You take it to be a sin even to kill ants. You love other's children. And such a cruelty to your own child ? I can't understand this."
The queen replied :
“That's enough. Now don't speak further. This son who wishes to do evil to my husband who is like a god, should not ve allowed to live. I can become a killer of my son, but I would never sacrifice my husband's life. I cannot have bad luck of being a widow.”...
