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The king got a rope hung from the top into the well. He then told to both of them :
"Hold this rope one after another. We shall take you out."
On being pressed by Mahabal, Malaya took hold of the rope. She was pulled up.
The attendants hang the rope again. Mahabal was then pulled up. But as soon as aha bal was about to reach the top, the king cut down the rope with his sword. Mahabal fell again into well.
King Kandarp returned to his palace with Malaya. He put her into a prison.
In the well Mahabal continued eo recite "nankar" mantras. Mahabal had gone deep into mediation. When the recital of the mantras was over. Mahabal opened his eyes. He saw there just opposite to him a cobra with a jewel on its head, swinging to and fro. The brightness of the jewel had spread all around.
