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Mahabal saw in that light a small
door there. That cobra entered that door. By so entering into the door the cobra appeared to signal Mahabal to follow it.
Mahabal removed the stone over that small door. He then followed the cobra. The brightness of the jewel lighted the tunnel also. When the tunnel ended, Mahabal could see that he had come near the palace. of the king The codra then naturally naturally handed the jevel Mahabal. Thereafter the cobre disappeared.
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Malaya was in the prison. The king received news that the beautiful lady whom black he had brought was bitten by a cobra. Malaya was about to die owing to the effect of poison.
The king felt great anxiety. He had made strenuous efforts to obtain her. She was now about to be snatched away from his hands. Great mantra-reciters, snake-charmers and physicians came.
