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human being was escaped. Mahabal caught hold of that man, going near there. The man was unconscious. The human being was a woman. When he observed minutely he could see to his great surprise, that the woman was Malaya herselt. Mahabal asked :
"Princess Malaya ? How you are here? I had seen you quite hearlhy when I left you. What a destiny is this? I also happened to be here exactly this hour !"
Malaya replied:
"Prince ! The step-mother Kanakmala has suceeded in her fraud. I have been reduced to this position only because of her. She had actuadly killed me. But because of the good deeds of previous births, I have been saved off and on. Prince! I will narrate to you all that had happened to me. But please let me know when you come here?
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Mahabal narrated the whole story.
