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goddess Kādambari for the fulfilment of the object:
"If I somehow see here that highsouled one living, I shall do thee, O divine goddess, the offering with ten men.” (22)
Having made such a mental determination, he sent, in all directions, S'abaras, with the food for journey lasting for many days, for the purpose of finding out Dharana. He himself being very much dejected, went to find him out.
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Now Dharana, contemplating, 'There is no other remedy.' when the caravan conquered, fled away turning his back, with the herb alone as his wealth, having taken Laxmi with him. He, forgetting the directions on account of fear, went quickly and arrived at a mountain when the day was left only a Muhurta.
It was a mountain named Pilindhanilaya. There the forest conflagration took place on account of the friction of the branches of many kinds of trees. The lions had to go out of the caves burnt by the forest-conflagration. It was made uneven by
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