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Sometimes, the merchant Kubera Mitra, who had come to the royal palace, would pick him up with affection, laughing and talking. ||23|| Sometimes, he would eat the finest rice, mixed with sugar, offered by the beautiful women. ||24|| Sometimes, he would contemplate the virtue of non-violence, explained by the merchant with reasons and examples, which benefits all beings. ||25|| Sometimes, he would go near the Muni Raja who had come to the palace, and with his wings, remove the dust from his lotus-like feet. ||26|| Sometimes, when someone would ask him out of curiosity, "What is the fate of the wicked and the virtuous?", he would point with his beak, like a silent sage, to the lower part, indicating the fate of the wicked, and then point to the upper part with his beak, indicating the fate of the virtuous. This is right, because even the animals become wise due to the greatness of the virtue of non-violence. ||23-28|| Thus, the pigeon spent his time happily there, playing various games with his beloved, Ratisheena. ||29|| Sulochana says, "That Rativara is your husband, and that Ratisheena is your beloved. Look, what does this creature, wandering in the cycle of existence, not become?" ||30|| From the wealthy wife of the merchant Kubera Datt, a son named Kubera Kant was born, who was extremely virtuous, intelligent, and seemed like another Kubera. ||31|| Kubera Kant had a best friend named Priyasena, who was with him from childhood and was like his second life. ||32|| From the time of his birth, the best wish-fulfilling cow, Kamadhenu, fulfilled all the desires of the young Kubera Kant, providing him with all the means of happiness. Every day, she produced a field of fragrant rice and another field of large, thin-skinned sugarcane, as sweet as nectar. ||33-34|| Besides this, the same Kamadhenu would constantly play a beautiful Veena in front of the young man, and due to her power, his bath would remove all diseases, sweat, and dirt. ||35||