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She had two names, Candanavālā and Vasumati, and she was reared up with the greatest care and in the midst of all joys. Once, King Sátänika of Kaus àmbi came with a vast army by the water route, and without giving any time, laid seize of Campa, Dadhivāhana was unprepared for this. So he was completely defeated. For two hours, Satānika's men looted the city of Campā like free booters. One of the charioteers got into the harem and carried away Queen Dhāriņi and princess Candanavālā.
After his success, Satānika returned to Kausāmbi; but the charioteer carried the queen and the princess to a lonely forest. He wanted to enjoy a sexual intercourse with them. The queen tried to dissuade him from this mean design, but the rogue was not prepared to listen to entreaties: or good counsel. As the fellow was about to transgress the: bounds of decency, and rushed towards the queen, she com mitted suicide by pulling out her tongue. This came as a great shock to that man and he did not dare to repeat a sim ilar behaviour towards the princess.
The charioteer came back to Kausāmbi and sold out the princess as a maid-servant in the market. At first, she was bought by a prostitute, and she passed her on to a merchant with whom she lived like a maid-servant. In her behaviour, she never made a display that she was a princess. Rather, she was always as soft and agreeable as Candana (sandal), from which she took her name which later became famous.
Candanavālā had the knack to make each one of her acts especially attractive. She was lab was liked by everybody. Other servants and maids were happy at her popularity. Whatever the assignments, the pressure of work could not hide her personality. Candanavälá reached her youth, all her limbs had their full. development. The merchant's wife Mula became jealous of her lest she should be replaced by this servant girl in the eyes of the merchant. So she kept Candanavālā constantly under observation. As Candanavă lă worked, the mistress would supervise her. Candanavālā, however, did not bother. She always looked on her benefactor and benefactress as her own parents, and she never let them know that she was a princess of the royal blood.
