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Chandi on the 14th of the dark half of lunar month. At that time, you recovered from illness but I forgot to worship her. Hence, we should worship her at the earliest.” She pretended of getting cured, after the king agreed to come with her. They went to the temple riding on horse back. No sooner did the king keep his sword outside the temple and bowed his head while entering the temple, then Kamalaxmi took the sword and with a single blow, cut off his head. Inside the temple,
she found that her husband Vedsar had died due to snake bite. She thought that if she returned to the palace, she will be charged with the king's murder. Hence, she went to forest on horse back and reached near a gardener's house in another town. She entered a temple, where musical instruments were played. Seeing her ornated, one of the women asked her to introduce herself and where did she belonged to. She falsely replied that, “During
our journey through the forest, some thieves killed my husband and I managed to escape from there. Now, I don't have anyone and I am helpless? She fascinated Kamalaxmi by sympathetic talks and took to her house. She was a prostitute and joined her in prostitution after teaching music and singing.
The queen blew the sword on the kings throat.
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