Book Title: Emperor Vikramaditya Diwakar Chitrakatha 050 051 052
Author(s): Jinottamsuri, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai
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If I become the king
I will make you, a clever and intelligent
person, a minister.
EMPEROR VIKRAMADITYA
Friend! When people get wealth they forget their poor friends. Even Vasudev Shrikrishna
forgot Sudama.
Friend! Only time will tell that. Let's move, we have
to go far.
And the two friends resumed their journey.
One night while they were resting under a tree they heard the howl of a she-jackal. Alarmed Matribhatt stood up and listened carefully.
hob
Vikram asked
Friend!
What happened?
Don't you hear Hey! So you the faraway howl of al understand she-jackal ? Unlimited the language wealth is drifting in of animals
our direction.
Yes. The she-jackal tells that in the nearby river Tapti a corpse of a woman is drifting towards us. It has very costly ornaments on the body. Some lucky man may take the corpse out from the river and get all the wealth.
too.
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