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Only Truth will be Victorious
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"But we have not yet gone towards the northern part. First, let us carefully search for him everywhere in this area; then we can land the plane in some safe place.”
Prahasit turned the airship in the northern direction. It began to hover over the northern part of the Bhuthvan. Just when they had gone some distance over the forest, they heard the noise of somebody crying out in the forest.
"Prahasit ! Stop the Viman here. We hear the voice of somebody in this area."
King Prahlad tried to find out from which direction the sound was coming. He felt that the sound was emanating from somewhere nearby. The voice which came breaking the silence of the forest was clearly audible now.
"Oh you divinities of nature ! I am Pavananjay, the son of - King Prahlad of Adityapur. The noble woman, Anjana is my
wife. Though she was an angel in purity and chastity I abandoned her and kept her away for twenty two years. Though she was innocent, I treated her with contempt. Though she tried her best to convince me of her purity, I kept her away heartlessly. I threw her into the fires of anguish soon after her marriage. I treated her with bitter contempt; on every occasion, I reprimanded her and ridiculed her. When she came to me and expressed her wishes for my victory and safety, I reprimanded her and rejected her. When in the midst of the serene atmosphere of the banks of the Manas Sarovar, I realised my blunder, I went straight to her palace with my dear friend Prahahsit. I spent that night in her company. I enjoyed a happy union with her and then in the morning, I gave her my signetring; and returned to the banks of the Manas Sarovar."
"Oh you divinities of nature ! My wife, Anjana became pregnant. My mother thinking that she was unfaithful to me, expelled her from Adityapur. Thus, on account of my blunder, that noble woman was forced to knock about from pillar to post. She had to suffer all sorts of indignities and consequent anguish on account of my ignorant and thoughtless action. When I
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