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The Establishment of the Queen's Chastity
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“Dear Lord! You have not yet recovered your health fully and you have taken the trouble of coming here ..... I myself would have come to you...." Simhika said in a polite manner.
"I am now perfectly well, my dear Queen", King Nagush said and asked her to be seated.
“You might have recovered your health but still you are weak and run down”.
"It is likely that I am physically weak but my mind is perfectly well."
“The Almighty and the spiritual head have bestowed upon us boundless compassion and kindness”.
"The Almighty and the spiritual head might have bestowed their kindness upon you; but Queen Simhika has bestowed her kindness upon me".
"No, my dear Lord! Do not say so, I am but the dust of your feet. Do not attribute so much greatness to one who is so low...." Simhika said in a serious tone.
"Oh goddess ! Though I have lived with you for such a long time I have not been able to realise your greatness. I could not realise and appreciate your tremendous chastity. What a great misfortune it is for us ? Really, I have done a great injustice to you". Nagush said heaving a long sigh with a heavy tone.
"You have not done any injustice to me but all this was the result of the evil karmas of my previous janma. When a person has fallen upon evil days what can any one do to help her ? Yet whatever has happened has happened only for our good”.
"Today, I have realised that the kings of the south had to face a bitter defeat at your hands and had to run away from the battle-field because of the efficacy of your chastity. What I thought of you all these days was wrong. I had fallen into the snares of my own illusion. I committed a terrible sin by believ
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