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recognised me but could not King Janak recognise me ? Ah ! He could not find time to meet me. Well! It does not matter. Nothing is really lost. Now they will know who I am. Oh! If I had stayed there for some more time the guards would have cut me into pieces. Like lionesses, the maids would have pounced upon me and torn off my body into pieces. It was a good thing that I became cautious and disappeared from there."
Narad was still shivering with fear. He was breathing like bellows. He was bathed in perspiration. He grew silent. He sat upon a high peak of the Vaithadya mountain and planned his revenge. He knew that Sita had been engaged to Sri Ram. A thought occurred to him and he became cheerful. He made some decision and then he proceeded towards Ratanupur.
He reached Ratanupur and camped in a garden near the city. When the guard of the garden came to know of his arrival he ran to him; saluted his feet; and wearing the dust of his feet on his forehead; he said;
"Divine sage ! This garden of King Chandragati has been hallowed by your arrival."
For a moment, Narad kept looking at the guard; thought something and said in a serious voice;
"Please take care to see that King Chandragati does not come to know of my arrival here, for some days."
“As commanded by the divine sage". “And I desire another favour from you." "I am ready to carry out any command of yours.” "I need a wooden board, various colours and a brush." "All these things will reach you in a few minutes." “Oh pious man! May you be happy”.
The guard saluted him and went away. Narad began to walk to and fro in the garden but today he had no desire to see
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