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before he set sail, he was offéring ,cash to all seekers As the minister was pennyless, he left his wife in the park and came to the ship There was already a long queue of seekers, and before the minister's turn came, the ship set sail. The minister took a chance and jumped into the ship The merchant was surprised to see how daring the man was and gave him a few coins Now as the minister turned to jump back, the ship was already in deep water So he had no other alternative but to remain in the ship Very soon a deep intimacy grew between the merchant and the minister, and the merchant was impressed by the man's wit The merchant gave him the job of keeping the account books in his establishment
Elsewhere, the minister's wife, Vinayasundari, was waiting in the park for her husband's return, but he did not come back After waiting for a very long time, she moved out in search of him But all her searches were in vain At last, she took shelter in the house of a potter in that city, Till the return of her husband, however, she undertook a few vows which were as follows
She would lie on the ground She would take no bath She would not put on coloured garments She would not decorate herself with flowers She would not use cosmetics She would not chew betel leaves She would not take dainties, dalıcacies, milk and milk products, spices, etc She would use no cushion. She would never move out of the house except under emergency She would not sit in a balcony She would not participate in social ceremonies She would be restrained in her talks with others
Thus she spent her days
The merchant and the minister arrived at Ratnadvipa In that island, there was a city named Surpur where reigned King Sakrapurandara The merchant unloaded his wares and stored them in the warehouses in business
