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dead The hunter nursed him carefully and restored him to life He brought him to his home which was in the city of Navalaksa Here he stayed for a few days to convalesce. Amvada's life was now about to take a fresh turn,
“At night, as everybody lay asleep, Amvada woke up at the sound of someone going out It was the hunter's daughter Amvada silently followed her. In the ray, a ksatriya girl, a vaisya gırl and a brahmın gul joined with her The four then reached the central place in the city. The four were bound for the residence of the seafaring merchant
"At the siggestion of the hunter's daughter, all the four changed themselves into she-goats At this Amvada became a he-goat and chased after the four Tuc shea goats got terrified at tas, gave up the idea of going further and returned home That night's adventure trus ended in notaing When taey mat in the morning, the question that was uppermɔst in their mind was about the goat's id cntity, and the reason of its chasing them last night During the following night they started again in the same manner, and even to-day the he-goat was there By his magical powers, Anvada fixed all the four she-goats so that they could no longer move This humbled the four at once, who now bagged pitiably for their own release. The he-goat told them that they would be released on condition taat taey rendered him a service, which was to arrange a meeting for him with the merchant's daughter Rupini To this they agreed and earned their own release Now, the five reached the merchant's house,
"The house was a beautiful mansion encircled by a deep ditch full of water to protect it There was also a standing guard of five hundred strong Seated near the Goddess of Wealth, Rupını herself was playing with a monkey. Just
