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[ 6. 4. 10delightful-to-the-eyes city of lathurā where there are mansions decorated 10 with pictures esecuted in precious stones. There were two Brāhmana brothers, like elephants, named Madhava and Madhusudana. They bore great enmity in their minds and would not tolerate the manifold virtues of each other. As days passed by, the riches of Mādhava soon turned their face away from liim. He could not even secure clothes for his wife and 15 all his strength and power had also melted away.
5. One day, his wife, in her misery, thought out some thing (and said) "Oh my dearest, listen to my words. Let us instantly go to Madhusudana. He will certainly provide food for us both hungry and poverty-stricken as we are ". Hearing her words, Māillcva made a reply in faltering tones “ Setting aside the grandeur of self respect, how shall I enter the house 5 of another who is so disagreeable to me? Better to eat morsels of poison and die than to be a servant in the house of a wicked person ". Then Mādhava was again addressed by his wife " What is the good of this voluminous grandeur of self respect ? ” Hearing her words, Vādhcuo, went to the house of the good Madhusudana. Seeing Madhava come to 10 his house with his wife, misery-stricken and distressed in mind, Madhusudland, with folded bands and one mind, stood before him.
6. Modestly bending his head Madhusudana spoke to them “ Oh my parents ! what anxiety have you? I eat the food given by you. How is not a gentleman, kind and very honourable, adorable in this world ? " But they, bearing jealousy in their heart, could not put up with his fortune. One day, Mādhava. out of wrath, inade a sudden exit for Prayāga. There 5 he saw an emaciated ascetic and stood at his feet for a moment. With his permission, Madhava, cruel at heart, took to austerities. He wasted his body by abstinence and soon died with the desire " I should be born a dear son to Madhusudand the Brulmance of the town of Mathura, and having given him much pleasure, I should afterwards die ".
10 7. That Mālhavo, was, in course of time, born in the beautiful house of Madhusīdana. Favourite of all people and repository of all arts, he, while yet young, Lecame pre-eminent amongst the people. Then, one day, the young son of the Brahmana was suddenly carried away by the messengers of Death. Madhusudand, following the body of his son, fell 5 on the earth beating his head. He would not leave his neck but
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