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divine body. It has long been foretold by divine sages that she would be married by a person like you. Hearing that, the king told her of lotuslike large eyes, "Oh beautiful maid, do you grasp the words that the parrot is saying? Hearing that, the maid said. her words faltering on account of love," I have accepted your service in my mind. How can the words of the parrot go false, oh lord of men?
11. Hearing those pleasing words, the king married her immediately. In love, they enjoyed a thousand pleasures. Then, one day, the wife said, showing excessive love "Oh lord of men, I would see your home." Hearing her pleasant words, the king prepared a boat. He filled it with attractive gems and decorated it with beautiful flags. Mounted on it with the parrot, the horse and his wife, the lord of men shone forth like the god of gods. That boat was drifted on by the wind to another island in the sea. When it touched a deserted island on another day, the king felt anxious in his mind. He then spoke to the parrot "How is the night to be passed here, oh friend?" Hearing that the parrot replied "Oh king, do not sleep 10 very forgetfully.'
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12. The horse, the woman, the parrot and the king, all the four, with firm mind, established four watches. During the watch of the king, the boat, along with the horse, was quickly carried away by thieves. At sunrise when the king sees, he does not find the boat and the horse. Theu the king reported the fact to the parrot "I know not which way the boat has gone. Bearing sorrow in mind, the parrot then told the king immediately" Cut logs of wood and tie them up soon so that you might easily cross the sea. Making that, the innocent king mounted upon it along with his wife and accompanied by the parrot. The ties of it were broken by the waves and the king wandered from land to land. Then the parrot 10 flew to a bunyan tree, the king was carried by the waves to Kokana while his beautiful wife, by dictates of fate, was carried to the town of Khambhayacca.
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13. There she was seen by a clever bawd Lambajhalamba. She took Ratnalekha home and the tender one removed her watery smell. Then the innocent one was told by Lambajhalambā “ Harlots do not become perfect without ornaments. Hearing that, the beautiful one said " Who
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