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gates by Talodghatana Vidya2. On entering the house of the S'reshthin they found all the persons asleep. All the thieves except Chilati-putra were engaged in taking hold of every valuable possession they could lay their hands upon. He, however, took up Susama and came out of the house along with his companions.
When the S'reshthin awoke, he found several things in his house missing and the worst of it all was that his dear daughter also was carried away by the thieves. He immediately informed the Kotval of this theft and requested him to trace out the thieves, promising as the reward the entire wealth stolen away. Thereupon, the Kotval started with some police-men. The S'reshthin, too, accompanied him, along with his five sons. They soon came up very near the thieves, who, seeing them left the wealth on the ground, took to their heels, and soon disappeared in some dense forest. The Kotval stopped there to take the possession of what was left by the thieves but the S'reshthin and his sons pursued Chilati-putra, who was running away with Susama on his shoulder. Chilati-putra at last got tired of passing through forests, of crossing streamlets and of enduring the severe heat of the sun. So, cn finding himself within the reach of his pursuers, they cannot wake up of their own accord, until the charm is removed.
2 It is also a charm by virtue of which the locks give way.
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