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here.'
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Malaya complied by the advice of
Mahabal.
Mahabal went in the direction of the sound of weeping. He kept the Lakshmipunj necklace with him only. when he reached near the person who was weeping, he came to know that it was a woman. Mahabal was much surprised : 'What misery can harass a woman in the religiously conducted kingdom of my father? Why must be she weeping at this hour and in a cemetery? Mahabal went near her. One dead body was hanging on a tree just in front of him. The woman was weeping for her pitiable condition.. Mahabal began to inquire.
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Much time elapsed and yes Mahabal did not return. Now the morning
approaching.
Malaya thought:
was
