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259 As the minister was also skilled in this secret knowledge, he was watching all the movements of the King. He called the hunters who were profficient in killing the birds and ordered :
“Trap this parrot and bring it alive. Sprain its neck in my presence.”
The parrot (King Shuklapaksh) perched on a mango tree in the garden of the queen Nivrutti. Thinking of something, he got himself deliberately trapped by a hunter. As the hunter was just going to kill the parrot, it spoke in human language :
“What will you get by killing me ? If you keep me alive and do as I say, you may get one lakh worth gold coins”
The hunter found this very amusing. He was surprised also. He said :
“Alright, we keep you alive, now enable us to get one lakh gold coins."
