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So we must ask for such a thing that we may be happy for ever.' So she said: "You ask from the king that we should get a dinner daily from each household and one gold Coin after that."
Seduk told to the king as was advised by his wife, the King was pained to hear such a foolish request from Seduk. He said to him, "O foolish Brahmin ! I gave you so much good chance and you asked such a thing? Think again and ask for some village, land or such other thing."
Seduk, however refused to ask anything more and was adamant in what he asked before.
The King pitied him and then made a proclamation that every body should give dinner to the Brahmin and one gold coin,
Now, after some days the lust for wealth increased in the mind of શ્રેણી ૪ ફ્ર ૧૮
Seduk.
