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I was grieved hearing this Curse. I apologised frequently. After sometime his anger was calmed and then he said: The curse which I uttered can not go in vain, but you will be free from this curse through Kath, the merchant of Rajgruha.'
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In order to be free from the curse, I have been waiting in the garden. Once a poor Brahmin sat under the same and he began to shed tears on his miserable condition. Myself and this Jay came down from the tree and said:
If you take both of us to Sheth Kath the the merchant, he will purchase us by giving you the price of five hundred gold Coins. You will be free from poverty and we will be free from the curse.
O Sheth! This is our story, but remember one thing: don't tell this to any body. If you let out the seclet, you will have to face many terrible calamities."
