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eaten it."
The ascetic "Go quickly, kill him and bring from his belly, the cooked crest. I will not rest without the crest."
Bhadra "What do you say? Should I kill my own son in order to serve you crest ? I will not do such a cruel act."
The ascetic threatening her said: "If you do not bring the crest, I will just now go away from here."
Love-blind Bhadra, a mother, became ready even to kill her child! See the reault of being mad after someone! Sexdominated infatuation always brings evil.
One maidservant, Gomati, overheard this exchange of talks. She had hidden herself and she also heard the willingness of Bhadra to kill Sagardatta for the sakeof her lover. So Gomati immediately went away and reached the school. She took
