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441 Parvat both took a vow : "If I turn out to be wrong, I shall cut off my tongue.”
Next morning was fixed for taking the decision of Vasudev. The mother of Parvat was frightened by this controversy. She called Parvat in a solitary place and said :
“My son ! You have committed a a mistake in taking a vow of cutting off tongue without any thought. You have unnecessarily put yourself in trouble. What Narad says is true. Your father had interpreted the word "aja" as meaning three years old rice which was incapable of growing. Vasu is a truthful king. He will also say so, as he was told by his preceptor and your father.”
Parvat repented and said :
“Mother ! Who can prevent what is destined to happen ? My vanity was woun
