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Kapatkosha replied: "I am dancing in joy because my ill sister has recovered from her illness."
Mahasen said: "I am dancing because I have got back my jewels for which I had lost all hope."
Vanchanamati said:
"I am dancing because I also have got a teacher. Till to-day I deceived the world. To-day this prostitute has taught me a lesson. She has very cleverly befooled me, to-day."
Thereafter Sheth Vanchanamati repented very much about his evil deeds. He lost all love for the wealth tained bybo cheating people. He could not tolerate the bitter criticism of the public. So Sheth Vanchanamarti renouned this world.. He became an ascetic.
On the other side; Mahasen returned. to his city Pataliputra. He told the whole story of Anyaypur to his wife Gunasunderi. Later on there was once a famine in Pataliputra. People began to crave for
