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every grain of corn. Cattle began to die for want of grass. No distinction remained between the poor and the rich. All were made equal on account of want of food and hunger. There was no want of food, clothes and wealth with Mahasen. He opened charity-houses in his city. He made a public announcement that no person should remain hungry or uncovered. All should get their requirements from his charity-houses.
Thousands of hungry persons began to get food from the charity houses of Mahasen. Once an old woman came to one of the charity-houses. She had not got anything to eat for a large number of days. So she ate like a glutton and made her stomach over-full. As a result she becme ill. Mahasen took that woman to his house. He attended to her as if she were his mother. He treated her with the help of clever physicians. The old woman became alright within a short period.
