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even for a moment. He took the decision under the spell of intoxication born of lust. The intoxication born of lust is such an intoxication that a man has necessarily to repeat after it is over.
The chandal took both the princes to the forest in order to obey the orders of the king. His heart had of course become stern as a result of his profession to kill persons. His profession itself was such that mercy stayed away very for from him. But to-day even the heart of this chandel melted with pity. He was continuously thinking like this: "Why does the king desire to kill these princes who are tender like a flower ? Both of them do not deserve to be killed. Come what may I shall not kill them."
All the actions of man are guided by fate and the force of deeds done in the past. This was the reason why the heart of the chandal changed completely. The lifetime of Amar-Vayar was still incomplite. The rise of the blessings.
