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"Oh best among ministers! Do me one favour. Send me to my sons after informing the Maharaja. What shall I do by remaing alive now?"
The minister said politly:
"Maharaniji, Have patience, Patience alone is the source of all pleasure and peace. Wait for the proper time with patience. Time scratches away everything except Truth. Maharaniji! Untruth has many forms. Truth has only one form." Maharani Vijaya asked:
"Oh, best among ministers! Do you believe that Amarsen and Vayarsen would. ever misbehave with their step-mother? I wonder how the Maharaj put faith in the story told by the younger queen."
The minister replied:
"Maharaniji! It is beyond my authority to say anything against the king. Still however, I shall dare say this much that a man loses all power of thinking under the intoxication of lust. Lust shines. like spurious gold but its shining lustere
