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Was cery thirsty; then they went to sleep. Waking up in the last watoh of the night Lakşmi refląsted upon a means of getting rid of her husband. Just then a robber, named Candarudra, entered the temple, being pursued by policemen who kept watch at the door in order to prevent his escape. He told Lakşmi that he had stolen a lot of jewels in the royal palace, but on leaving it had been soon and pursued by the police. In the hope of making him serve her purpose, she proposed to him that when they were arrested in the morning and brought before the king, she would swear him to be her husband; then Dharana whom she disliked would be put to death. But he objected to her device because all people knew his real wife; however they could be saved if she could procure him some water. For he had a magical pill which, when moistened with water, rendered invisible any person who rubbed his eyps with it. By means of this pill Caņdarudra and Lakşmi became invisible; they retired into a corner of the temple. 429, 4.
In the morning the policemen found Dharana and, by his side, the stolen jewels. They brought him before the king who sentenced him to death. He was led to the settlement of the Cândālas for execution. It was then the turn of Maurika to put tho criminals to death.. He recognized his former benefactor and, of course, would not. execute him although Dharana hade him do his duty, at last he prevailed upon him to make his escape. So Dharana went his way longing to find his wife. He camo to the river Rjupalika and bathed in it. 432, 17.
Now Candarudra and Lakşmi had arrived at the same river. But the robber was already tired of the woman who had plunged her husband in misery and attached herself to an utter stranger. He, therefore, took all the gold she had about her and left her. 433,15. She was, however, not afflicted at her situation because she imagined her husband to be dead. But proceeding along the bank of the rivor she was met by the delighted Dharana; she told him, all in tears, that she had been
! Compare with what follows a similar story in Hemacandra's Paris. istaparvan II 596 ff.
