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to find out Dharana. He, contemplating with himself 'I have, alas, done wrong !" went to search for him. He did not find Dharana. He came back to the caravan. All S'abaras met together. They said "We have not seen him.” Then Kālasena was in great grief. He said,
“A good action, done by a good person to a bad person, yields a bad fruit, just as even milk offered to a serpent turns into poison. (19)
He gave life to me, to my wife and to my son; while I have ever done all acts antagonistic to him. (20)
Then what is the use of this longdrawn speech which is useless like the blossoming of flowers at improper times ? O men of the caravan, O S'abaras, this is my vow :
[20] If I can not put him right with this wealth within five days, I shall enter the flames of a well-lit fire. What more ? " (21).
Having taken such a vow, he made a mental determination before his family
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