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36. 18. ] time. The parents and the citizens recognised him. His elders were satisfied. The leaders of the town went out. They examined the goods, and on appraising, it was found to be one crore and a quarter in worth. Half a month after this, Devanandi arrived. For him too, the leaders of the town went out. The goods was examined and it was, on appraising, half a crore in cost, Then Devanandi felt ashamed. He (i. e. Dharana) paid the price of the goods to the citizens; and with the remainder, he realized the sentiment of manhood fulfilled by the attainment of the high idea. In the meantime, the thirteenth day dedicated to the god of love, arrived. The leaders of the town said to him, “ Take out your chariot.” Dharana said, * Enough of the childish prank.” The leaders of the town praised him.
And some time passed of him, experiencing the happiness of the attainment of a high object and he spent off almost all the wealth earned by his own hands. The anxiety was produced in him. “ Necessarily indeed, the group of the three should be followed by a man, born in the best family. It is the
