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feudatory princes will be thrown into confusion. On hearing this accident, Prince Vigvabhūti will immediately leave the Puşpakarandaks pleasure-garden, and will come here. It will be quite suttabte in both ways." The king accepted the advice; the ministers got up, and they rarrated the device to the queen, who was sitting in the solitary place. The queen was pleased; she took her meals and abandoned her wrath.
The next day, the ministers brought some persons with their legs (from ankle to knee ) full of dust and appearing to be exhausted by continuous walking, with fraudulent letters in their hands into the presence of the king, and they gave him those letters. The king read them, and having known their meaning, he ordered his servants with an acme of fury :
" O brave people ! Beat the kettle-drum for preparations for the battle-field; make ready the elephants and send them out of the town; put on divine weapons. Bring the elephant qucfea Jaya-hasti, for me so that I will lead the march.” The servants did everything, as ordered by the king.
Prince Visvabhūti Sent to Purusasinha.
On hearing the sound of the kettle-drum, all the feudatorý princes were greatly agitated, the soldiers became ready, the horses began to run about in all directions, and all the gene. rals assembled. Wbat to say more? The entire locality appeared distarbed. The king led the march. Having come to know that the king was marching for the battle-field, Prince Visvabhūti came out of the Puspakarandaka pleasure-garden, md approaching the klag, he bowed down at his feet, and inquired about the cause of his sudden march. The king said.” O child ! a tribu. tary chlef Damod gorfer Puruşabiqpha, of the neighbouring boundary, who was affectionate and obedient before, has become very Insolent, and he has been oppressing people of the nelghbouring villages. He has been violating the orders of the ruling authorl. ties. O son ! It is a grhat humiliation to me; who will lead a
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