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When one day, śīlavati went on public roads for the selling of her garlands of expanded flowers, a millionaire marlner named Débila enamoured of the beauty, youth, charm, and grandeur of Silavati came there. He asked Silavati:-0 good woman 1 for how much can these garlands be had ? She replied:for five gold-moburs”. He, thought:
दानेन वैराण्युपयान्ति नावं, दानेन भूतानि वशीभवन्ति ।
दानेन कीर्तिमेवन्तीन्दुशुभ्रा दानात्परं नो वरमस्ति वस्तु ॥ २॥ i Dānéna vatrāņnypayānti nāšam, Dānéna bbūtāni vasibhavanti
Dānéna kirti-r-bhantinduśubhra Dănātparams varanasti vastu. 1
| By gists, animosities go to destruction; by gifts, living beings become subdued; by gifts fame becomes shining like the Moon; there is no better object than the giving of gifts.
With the object of gaining the mind of Silavatt, the mariner Déhila, gave her three gold mohurs. Becoming delighted she gave him flower-garlands. Then the merchant gently told heri- O good woman! you do not give these garlands to any other person. I shall take them even by giving more money." Śilavati accepted the offer, Both of them went away to their respective dwellings. Débila, thus, began o buy flowergardands dally from her, and by the gain of more money, silavatt was giving him the garlands !
One day, Débila kept a cargoboat filled with costly groccortes of various kinds, ready at the port, for & voyage to another port, and informed Silavatî:-.6 good woman ! tomorrow I am going abroad,, you come to a certain locality of the port with flowers of kunda (white Jasmjne) nava malatt (a fresh variety of fragrant Jasmine) pātala (trumpet flower-Bignonia Suaveolens) atimuktaka (Dalbergía Gujelnensis, campaka (a tree with yellow, fragrant flowers) and other fragrant varieties and give them to me. I shall give you four times their value. Silavati consented to go there joyfully but she could not grasp the real intention.
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