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from their parents by some mysterious circumstances in the way; otherwise, how are such strange sports of various kinds possible every day with them? They prepare elephants from clay by their natural intellect and pirce them with weapons; imagining artificial horses, they make them run; making chariots from mud they make them move on; and lifting powerful sticks imagined as weapons by their natural intelligence, they wield them. In this way, equipped with their four-divisioned army, they fight an imagiuary battle, and give villages, towns, and other objects as presents of victory to children of the town. Such actions are not possible among children of ordinary people. Besides, when ever I came here to do respectful salutation to you, they insisted on seeing the royal palace, but very often I was coming either by alluring them with some cloth or object or by eluding them. To-day their eagerness was persistent, and without leaving mye presence even for a moment, they came with me." The king thought:- This fortunate man has done me a great favour." Becoming greatly delighted, King Nara-Vikrama gave the chief cow-herd, the entire posgession of the cow-pen and one hundred Cows with hereditary rights from one generation to another of the kingdom; and after giving him oumerous costly clothes, and hetel-leaves, the king sent him home.
Having taken the two princes with bin, King NoraVikrama went to the Ācārya and having done him respectful salutation with great devotion, the king narrated the entire account of meeting with his sons. The Ācārya Mabārāja sald :0 king! Do you now remember what I told you the other day! The king replied:-0 Bhagavani I remember it fully as my own name. Guru Mahārāja said:-0 fortunate man! There is nothing which cannot be accomplished by rendering service to saints, The King replied:- O Bhagavan! It is perfectly true. I am evidently convinced. What doubt can there possibly bę? Now, do me the favour of dispelling my pain of separation from my wife.” Guru Mabărăja, said.-O great king! Do not become hasty. Accepting the words of the Guru Mabärāja as true, the king went to his palace.
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