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stead of that you will certainly be powerful, prosperous, and famous."
Péthad entered the town and when an opportanity came, he hired a shop near the royal palace and began to deal in clo. ths and grocery. Once a shepherdess came with a pot of ghee to sell it and placed the pot together with its support (with 'Indhoni' a ring of grass to be used as a small stand or support). The more the ghee was removed by Péthad from the pot the more it increased in it This astonished Péthad. From the pot that could contain 10 pounds of ghee, almost the same quantity was already removed, yet the pot was full. He thought that the Indhopi' must be containing Citra-véli' (a sort of magical creeper ). By means of minute observation he corroborated his idea. Then a baniā never requires to be tutored. He made a resolution in his mind and purchased the pot together with that 'Indhoņi' by giving the price as demanded by the shepherdess. The quantity of ghee' had no limit now due to the effect of that Indhoni' and Péthad grew to be a rich man.
When Jayasinghdeva, the King of that town sat to dine, his maid-servant came with a small cup to purchase ghee for the King. Pethad supplied it but his son Zanzağa' did not like it.
Once when Péthad left the shop for dinner after entrusting Zanzana with the work of looking after the shop, that maid servant came to purchase ghee. Zānzaņa thought that it was unbecoming for a King to eat the ghee bought thus; he tried to find out a plan to give advice to the King. He refused to supply ghee to the King. The maid-servant reported this matter to the King who lost his temper and sent for Péthad. Péthad said to the King, “I was absent at the shop; my son may be in the know of the reason of this." Then Zānzaga was sent for. He knew
from the beginning what was to happen and hence he fearlessly approached the King and by means of an intelligent reply he pleased the King and added to his love for him. He replied to the King, “ No sooner did I stand and begin to supply ghee than I sneezed, and this created a doubt in my mind that
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