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tind it out. I will go there personally and see", the King thought. The King went straight to Lilavathi's chamber and stepped into it. At that time, Lilavathi was asleep. She had wrapped herself with the holy mantle of the Chief Minister, The King recognised the garment. "I gave this garment to the Chief Minister as a presentation and he has given it to the Queen. He has given such a valuable garment to the Queen. What is the meaning of this ?" The King became very angry. At once, he went to his chamber. Kadamba's words became deeply fixed in his mind. He did not think of making any enquiries or asking either the Chief Minister or Lilavati about it. There appeared a prejudice in his mind against the Chief Minister and Lilavathi. This is the difficulty with respect to people who are ignorant or whose intelligence is not well-developed. If such people are heads of families many calamities can occur. Those people who are occupying a high position treat others as dolls and play with them, as they like, as if they are dolls. In the eyes of the King, the queen was only a doll from which he sought merely sensual pleasures. The King did not like to question Lilavati. He did not want to ask her how she got that garment belonging to the Chief Minister, or if he had sent for the Chief Minister and asked him what had happened to the garment worth one and a quarter lakh rupees which he had given him, the truth would have come to light and two noble people would not have suffered any injustice.
Come to a conclusion only after a thorough and complete examination of the situation. Do not get excited with excessive attachment or hatred on hearing about or seeing any incident. Exercise a control over your emotions of attachment and hatred. Otherwise, you cannot think clearly. Do not come to a hasty conclusion regarding what you have seen or heard about. Think well about it. Examine every detail of the situation; then you come to a conclusion and make a decision, but do not take any hard or unkind decision.
LILAVATI WAS BANISHED
The King had an extraordinary faith in Pethad Shah, the Chief Minister. He knew that Pethad Shah had undertaken the
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