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just as Rahu"^ obscures the ful-moon, spotless by nature : may Your 

 Majesty pardon me that! Moreover, the king of Ujjeni, angry 

 because I have abused you, does not allow me to enter that city." 

 The king said : " You are already pardoned by the mercy of the 

 queen." Ayala with great devotion again fell at their feet. Deva- 

 datta had him bathed and dressed in a robe of price, and the king 

 remitted his duties. He was sent to Ujjeni, and Viyaradhavala, at 

 the request of Muladeva, pardoned him. 



Nigghinasamma, too, having heard that Mijladeva had entered 

 upon his kingdom, came to Bennayada, and obtained an audience. 

 The king, in a spirit of piety, presented him with the village he 

 came from. He bowed in gratitude for the great favor and returned 

 to the village. 



At this time the tramp heard that IMiiladeva had seen the same 

 dream as himself, but that he had become king in consequence of 

 his ardent desire. Now he thought : " I shall go where there is milk 

 to be gotten. That I shall drink and sleep until I shall again see that 

 dream." — As to whether he shall see it no man reporteth. 



''^ The demon of eclipse. 



Johns Hopkins University, 

 Baltimore. 



