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Eaja Jagat Prokas, waving over the Guru a fan of peacock's 

 feathers, conducted him to his queens, who filled their laps with 

 flowers of gold and silver and offered them to him, and prostrated 

 themselves before him. He patted them on the back, Eani Ketaki 

 also prostrated herself before him, but in her heart bitterly reviled 

 him. The Guru, after remaining there seven days and nights, and 

 enthroning the Eaja Jagat Prokas, having mounted his tiger-skin 

 in the same manner as he came, hastened back to Mount Koilas, 

 and the Eaja began to rule as before. 



Hani KetaTci, as described in couplets of her native tongue, laments 

 before Madan-bdn, and, at the thought of what has passed, gives up 

 all hope of life. 



Great was the agitation of the Eani and she took no note of evil 

 or of good. Mutely she sighed, and wished not for life. But 



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