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mouthfuls, five mouthfuls he ate. Then he looked towards the water, which 
was trickling out of the broken gourd. 445. He put his face to the earth 
and sipped up the water, and as he did so Devi’s brother S'ani # came over 
his destiny. 446. S'ani and Ketu took up their abode in the king’s heart. 
And all his body became defiled. 447. Then Mayana wept in pitiful ac¬ 
cents. 
The burden oe her song. 
448. “ My son is all my fortune. Who will make us meet again. 
449. Thou art going to a far country. Thou wilt dwell in the house of 
a strange woman. First the householder will eat and then he will think 
of thee. 450. When thou seest an Atita or a Vaishnava do not thou 
despise him. With thy head touching the ground reverence thou him who 
weareth a rosary. 451. When thou shalt see the mustard plant scanty, 
and the dub grass thin ; then wilt thou know that thou art in a far coun¬ 
try.” 
The King spake. 
452. “ If I see a flower, I will not pluck it. If I see a bird, I will 
not fling a stone at it. 453. If I see another’s wife, I will not smile at 
her. First I will call her mother, then will I ask for alms.” 454. She 
put sixteen Jcahans of Jcdoris in his wallet. “ See that thou tellest not 
thy guru about these Jcaoris .” 455. “ In dust and ashes will I spend the 
money. Following the Hadi will I go to Yama’s abode.” 
456. The hundred queens went to Khetu. But Aduna and Paduna 
went to their own palace. 457. In that palace, there were guards in twelve 
places, and thirteen tlidnds. No Atita or Vaishnava was allowed to enter 
that house. 458. And e’en as the two damsels entered their dwelling-place, 
the doors of virtue shut themselves without keys. 459. They set them¬ 
selves to play at dice in silence. 
The Queen spake. 
460. “ What day the dice will fall from my hands in disorder, I shall 
know that that day my husband is dead.” 
461. The burden of the kingdom remained in the lap of Mayana, 
the king’s mother. And the Hadi and the king started for a city in a far 
country. 462. One Jcros , two Jcros, five Jcros he went. And the king’s feet 
were cut and covered with blood. 
The burden oe his song. 
463. “ Alas ! Fate, sitting in a lovely place, hath written misery on 
my destiny.” 464. One day, two days, seven days passed. Night and 
* S'ani and Ketn of course mean ill-luck. If, however, by “ Devi” is meant 
Durga, she is certainly not S'ani’s sister. 
