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twelve kdoris worth of ganjd : then will I take thee on to Ghadapur.” 484. 
When the pious king heard these words, he closed his ears, and cried “ Ram, 
Ram.’’ 
The King spake. 
485. “ I know nought of such a thing, O father guru. He who 
goeth with such a transgressor, will surely die. 486. Nay, nay, there is 
no need of binding me. Instead of twelve kdoris take twelve kalians , and 
return unto thy house.” 487. The Hadi was in contemplation and sud¬ 
denly started. 488. He went into contemplation and gazed about, and in 
his contemplation his eyes fell upon the sixteen kalians in the king’s wallet. 
The Ha'di spake. 
489. “ His mother excelleth me in charms. She hath put sixteen 
kalians of kdoris in his ■wallet.” 490. He cried “ Tudu , Tadu ” with a 
loud voice, and took the sixteen kdhans of kdoris , and flew up into the sky. 
491. He created two stones weighing half a man each, and put them into 
the wallet. And the pious king took his hhdt and began to eat. 492. 
“ Give me, give me the kdoris ,” he began to coax. But after saying so 
twice or thrice, he became angry. 493. The king opened the wallet 
and became amazed. Wonderful thing! No kdoris were within the 
wallet. 
The bukden of his song. 
494. "Why do my eyes dance in my head ? I know not what is writ¬ 
ten in my fate. 495. Why, why, O father guru, hast thou wrongfully 
given up pity ? In my wallet there are no kdoris. Give me, unhappy one, 
in pawn for the kdoris I have promised.” 496. Immediately the Hadi 
called his mother-earth to witness. “ I call thee to witness, that he himself 
hath offered himself in pawn. ’Tis not the Hadi who hath given him.” 
497. He put the pious king in his wallet, and took him to the city of Dar- 
yapur. 
The Ha'di spake. 
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498. “ A man for pawn, a man for pawn. Take him, 0 mother, thou 
seller of milk. I would pawn him for twelve kdoris. I wish to get twelve 
kdoris to eat ganja .” 
The Gowalini spake. 
499. “ See, see, we would see what kind of pupil this is of thine.” 
500. He pulled the king out by one hand, and the king arose radiant in 
person, 
