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 "No harm," replied he.

They thereupon went into the next room and had Gajapati called in by a servant.

When Gajapati Vidyadiggaja was ushered in by the servant, the Prince asked, "Are you a Brahmin, Sir?"

Diggaja replied with a wave of the hand,

[So long as the gods choose to inhabit the Himalaya, so long as the Ganges waters this sublunary sphere, in this unreal world, verily the only reality is the father-in-law's house.]

Jagat Singha suppressed his rising laughter and bowed down his head. Gajapati uttered the benediction, "May Khoda Khan bless the noble Babu!"