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91 had enjoyed a very refreshing sleep. Then he began to think:—"Whose house is this? Who is this girl? What brought me here? But what care I for all this?" He was preparing to go his own way, when the girl taking hold of the hem of his garment asked him:—"Are you going to quit me? I have been eagerly waiting for you and tending you for these six months. You are my husband: I am your wife." On hearing this, the Brahman replied:—"I am a Brahman and you a Sudra, this sort of talk is, therefore, unfair of you. What have I to do with you?" So saying, he rose, but the girl accompanied him closely wheresoever he went. The matter was reported by the townsfolk to the king, who summoned the Brahman and the Sudra girl before him, and as he was not able to effect a compromise between them, he invited a certain number of the best Pandits and requested them to judge of the affair, who pacified Chandrasarma by saying that a Brahman is at liberty to marry from among all the four castes.

The king then married Chandrasarma first