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 IV.] BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 259 But though deprived of his great power, Chand Not a whit was not a whit daunted. daunted, The next step of Manasa Devi was again to destroy the beautiful garden upon which her curse had already fallen so ineffectually. Chand Sadagar had an intimate friend in the His friend city of Sankoor. He was called Sankoor Gadudia. 2 He also possessed Maha Fnan and Chand sent a messenger forthwith to fetch him to his palace. The great physician, for such was his calling, came to Champaka Nagar and in a moment restored: the garden to its original form. Manasa Devi’s attempts were thus frustrated a second time, but her resources were inexhaustible. Sankur
 * Gadudia

macy may be called a great intellectual feat, she is killed. By a contrivance which for ingenuity and diplo- succeeded in killing Sankoor Gadudia, the physician and friend of Chand. The latter was now friendless and helpless. The terri- ble reta- but the serpents appointed by heralso killed one by __liation. Manasa Devi not only did again destroy the Guabari, one all his six sons. Sanaka, the queen of the merchant-king, fell on her knees and impl ও ্‌ The grief a plored her husband to put an end Gi’ Sanaka to this unequal quarrel ; for after all Manasa Devi was a goddess and he was a man! The six wives of the deceased sons of Chand Chand wore the widow’s white sari, wiped away the beau- 25 tiful marks of vermilion from their foreheads, broke voyage. their shell-bracelets and filled the house with wild lamentations. But with a firmness which was more than human, he was the more confirmed in his