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 leave them all in a safe place, and himself to go again to the old woman of the wood and try to bring them back.

We have already seen how he consecrated a dependent of his as king over the city of Visvarañjitanagara. He now with his parents and brothers went to that town and sent word to the king about his arrival. That king having learnt from his peons that Jagatalapratâpa bad come in a reduced condition, and had not his four,four [sic] wives through whom he had all his fortunes, returned word that he had no leisure to see him. He also ordered his servants to push Jagatalapratâpa out if he persisted in seeing him—the king. The servant who had previously known Jagatalapratâpa well, and what a deal of good he had done to the then king of Visvarañjitaagara, was startled at the latter's reply to his former patron, and reported every word of it to Jagatalapratâpa. That servant to his great credit and future prosperity now added, "My noble lord, I have heard my father repeat the proverb, 'Never give up a dried-up chunam or a reduced king; I shall take your parents and brothers under my protection, and give them heartily what I have in my possession. You may follow your pursuit as you wish it without any concern about those people.These fell like nectar into the ears of Jagatalapratâpa. He thanked his gods for their having