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"When the king of
Mithila, was returning
through this forest after
the Malava-Magadha war,
a gang of hunters attacked
him and plundered all his
Fossessions. The leader of
entrusted the
the gang
whole booty to me and
As I
pursued the king.
was coming back after this,
I saw a lady lying wounded
and heard the cry of a
baby nearby. On asking
her she told me that while
the king of Mithila was
attacked she was separated
from him, and while she
was going about with his
child she saw an elephant
and that she placed the
child on its back in accord-
ance with its own desire,
tut that the child fell down
from its back. She implored
me to see if the child was
alive. I found the child
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the child and he succeeded
in his attempt by giving
her a lot of money. He
then named the boy
Apaharavarman and en-
trusted him to the care of
Vasumati. p. 17.
Mithila, was returning
through this forest after
the Malava-Magadha war,
a gang of hunters attacked
him and plundered all his
Fossessions. The leader of
entrusted the
the gang
whole booty to me and
As I
pursued the king.
was coming back after this,
I saw a lady lying wounded
and heard the cry of a
baby nearby. On asking
her she told me that while
the king of Mithila was
attacked she was separated
from him, and while she
was going about with his
child she saw an elephant
and that she placed the
child on its back in accord-
ance with its own desire,
tut that the child fell down
from its back. She implored
me to see if the child was
alive. I found the child
12
the child and he succeeded
in his attempt by giving
her a lot of money. He
then named the boy
Apaharavarman and en-
trusted him to the care of
Vasumati. p. 17.