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I am the nurse of the son
of Satyasarman, living on
the bank of the river Käveri,
by his younger wife. His
elder wife pushed me down
into the river, along with
the child. As I was drifting
away in the current with
the child on my head, I
saw an uprooted tree com-
ing down the stream and
caught hold of it. I was bit-
ten by a serpent which was
present on the tree. While
it was trying to bite the
child also, a valture snatch-
ed it away. Then I reached
the bank with the child,
but soon fell down un-
conscious. On waking up
I saw a sage making some
gesticulations, but not the
child. I asked the sage. but
he could not give me any
information as to what hap-
pened to the child but said
that he was only testing on
me the efficacy of his know-
ledge of poison cure. So,
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and married a Brahmin
girl by name Ka' As no
child was born to them
he married her sister Gauri
also and got a son by her. I
became the nurse of the child.
Oat of jealousy Kali threw
the child along with me into
the river. Holding the child
in one arm I was swimming
towards the bank. An up-
rooted tree was coming down
the current and when it
came near me I placed the
child on it holding myself
fast to it. A serpent which
was present on the tree bit
me, and the tree itself dash-
ed on the bank. I am now
lamenting for the fate of
the child as I may die soon
of the poison.'
Soon she fell down. I
went in search of suitable
medicine, but before I could
return, she was dead. I
performed her obsequies
and unable to find out the
of Satyasarman, living on
the bank of the river Käveri,
by his younger wife. His
elder wife pushed me down
into the river, along with
the child. As I was drifting
away in the current with
the child on my head, I
saw an uprooted tree com-
ing down the stream and
caught hold of it. I was bit-
ten by a serpent which was
present on the tree. While
it was trying to bite the
child also, a valture snatch-
ed it away. Then I reached
the bank with the child,
but soon fell down un-
conscious. On waking up
I saw a sage making some
gesticulations, but not the
child. I asked the sage. but
he could not give me any
information as to what hap-
pened to the child but said
that he was only testing on
me the efficacy of his know-
ledge of poison cure. So,
19
and married a Brahmin
girl by name Ka' As no
child was born to them
he married her sister Gauri
also and got a son by her. I
became the nurse of the child.
Oat of jealousy Kali threw
the child along with me into
the river. Holding the child
in one arm I was swimming
towards the bank. An up-
rooted tree was coming down
the current and when it
came near me I placed the
child on it holding myself
fast to it. A serpent which
was present on the tree bit
me, and the tree itself dash-
ed on the bank. I am now
lamenting for the fate of
the child as I may die soon
of the poison.'
Soon she fell down. I
went in search of suitable
medicine, but before I could
return, she was dead. I
performed her obsequies
and unable to find out the