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taken to a hermit's life and my daughter has taken service
the usurper.
Had the two
with Kalpasundarī, the queen
 
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royal children lived, they would have been exactly of your
age and looks.' When I heard her tale, tears gushed into my
eyes. I said to her, Mother ! here I am, your son, and I
can have the usurper done to death, but nobody knows me
here as the prince.' . The old woman was overwhelmed with
joy and gave me a meal. I thought out a plan to kill the
usurper through his queen and asked my foster-mother if she
had any knowledge of his antaḥpura. Meanwhile her
daughter came there; and having heard about me from her
one of the most
mother told me that Kalpasundari was
beautiful and accomplished ladies of the day but that there
I employed
was no love lost between her and the usurper.
ladies to widen the rift between the queen and her husband
and also to win her love for me.¹
 
(Av. Sāra VIII. 110-125)
 
1. The Ms. of Avantisundari Kathā Sāra breaks off here.