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MAHABAL MALAYASUNDARI The king helped Malaya into his chariot and brought The king came three days later. Malaya her to his garden-palace outside the city. He said
cleverly found a way outYou will live O king ! Under
Alright. I here. I give you
a vow I am doing a three days to accept
will wait for six month long divine my proposal.
six months but worship. Give me this After that I will much time. After that I
not even a use force. will accept you.
day more.
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The king left putting Malaya under guard in that palace.
On hearing this, Mahabal uttered angrily
There, when Mahabal returned victorious from war he came to know that Malaya was sentenced to death when she was pregnant. He asked king Soorpal
Father ! For what crime did you punish Malaya ?
Son! She was a sorceress and a she-demon. A cannibal too. On a complaint from queen Kanakamala the
guards saw all this.
It is not Malaya but that Kanakamala who is a sorceress. You failed to consider how can Malaya, for whom killing even an ant is a sin,
be a cannibal ?
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