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thought:
'I would make Lakshmi stay for some days here. I will go in the city for earning wealth. I will then take her with me."
Dharan was thinking thus. Suddenly one tribe of the Bhills made them prisoner. They both were tied with ropes and taken to their leader.
Pallipati looking from the distance
said:
"These are fully cultured good men; release their ties." The Bhills released them. On seeing Dharan, Pallipati began to think, 'This man seems to be quite familiar to me. I have surely seen him somewhere.'
He tried to remember. The past was revived. The incident of healing the wound was remembered. "This man had saved me from dieing.' He recognised his benefactor and told :
