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power at the magician ? Dharan also was: caught in the net of love. He considered in self guilty. It was because of his own. carelessness that Lakshmi had to suffer such great pain.
Lakshmi told again :
“My dear ! Now where is the misery ?' Now we have met, I have forgottan all my miseries you also forget the past."
Dharan was satisfied both of them lived again happily.
On their way, the ship came to a stop. The Goddess of water asked for the sacrifice. All the persons became silent but Dharan thought :
'If I die the lives of all the others will be saved. Such a chance in a life never comes again.'
Dharan jumped into the waters. But he was very lucky. At that time one
