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was no clear road or marked footwaya in the forest, to help her find the way.
When she had no hopes of finding her husband, she decided to commit suicide. Tieing a rope round her neck, she tried to hang herself at the branch of a tree. There was also a disappointment for her. The neck-trap itself got loosened and was broken. She fell to the ground and became unconscious.
One whose life is a prolonged one, comes out alive from the jaws of death.
After some time, there came a son of a sage. He tried to bring her back to her senses, by sprinkling water on her face.
As soon as she got back her consciousness, she begen to weep and wail. The son of a sage consoled her and pursuaded her to go along with him to the hermitage. She finally agreed and was taken there.
Thus she begen to pass her days, like
