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The Mahamantri supported this idea. He began to get all preparations done for the enthroning ceremony of Anandkumar. When the queen Kusumavali bearnt about the king's renunciation of the worIdly life, she merely said :
“My dear husband ! Was it for this day that you had accepted my hand in marriage ? To whose care you are leaving
me ?"
The king replied with a smile : “And if I die, whose support will you have ? Moreover, Anandkumar is already there. You have nothing to worry. I am going away, giving you the good forture of the status of a 'mother of the king'-Rajmata.”
Hearing the name of Anand, the queen trembled with fear. The bad company of the prince, his bad conduct, licentious behaviour all these were well known to her. On this good occasion, she did not think it proper to make the king unhappy
