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Dharana said, " It ( our state) indeed is equal !"
Thus both the merchant-sons halted there. The way for exit and entrance was blocked for the citizens. The rumour spread among people. The elders of the town came to know the account. They said to themselves, “ Both of them are the sons of great men; in this case, it is not proper to reject even a single of them. So what indeed is here suited to the occasion, is that both of them should be scolded in this wayWhy are you puffed up with arrogance on account of riches earned by your fore-fathers ? Who of you has done big charities by wealth, earned by your own hands ? [7] Who has got the religious works done ? Who has lifted up the class of misery-stricken people ? Who has satisfied his parents? Then why do you have this useless prank worthy to be laughed at by people and befitting low men ? So end this; turn each of you his chariot aside from the back; what else can be done ?" Having so thought, they said to the four leaders of the town, " They should be
