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[ 18. 20 took all wealth and some prisoners and came before Kälasena. (18).
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They said, "O lord, this wealth is brought from the caravan and also a few prisoners. Now your lordship holds authority over this." Then Kalasena asked the prisoners, "Whose and from which place is this caravan ?" In the meantime he came upon and recognised the merchant-son's man named Sangama, who had come with the merchant-son on the occasion of healing the wound made by the lion. He said, O good man, I have seen you somewhere." He said "I do not know; but you know me." Kalasena said, Were you in attendence on the merchant-son whose name I do not know, though he was the cause giving life to me and who had started to go to the northern country? Sangama said "Who and how was he the cause of giving life to you?" Kalasena said, Last year, here, I had my life brought to the throat somehow by a lion verily like the god of death. Then here by some merchant-son who was going to the northern country, I was somehow I do not know
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