When both had recovered a little she said, "Father, I think my days are ending. Help me to perform some holy deeds. Though yet a child my days have come to an end, so why should I delay any longer? I have much money. I will devote it to religious purposes. Who will carry them out? Father, do you undertake to do so."
Mâdhabi Nâth made no reply. He could no longer bear this pain, and leaving her, he sat long in the outer apartment, weeping bitterly. Nor did he only weep, the sharp pain in Mâdhabi Nâth's heart changed to deep anger. The thought arose, "Is there no one in this world who can inflict upon the destroyer of my daughter the outrage he has committed upon her?" Thus brooding, the distress in his heart changed into burning anger, his eyes red and swollen, he vowed to himself "Upon him who has destroyed my Bhramar I will bring the same destruction." Becoming calmer, he returned to the inner room, went to his daughter and said, "I have been thinking of your wish to devote your money to religion. Your health is bad. If you enter upon a religious course, much fasting will be involved, and you can-
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