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Nala |
 | | Nala was brave and handsome, virtuous, and learned in the Vedas, skilled in arms and in the management of horses, but addicted to the vice of gambling. |
 | | Nala reluctantly performed his task, but his presence perfected his conquest, and the maiden announced her resolve to pay due homage to the gods, but to choose him for her lord. |
 | | Kali charmed the dice, and Nala went on losing; but he was infatuatated; the entreaties of friends and ministers, wife and children, were of no avail; he went on till he had lost his all, even to his clothes. |
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