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(A story from Mahabharata, Shanti parva, chapters 150-152) On the foot of a lofty Himalayan mountain lived an old lush
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(A story from Mahabharata, Shanti parva, chapters 150-152) On the foot of a lofty Himalayan mountain lived an old lush
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(A story from Mahabharata, Shanti Parva, chapter 135) In a not so big pond lived three Shakula fish. Each had