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Chapter - 18 Acharya Shwetadhwaja...
The Acharya gave him a broader smile and said, "Blessings my son! Well if you have noticed I always sit here and am always looking at the entrance. What made you think I knew you would come?"
Samudra laughed lightly and said, "Acharya, I know you can read me better than myself. I came to ask you something. Infact I came to confirm somethings to my own self".
Acharya: "You seem to be in a pleasant state of mind. Are you in love?"
Samudra was taken aback.
Samudra: "Acharya, I thought you wanted my good. You are eager to see me in love?! You want me to lose my senses?"
Acharya: "Oh! Don't talk rubbish. Love is the form in which Lord Mrityunajaya is present everywhere. By insulting love you insult the Lord! Its not a crime to fall in Love. That is why women are better than men. Women can give love to so many around them. We men can love only those whom we consider as ours.."
Samudra: "You mean the women who can love. But aren't they some who are
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Into the Unknown Lands Chapter - 21 Robbing her of her peace...
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Into the Unknown Lands Chapter - 22 What should I do?
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Into the Unknown Lands Chapter - 23 Naksha's threat to Tanisi..
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Into the Unknown Lands Chapter - 25 Samudra's Lifestyle...
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Into the Unknown Lands Chapter - 26 Unattainable...
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