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_____________INDIA BOOK HOUSE PVT. LTD.____________
© India Book House Pvt. Ltd. 1971 Reprinted: May 2007 ISBN: 81-7508-201-1
Published and Printed by India Book House Pvt Ltd, Mahalaxmi Chambers,
5th Floor, 22 Bhulabhai Desai Road, Mumbai 400 026, India.
THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, A/ft LA RULED OVER THE K/NGDOM
OF/V/SHfiDA. HE 14//)S' GENEROUS AND NOBLE AND WAS LOVED &y
HIS SUBJECTS. BUT HE 14/AS ALINA VS SAD. H(S FATHER HAD GONE TO
A FOREST TO SPEND THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE.
A//)LA’S COUS/N; PUSHKARA, E/VWED H/M U/S FAME.
fVALA m S LONELY AW WANDERED EMM PLACE TO PLACE. O/VE DAY-
~r
HE CAUGHT THE SWANBV ITS LEG. THE
BIRO CRIED Ot/TIA/P/)/M THE OTHER
SWANS LOOKED HELPLESSV ON..
I HAVE TO GO WITH
THE SWAN CONSOLED MS WA/U/VG
THE KING TO KEEP
MATES. „___
A PROMISE I
MADE IN MY LAST
BIRTH. I SHALL
RETURN THE
MOMENT MY
WORK IS
DONE. '
\nala brought L
THE SWAN TO' ”
H/S PALACE.
OWE DAY-
{ONCE MARA DA SPOKE TO
ME ABOUT DAMAYANTl,
THE CHARMING
DAUGHTER OF KING
BHEEMA OF KUNDANPUR.
AND I DECIDED THEN
AMD THERE TO MARRY
HER AND NO ONE ELSE.

ENTER/MG THE ROYAL GARDEN,
IT BEGAN CHANTING NALA’S NAME. AH!
OAMAYAA/T! LOOKED UP. WHAT A
DEAR SWAN!
IF ONLY
COUUD
UZiWC IT I
THE SWAN SPORE OE NALA
AND PRA /SEP /W H/GHLY.
[ KIN6 NALA MUST BE A
WONDERFUL MAN! I’LL MARRY
HIM AND NONE OTHER.
I WILL MISS
THE SWAN RETURNED TO NALA
I HAVE YOU MY
KEPT MY FRIENP, BUT
PROMISE. I PON’T WANT
LET ME TO KEEP YOU
NOW GO AWAY FROM
I HAVE
BACK TO YOUR
PONE MY
MY COM­ FRIENDS.
fJOB, O KING!
PANIONS.
PAMAYANTI
WILL MARRY
ONLY YOU.
PRINCES FROM FAR AND NEAR HAD GATHERED IN THE StAJAYAM-
l/ARA HALL. DAMAYA A/T/ ENTERED WITH THE Gf\RLf\ND.
THE PRINCES WERE RESTLESS. LITTLE DID THEY KNOt/J THAT
DAMAVAAITI'S GARLAND WAS MEANT ONLY FOR NALA.