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detour to avoid the waste water. Silavati explained that the
mansion belonged to a prostitute. She considered it a sin
to even touch the water coming from her house.

When Ugrasravas heard it was the house of a prostitute, he
felt an irresistible desire to visit the brothel. Unashamed,
he expressed his desire to his wife. Silavati decided that she
would somehow convince the prostitute to accept to please
her husband. After begging every day and returning her
husband home, feeding him and caring for him, Silavati
would go to the mansion of the prostitute and clean the
pathways outside her house and gradually day after day
beautify the entrance by planting flowers. Eventually the
lady of the mansion noticed that someone was making
her entrance and surrounding exceptionally attractive
although she did not commission such work. She asked
her servants who was doing the work. They replied it
was a poor woman. The prostitute asked to bring the
woman to meet her. Silavati was summoned to meet the
prostitute. When they met, Silavati explained the desire
of her husband and the fact that she was very poor and
could not afford to pay the prostitute’s wage. The prostitute
understood the poor woman’s predicament and agreed to
entertain her husband. She asked Silavati to come with her
husband and first enjoy a dinner with her.

The next day Silavati bathed and dressed her husband in his
finest clothes and carried him to the mansion. On entering
the dining hall, they were stunned to see a magnificent

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