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THE KING OF

Sudarshana

How could that beauty fascinate me? Oh, what shall I do to purge my eyes of their pollution?

Surangama

You will have to wash them in that bottomless darkness.

Sudarshana

But tell me, Surangama, why does one make such mistakes?

Surangama

Mistakes are but the preludes to their own destruction.

Messenger (entering)

Princess, the Kings are waiting for you in the hall. [Exit.

Sudarshana

Surangama, bring me the veil.