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The Great Epics
He asked who she was, whose she was, and what her caste was. Every question was evidence against the thing he was claiming.
King Janaka of Mithila had let it be known that he had achieved liberation while remaining on the throne.
That he was free, inwardly, while ruling. Wearing the crown, running the kingdom, entirely unattached in the middle of all of it.
The rest of this story, read aloud, and a new one every day.