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One day, when the three good sages -- Ulaya, Darnu, and Purana -- were sitting at the door of their common home, young Kassapa, the son of the Rajah Lichava, came up to them and sat down on the earth which was piled around the house but he did not speak. The young man's cheeks were pale and his eyes, which had lost the glow of youth, seemed weary.
The old men looked one at another, and good Ulaya said: