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hundred sticks of the costliest wood."
And of all Drupada's riches—treasure of gold and emeralds and diamonds and pearls, strings of camels and horses
Drona and the Fire of Friendship
and elephants, chariots of war and houses and slaves—he made two equal parts; and one part he gave to Drupada and one part he kept for himself, that he might begin the teaching of the way of friendship to the man who was not worthy to learn the way.
