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The twenty-first chapter:
A goh (female buffalo) will come here to drink the juice. If you quickly grab its tail, you will surely escape. ||12||
Hearing this, I, being at the end of my life, explained the Dharma to that man with Samyak Darshan and told him the five prostrations. ||13||
The next day, when the goh was leaving after drinking the juice, I grabbed its tail with both hands and it pulled me out. ||14||
My body was torn apart by the friction of the banks, so when the goh left me, I fainted. When I regained consciousness, I thought that I had been reborn. ||15||
Getting up slowly, I walked ahead, and a terrifying buffalo like Yama chased me. Seeing an opportunity, I entered a cave in the middle of the forest. ||16||
A sleeping python was in that cave. When I stepped on it, it woke up and caught the terrifying buffalo in its mouth while running towards it. ||17||
Both the buffalo and the python were very fierce, so while they were fighting, I climbed onto the python's back and quickly escaped. ||18||
Leaving the great forest, I reached a nearby village. By chance, I saw my uncle Rudradatt there. ||19||
I was hungry and thirsty for many days, so Rudradatt relieved my hunger and thirst and said to me, "Charudatt! Don't be sad, listen to my words. ||20||
We will both go to the Suvarna Dweep (Golden Island) and earn a lot of wealth, and then we will return to Champapuri to protect our family lineage." ||21||
After agreeing with Rudradatt, we both left from there, crossed the Airavati river, crossed the Girikuta mountain and the Vetravana forest, and reached the Tankana country. The path there was very difficult, so we bought two clever goats, rode them, and slowly moved forward. ||22-23||
After crossing the level ground, Rudradatt said to me with great respect, "Charudatt! There is no path ahead, so let's kill these goats, make their hides into a boat, and sit in it. The Bharunda birds with sharp beaks will throw us into the boat because of their greed for meat." ||24||