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## Chapter Thirty-Three
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Hearing this, Madhupingala, consumed by great anger, died and was reborn as Mahakola, a low-born Vyantara deva, in the realm of the earth. **126**
Oh, the disparity of the consumption of kṣaya! How it contaminates the medicine of right-conduct! **127**
Remembering the abduction of Sulasa by Sagara, with his schemes and his army, Mahakola burned fiercely in his heart with the fire of anger. **128**
His heart, scorched by the poison of hatred for women, was burning intensely. He was unable to quench the fire with the water of peace. **129**
He thought, "I will employ the means by which a long chain of suffering is born for the enemy." **130**
The Acharya says, "This being strives to harm his enemy with those means by which the foolish one himself falls into lower realms." **131**
Thus, Mahakola, blazing with anger towards the Kshatriyas, arrived on earth. Upon arrival, he saw the mountain that had been defeated by Narada in a debate. **132**
Assuming the form of a Shaandilya, he assured the mountain, "Oh mountain! Do not be distressed that I was defeated in the debate." **133**
"I am Shaandilya, a disciple of the teacher Dhrouchana. You are Kshirakadamba, and your father is Vaanya. Udacha and Praavrit are also my disciples, making a total of five." **134**
"You are the son of Kshirakadamba, so your defeat is my defeat. Therefore, I am determined to rectify it." **135**
"With my help, make your territory free from thorns. What is difficult for the fierce, fiery one, the friend of the wind?" **136**
Thus, Mahakola, with his wicked mind, spoke to the mountain and, placing him in the forefront, made the entire Bharat region, along with its kings, afflicted with hundreds of diseases. **137**
The mountain performed peace rituals to destroy those diseases, and people, trusting him, sought refuge in him. **138**