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## Chapter Twenty-Seventh
After death, the king Atibala of Saketa, the son of Mrigayana, became Hiranyavati, the mother of Srimati. [63] You, Madhura, became Ramadatta, and your son, the son of Varuni, became Purnchandra. I, the son of Sumitradatta, the merchant, became Singhchandra. [64] Your father, the elephant, was bitten by a snake in the previous life of Srimati. I, as a Shravaka, helped him to take refuge in the Dharma of the elephant. [65] The snake, the charioteer of the evil one, became a deer, then a deer with a tail, and then, being eager for a tail, became a cruel rooster-snake, the one who takes possession of rough feathers. [66] The elephant, exhausted from fasting, was resting, his pride gone. The rooster-snake bit him, and he, being virtuous, went to the Sahasrar heaven. [67] There, in the Sri-Prabha plane, he became a god named Sri-Dhara, the holder of Lakshmi, and now he enjoys with Apsaras, being delighted by Dharma. [68] The monkey, the previous life of Dhammilla, killed the rooster-snake, who had killed the elephant, in anger. He, being sinful, went to the third hell, Balukaprabha. [69] A Mlechchha named Srigala-datta collected the elephant's teeth, bones, and pearls and gave them to the merchant Dhanamitra, who then presented them to King Purnchandra. [70] The king, being pleased with the teeth and bones, had a throne made from them and a necklace of pearls. He sits on that throne and wears that necklace. [71] Oh, what a strange world this is, where the bodies of the beings are a source of enjoyment, just like the limbs of their fathers! [72] Hearing the words of the Muni, Ramadatta, being careless, went and explained everything to Purnchandra. [73] He, following the path of giving, worship, austerity, good conduct, and right faith, became a god in the Vaidyuryaprabha plane of the Sahasrar heaven. [74] Ramadatta, too, abandoning the female form through the power of right faith, became a god named Suryaprabha in the Prabhankara plane of the Sahasrar heaven. [75] Singhchandra Muni, having properly worshipped the four [1. Sight, 2. Lakshmi-Dhara, 3. This name, 4. Speech], became Indra in the Graiveyaka plane, known as Pritikara. [76]