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In this chapter, you should listen to my story, in the village of Naisika, there were two young Brahmanas named Giri and Gobhuti. ||57|| In the same village, the king Suryadeva's queen, Matipriya, gave these two boys a gift of gold in large earthen pots, covered with rice, as a virtuous act. Giri, seeing the gold in the pots, killed the other boy out of greed and took the gold. ||58-59|| Another story is that in the city of Kaushambi, there lived a merchant named Brihadghana. His wife's name was Kuruvinda, and they had two sons named Ahideva and Mahideva. When their father died, they went somewhere by boat. Fearing that someone might steal their wealth in their absence, they took all their valuables with them. There, they sold all their belongings and bought a precious gem. Whoever held the gem among the two brothers would want to kill the other. ||60-62|| Both brothers, revealing their evil thoughts to each other, returned home together and, renouncing the world, gave the gem to their mother. ||63|| The mother also wanted to kill both her sons by giving them poison, but later she attained knowledge. After that, the mother and both sons, renouncing the world, threw the gem into the Yamuna River, where a fish swallowed it. ||64|| A fisherman caught that fish and sold it to the same three people. Later, their sister, while cutting the fish, saw the gem. ||65|| Driven by greed and delusion, she wanted to kill her mother and both brothers by giving them poison, but she calmed down due to affection. ||66|| Later, knowing each other's intentions, they crushed the gem with stones and threw it away. After that, renouncing the world, they all took initiation. ||67|| This story clearly proves that greed for wealth, etc., causes enmity even among brothers, etc., in the world. The bond of birth is not the cause. ||68|| In this story, enmity is seen, but it is pacified again due to divine will. In the previous story, Giri killed his own brother Gobhuti. ||69|| Therefore, this messenger, who is very intelligent and discerning, should bring a clear example that is not appropriate here. ||70||