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Par. 3: Stories
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I was thrown upwards. I thought that if I fell directly into its mouth, my life would not be saved. Therefore, I would fall obliquely into its mouth. Thinking this, I quickly did so. I came out of its mouth. Again, the second time, I went into its mouth and came out. The third time I fell into the water, so I went away. Three times I fell into the burning sand on the seashore in the form of a furnace, but I quickly returned to the sea with the waves. Similarly, even when I was caught in the net laid by the fisherman twenty-one times, I escaped from the net before the fisherman tightened it. Once, the fisherman caught me with many other fish after taking out the water from the heart and emptying it. He was stringing all the fish together on a sharp iron rod. Then, I cleverly avoided the fisherman's sight and placed myself on the mouth of the iron rod. When the fisherman went to the lake to wash the mud-covered fish, I quickly submerged myself in the water. Thus, you want to catch me, who is powerful, with a thorn, this is your shamelessness.' Concluding this story, the storyteller says that even if you avoid the 42 faults of Aeshana, O being! If you indulge in the faults of Grassaeshana, then this is your shamelessness.'
1. Ga. 302/2-4, Vr. P. 170,171.