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by earth and citron juice. Then, throwing the hand in, I'caught the snake. I was stung by it. Then, leaving it in confusion, I, with my limbs shaking with fear and haste, went close to him. I said to Rudradeva. “ I am bitten by a snake.” Rudradeva hypocritically became agitated. He began purposeless fuss. In the meantime, my limbs perspired; my limb-joints got loose; the heart turned off as it were; the space in the mansion as it were began to move; the earth as it were began to turn round. I fell on the surface of the earth helpless. Hence I came to the highly indescribable condition and due to the influence of the previous right belief, I left the body and was born in the Saudharma Heaven, in the best Lilavatansaka Vimina (81) as a god with the life of one Palyopama. Then as I enjoyed celestial joys, surrounded by the best nymphs, Rudradeva too married the daughter of merchant Nagadatta, enjoyed with her all fitting joys and dying in the death-season, was born a hell-dweller with the age of one Palyopama in the hell-Khattakkhadk in the hell-world Ratan prabhi. Then I, finishing my destined life fell and was born here in the couutry of Vijaya in the forest Sumsumira, on the mountain Sumsumăra as an elephant; and had attained the condition of a cub-elephant. In the meantime, the other also, returning from the hell, was born as a parrot on that very mountain. I, who had passed my childhood, was seen by him on that very mountain, surrounded by the group of she-elephants and wandering sportively, in the sandal-forests which were naturally enchanting. Then on seeing me, the result of revenge on me began to take place in him by the rise of the result of the powerful action, under the influence of the