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Kummāputta-Chariam
115
Then, having taken away by her own power from his body the inauspicious atoms and having put in their place auspicious ones, the Divine lady, his wife in the previous existence, enjoyed herself in his company having cast aside the feeling of shyness and the like. Both of them staying at that place enjoyed various pleasures of life in this way. (35, 36)
The nature of the four kinds of enjoyments has thus been stated in the Sthānānga Sūtra:-Co-habitation has been described to be of four kinds with respect to gods:- for example, a god may co-habit with a goddess; or, a god may co-habit with a lower female (woman or a female lower animal); or, a lower male (man or a male lower animal) may co-habit with a goddess; or, lastly, a lower male may co-habit with a lower female.
On the other hand, the parents of the prince who were always miserable on account of the loss of their son, sought him everywhere, but they could not get any information even. (37)
How can a thing, taken away by gods, be obtained by men ? for, there is a vast difference indeed between the powers of gods and men. (38)
Then, by the parents, who were so afflicted, the omniscient sage was asked “Divine Sir, tell us kindly where our son is gone”. (39)
Then, the omniscient sage said “hear with attentive minds and ears:— that son of yours has been kidnapped ? by a Vyantara female". (40)
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