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Chapter 2: Collection of Examples
They, smelling that fragrance, said this out of compassion, etc. "If you eat this, dear one, you will immediately die." ||14||
"On a clean platform, place the mango, purify it somewhere." With this command from his teacher, he went outside the city. ||15||
When a drop fell from it, somehow, there, from a vessel, the sage saw ants dying, stuck to it. ||16||
He thought, "If this drop, even though small, is a killer of living beings, then what will all of it do?" ||17||
"It is better for me to die alone, than for millions of beings to die." Thinking this, with his hair standing on end, he himself ate it. ||18||
Considering the direct perception of the Siddhas, with a mind filled with the sweetness of meditation, he, having attained the fulfillment of all purposes, gave up his life. ||19||
To know why there is delay from the desire for external dharma, the teacher, Shri Dharmaghosha, then instructed the other sages. ||20||
Seeing that one outside, they, taking the dust from his feet, etc., reported everything to their teacher. ||21||
Knowing, as it was, by the use of supra-sensory knowledge, they also narrated the story of Nagashri to all the sages. ||22||
Knowing somehow, people, by word of mouth, told the story of the evil deeds of Somadeva and other Brahmanas. ||23||
The Brahmanas, angered by lust, drove her out of her house. Being condemned by the people, she wandered everywhere. ||24||
She suffered from sixteen diseases, such as cough, shortness of breath, fever, tremors, leprosy, etc., and experienced the torment of hell right here. ||25||
Tormented by hunger, thirst, and pain, condemned everywhere, she wandered in misery, and after death, she reached the sixth hell. ||26||
From there, she was born as a fish, and went to the seventh hell. Again, attaining the form of a fish, she went to that very hell. ||27||
Thus, she experienced all the hells twice. She was born in various forms, such as earth, etc., and was greatly tormented. ||28||
Then, due to the lightness of her karma, she was born as a beautiful girl in Champa. She was the daughter of Sagardatta, and was named Subhadra. ||29||
There, Jinadatta was her son, and Sagara was her brother. Her father, seeing the beautiful girl in his house, ||30||
thinking, "She is suitable for my son," went to her father with his relatives and asked for her. ||31||
He said, "She is very dear to me, I cannot live without her. Let her be my daughter-in-law, Sagara is your son." ||32||
"I will consult my daughter," said Jinadatta and went home. He remained silent, accepting the proposal of Sagara. ||33||
Her father thought, "What is not forbidden is permitted," and agreed to his son's marriage to Sagardatta. ||34||
A wonderful wedding ceremony took place. They spent the night together in the bridal chamber. ||35||
Due to her past karma, Sagara, touching her, felt as if he was touching burning coals. He stayed there for a while. ||36||
When she was fast asleep, he left and went home. When she woke up from sleep, she cried loudly, not seeing her beloved. ||37||
Then, Subhadra, instructed