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Chapter 2: Collection of Examples
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The king was gradually losing strength. Seeing this, the wrestler said to the king, "Brother, do not be disheartened. What if I won by chance? Now be ready for a fistfight." Encouraged by the king, he raised his arms high, roared loudly, and rushed towards the other, embracing him and squeezing him with his arms. Then the king, taking the wrestler in his hand, playfully lifted him high in the air like a ball. In a moment, he disappeared. Both armies cried out in alarm. The king thought, "Until this fellow falls to the ground and does not break, I will take him from the sky." Thinking this, he made his hands small, looked upwards, and stood still. After a long time, he came down. He was held by strong arms. Then, the enraged wrestler struck him on the head with his fist and knocked him unconscious. The king, regaining consciousness after a long time, struck the wrestler on the chest with his fist and fainted. Regaining his senses in a moment, the wrestler, red with anger, struck the king on the head with his club, shattering his crown into a hundred pieces. For a moment, the king closed his eyes and shattered the wrestler's club into pieces with his iron club. Then, the wrestler struck the king with his club, sinking him into the ground up to his knees. Then, the king, emerging from the ground, struck the wrestler with his iron club, sinking him into the ground up to his neck. Regaining consciousness in a moment, he emerged and thought, "The king and the wrestler are never defeated." This is an eternal truth. I have been defeated in five battles. Then, how can I be a wrestler?" While he was thinking this, the chakra-ratna came into his hand. Then, the wrestler said to the king, "Even today, you have not lost anything. Obey my command, or you will become Yama's guest with this chakra." The king said, "Why are you making empty boasts? Show your strength now." And so on, they fought bravely. The wrestler, in anger, released the chakra, made it revolve around him, and then returned it to his hand. Because even in the ordinary chakra-gotra, the chakra does not prevail, then what chance does it have in such a supremely embodied being? Then, the strong-armed one, raising his fist, thought, "Today, I will crush the chakra, the thousand Yakshas, or their lord." And he ran towards the wrestler. Again, he thought, "This will surely lead to his death. Then, people will call me the killer of the six-part lord. Therefore, alas, I have earned many sins through my arrogance. Blessed are those human beings who have taken initiation near their father's feet. Alas, I am still engaged in sin." Thinking this, he struck his own head with the same fist. Then, the gods, saying "Well done, well done," showered flowers upon him. 29. The story of Attanmalla in the Niyuddhyadhyana section of the Shri Avashyakahari Bhadriya Vritta.
Ujjayini is a city. In it, there was a very strong wrestler named Attan. In the city of Sopara, there was a king named Singhagir, who was a lover of wrestlers. He gave a lot of wealth to whoever defeated the wrestler. Attan went there and defeated a wrestler named Phalihamalla in the village of Bharugachchharana, which is far away. In the same way, other things should be done according to one's own intelligence. We will only tell the stories. Even the story that is bound to the authorized story is told for the benefit of the people. In