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The Sixty-Second Chapter
Having said this, I, afflicted by twenty-two afflictions like hunger and thirst, unable to bear them, went to the city of Padmini Khet. || 191 || There, my maternal uncle, Soma Sharma, gave me his daughter, Chandranana, born of Hiranyaloma, with great affection. || 192 || Abandoning the pursuit of wealth, I became engrossed in the study of omens. Seeing me impoverished, she, distressed by the depletion of the wealth given by her father, || 193 || on the occasion of a meal, threw all the coins I had collected into our bowl, saying, "This is the wealth you have earned." || 194 || Seeing a beautiful crystal plate, where the embers of the fire were burning, and the stream of water from my wife's hand washing my hands, || 195 || I was certain of prosperity and joy. The order has been given to you by the infallible-tongued Muni now. || 196 || Hearing this, the king, with his reasoning, said to his ministers, "This is to be understood, consider the countermeasure. Who would delay when the root is destroyed?" || 197 || "To protect you," said the wise minister, Sumati, "we will place you in a chest of iron and sink it in the ocean." || 199 || Hearing this, the wise minister, Subuddhi, said, "No, there are crocodiles and other dangers there. We will place you in the cave of the Vijayardha mountain." || 200 || When Subuddhi's words were finished, the wise and knowledgeable about ancient tales, the minister Buddhisagar, began to narrate this famous story. || 201 || In the city of Singhapura in this Bharat Kshetra, there lived a wanderer named Soma, who was extremely arrogant due to his listening to false scriptures. He debated with Jinadas, but was defeated. || 202 || At the end of his life, he was reborn as a large buffalo in the same city. A merchant loaded him with a heavy burden of salt and made him carry it for a long time. || 203 || When he became unable to carry the load, he was neglected by those who had previously fed him. He became a jati-smar, bound to the city, and his hatred subsided. || 204 ||