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The seventy-first chapter.
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Seeing Nandayasha, who was sitting there to eat, Shankha asked, "Whose son is this?" and kicked him. Both Shankha and Nirnamak were very sad about this incident. One day, Shankha and Nirnamak went to pay their respects to the Avadhi-knowing Muni, Druma-sena, along with the king. Both of them paid their respects to the Muni, listened to the Dharma, and then Shankha asked the Muni, "Why does Nandayasha get angry with Nirnamak without any reason?" When asked this, the Muni said, "In the country of Surastra, there is a city called Girinagar. The king's name was Chitra-ratha. Chitra-ratha had a cook named Amrita-rasayana. He was very skilled in cooking meat, so the meat-loving king was pleased and gave him twelve villages. One day, King Chitra-ratha heard the teachings of the Muni, Sudharma. 265-272.
By having faith, the king attained the three jewels. As a result, he gave the kingdom to his son, Megha-ratha, and became a disciple. Megha-ratha, the prince, also became a Shravak. 273.
After that, King Megha-ratha left only one village for the cook, taking away all the others. Thinking, "It is because of these Muni's teachings that the king stopped eating meat and his son took away our villages," the cook developed hatred for the Muni. One day, the cook prepared a meal of cooked beans with all kinds of spices for the Muni. Because of this, the Muni went to Mount Girnar and died. He died in Samadhi and became the Ahmin-dra, the holder of great powers, in the Aparajita, a Kalpa-atita Vimana, where he lived a short life. The cook, at the end of his life, went to the third hell and after coming out of it, wandered in the world for a long time, suffering many hardships. 274-277.
After that, in the Mangala country, which is part of the Bharat Kshetra of this Jambudvipa, in the village of Palasha-kuta, a son named Yaksha was born to the householder Yaksha-datta and his wife, Yaksha-datta. Some time later, another son named Yakshil was born to Yaksha-datta and Yaksha-datta. Of the two brothers, the elder brother was Nir-anukampa, without compassion, according to his actions, so people called him Nir-anukampa according to his actions. The younger brother was Sanukampa, compassionate, so people called him Sanukampa. 278-280.
One day, both brothers were going somewhere in a carriage. On the way, a blind snake was sitting. Sanukampa,