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The Bhil, having taken a vow, went away. At one point, the Bhil fell ill with an incurable disease. The physicians then advised that eating crow meat could cure the disease. In response, the Bhil resolutely replied, "Let my life depart! What use do I have for these fickle breaths? I have taken a vow in the presence of the ascetic-muniraj, desiring Dharma. How can a man who breaks his vow be considered a man of vow? I do not wish to live by consuming this sinful meat." Having said this, he did not agree to eat crow meat. Hearing this, his brother-in-law, Shuravira, who had come from the city of Sarasaukhya, said, "When I was coming here, I saw a woman weeping beneath a banyan tree in the middle of a dense forest. Seeing her weep, I asked her why she was crying. In response, she said, 'Listen with your mind focused. I am the Yakshi of the forest and I reside in this forest. Your brother-in-law, Khadirasara, is suffering from a disease called Khadirasara. If he abandons crow meat, he will become my husband! But now you are going to feed him the abandoned meat and make him a recipient of the terrible sufferings of the hellish realm. That is why I am weeping. O Bhadra! Now abandon your insistence.'"
Hearing the words of the goddess, Shuravira went to the sick Khadirasara and, seeing him, said, "The medicine that the physician has prescribed, if not for any other reason, should be consumed by you for my happiness." Khadirasara, rejecting his words, said, "You are my brother, like my own life. Out of affection, you are saying this to keep me alive, but living by breaking a vow is not beneficial, because breaking a vow is the cause of attaining a miserable state." When Shuravira was certain that he was steadfast in his vow, he told him the story of the Yakshi.
Considering the story of the Yakshi, Khadirasara adopted the five vows of a Shravaka, due to which, upon the completion of his lifespan, he became an unparalleled deva in the Saudharma heaven. On the other hand, Shuravira was very saddened and, after performing the rites for the afterlife, went towards his home. On the way, he stood near the same banyan tree and said to the Yakshi, "O Yakshi! Did our brother-in-law become your husband?" In response, the Yakshi said, "No, he is endowed with all the vows, and he is averse to the realm of the dead. How could he become my husband in the Saudharma heaven?"