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The monkey, in his previous birth, was the son of Nagadatta, born to Sudatta, the beloved of the merchant Kubera, in the city of Dhanyapur, adorned with flying five-colored flags. His mother said, "A sister's marriage is done with wealth," but he cheated and took all the gold. Then she also took back all the wealth from him. That deceitful son has become a monkey in this forest, with a body like that of a human. O King! Listen, this mongoose was a confectioner named Lolup in a well-established city with ornate gateways in the past. O Vajrajandha, the king started building a Jain temple with a craftsman a few days ago. There was an old royal house there, from where people carried wood to the city. Where a brick was broken, the confectioner suddenly saw gold.
With the art of a merchant, whose scales and hands are fickle, he deliberately weighed the bricks filled with gold and covered them with earthen lumps. No one knew anything about it. He quickly took them to his house. He gave the worker delicious food. Even a greedy person can be persuaded by charity. Doing this secret and reprehensible deed, the next day, that fool, under the influence of delusion, went to another village to see his daughter, with a happy face, leaving his son at home. Here, the broken son, obeying his father's command,
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