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very prosperous and auspicious conditions in their next lives.
On getting back to Utpalakhetaka Bajrajangha and Srimati began once more to enjoy the fruit of their previous good karmas. They were happy and did what they could to make others happy, in their turn.
Every thing that has a beginning in time has also an end sooner or later, except the state of nirvana, which has a beginning but no end. The long continuous life of pleasure of Bajrajangha and Srimati, too, had an end.
It came quite unexpectedly. One night the servants in charge of the sleeping apartments forgot to open the ventilators, after lighting the incense in the braziers that used to diffuse fragrance throughout the night. The sleeping couple lay fast asleep, locked in each other's embrace. That night's sleep did not have an awakening for them any more on this earth!
5. The Bhogabhumija Bajrajangha and Srimati now appear in what is termed bhogabhumi. The term bhogabhumi is a compound of bhoga (enjoyment) and bhumi (land), and signifies the region where, like heavens, the residents have not to earn their bread by sweating in any sense. The regions
