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word) without protection nor how one comes to be with
out protection or with protection, o Ruler of Men! (16). 17. Hear O great king with an undistracted mind, in what way,
a man can be said to be without protection' and with what purpose I have said all this.
(17). 18. There is a town Kausānbi by name, which is among towns
what Indra is (among the gods); there lived my father who possessed great wealth.
(18). 19. In my childhood O great king, I caught a very bad eye
disease and a severe burning fever in all my limbs. O Ruler of Men.
(19). 20. My eyes ached as if a cruel enemy thrust a sharp tool in the hollow of my body.
(20). 21. In the back, the heart, and the head, I suffered dreadful and
very keen pains equal to a stroke of lightning. (21). 22. Then, the best physicians came to my help, who cure by
their medical art and by spells, who were versed in their
science, and who well know shells and roots. 23. They tried to cure me according to the four-fold science
which they had been taught; but they could not rid me of
my pains; hence I say that I am with out protection. 23. 24 My father would have spent all he possessed for my sake;
but he could not rid me of my pains, hence, I say that I am without protection.
24. 25. My mother, O great king ! was agonised with grief about her son, but she could not etc.
25. 26. O great king ! my brothers, the elder and younger ones, could not rid me of my pains etc.
26. 27. O great king ! my own sisters, the elder and younger ones, could not rid me of my pains etc
(27).
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