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who had given birth to a boy, was again pregnant, and her husband was not willing to qut her The close of the third year found Vidyunmālin equally unsuccessful in attamıng his end for the love for his children liad added a ner tie which he had not the heart to break, though his wife was a deformed shren, and his life among the Cándālas was loathsome Megharatha, therefore, left his infatuated brother, nerer to return He enjoyed the most exquisite pleasures in his state of life At last, being ordained by the monk Susthita, be died to be reborn as a god while his brother's soul erred about in the Samsāra (645– 691).
Kanakasenă warning Jambū against orer-eagerness told The 10th story of the shell-blower
A husbandman m Säligrāma used to protect hus fields from inroads of deer by sounding a conch wlule sitting on a tree One night a gang of robbers was driring off a herd of stolen cattle when they heard the conch, and supposing themselves pursued thes dispersed in all directions In the mornig the shell-blower discovered the herd without a shepherd, grazing close by. He drove it to the village and gave it awar to his co-villagers, pretending to have received it from some deity But he had to pay dearly for his easily von popularty for then, in the next year, he was again on the same tree blowing the conch the same robbers coming again with a herd of stolen cattle, heard the same sound issuing from the same spot as on their former expedition They nor ascertained the cause, and finding out their mistake, brought the man down from the tree, beat and tortured bun, took away his cattle and stripped him naked Then they left him alone to reflect on the eril effects of over great zeal
Jambū relates The 11th story of the monkey and the bitumen (720-745)
In the Vindhya bills a very strong monkey drore away the other males and dallied with the females Once another monkey, young and strong, came and courted the females but the older one resenting the liberty he took, threw a stone at him
| SR No. | 010713 |
| Book Title | Sthaviravali Charitra or Parisista Parva |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Jacobi |
| Publisher | Asiatic Society |
| Publication Year | 1932 |
| Total Pages | 467 |
| Language | Sanskrit, Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 12 MB |