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ORDER SIX
'Fetch me the All-bestowing Rod."
"Repeated success fires ambition And this was so in Amvada's case The Yogini now gave him the assignment to fetch her the rod that fulfilled all desires The rod, she told him, was in the possession of a versatile brahmin named Somesvara who lived in the city of Kodinna at the foot of the Sindhu mountain in the land of Sauvira
"Amvada started in that direction In the way, he saw a river, on whose surface he saw a hut floating, which had a thatch of banana leaves He observed it very closely and saw a yogi behind the hut Inside the hut stood a she-deer whose body was shining like anything The yogi was seen fanning the animal It looked very unusual, and Amvada thought of detecting the mystery behind the whole thing. He first fixed the hut on the river, and then lifted himself up in the sky and swooped down on the yogi When the Jogi tried to resist, he threw him up in the sky The fellow dropped dead on the ground
"Amvada now brought the hut to the river bank and checked all its belongings The animal was tied with a golden chain There lay on the hut floor a golden image, a pair of ear-rings and two very solid canes, one red and the other white Amvada knew not what was what But to make a start, he picked up one of the canes, and started beating the animal, and, lo behold, the deer changed into a beautiful princess
"Giving her own account, the princess told him that she
