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35. sutam sva-rajve su-sthäpya rajabhir bahubhiḥ samam
samyamam samagat samyak-sarva-sattvânukampanam
He firmly installed his son in his kingship and together with many (other) kings attainedself-control (and) full compassion for all living beings.
36. präktano jagaraḥ ṣasta-narake tanum asritaḥ
dvävimsaty-abdhi-samkhyāna-jivitenâti-duḥkhitaḥ
The former boa constrictor stayed very distressed in the sixth hell with a life-span of 22 (sāgaras).
37. cirāt taxmad vinirgatya Kurangakhyo vane-caraḥ kampayan vana-sambhätän sambhutaḥ sarva-dehinaḥ
After a long time he was reborn from the (sixth hell) as a forest-dweller called Kuranga and frightened all beings living in the forest.
38. vivarjitârta-dhyānasya vidhṛtâtapana-sthiteḥ tasya yakta-sarirasya sarira-bala-salinah
39. tapo-dhanasya cakrêśo ghoram katara-dussaham upasargam sphura-dvairaḥ sa papi bahudha vyadhät
The wicked one, trembling with hostility (from a former life), often caused horrible trouble, unbearable for the disheartened, to the sovereign (Vajranäbhi), (now) a great ascetic, who had stopped painful meditation and the custom of causing affliction. He had given up his body (though still) amply in possession of physical strength.
40. dharma-dhyanam praviśyásau samārādhya surôttamaḥ samutpannaḥ Subhadrakhye sudṛn-madhyama-madhyame
42 Apparently the caṇḍāla-vaṇavara in DUtt 326,2f. and the Bhil spoken of by Hemac., Tri°. IX 2, 179, and Bhd 3,1095; all three state this hunter on Mt. Jvalana to be a rebirth of the former snake. On the Bhils see Koppers 1948.
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