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he took to hermit's life under teacher Mangn (P. 82. I. 6.)
Laxmi was robbed on the way by thie. ves of her ornaments and also of all her clothes. She came near Kus'asthala, when the night was left a quarter. She saw outside the town the sacrificial fire lighted by Purohita for removing the evil influences of the queen. She mistook it for the fire of a caravan. The guards were alarmed thinking her a demoness and fell down on the ground unconscious. The Purohita with courage caught her, beat her and took her to the king. The king after putting her to various sorts of maltreatment, released her. She was killed by a lion in the forest and was born as a bell-dweller in the hell Dhumaprabha. Dharana, taking to fasting left this world and was born in the heaven Arana as a god, (P. 83 I. 15,).
This chapter in all contains 71 verses. All of them are Aryas. The Arya has four feet; the first and the third contain 12 matras, while the second contains 18 and the forth 15 matras. Generally the foot is a complete unit in itself but sometimes the regular caesura
