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As he was meditating thus, a strong case of tetanus raged, breaking his limbs throughout. Suffering from thirst, the blow from the arrow, and the tetanus, his discernment breaking down suddenly, he thought : "From birth I was never defeated by any one, man or god. I was reduced to such a state first by Dvaipayana. Even with so much time elapsed, if I should see him, I would get up and kill him myself. What does he amount to ? Who would be able to protect him ?”
Engaging in cruel meditation to this effect for a moment, his life of a thousand years completed...
Translated by HELEN M. JOHNSON
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