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Looking at Arvind Muni elephant became abated. He was gazing towards Muni.
Avadhigyāni Arvind Muni said, Oh! Marubhuti! Leave this idiocy. Who were you? Just think. In previous birth you accepted Shravak Dharm. You went to make apology to your brother who was the accused. And here you are killing innocent people. Due to feeling of 'Artadhyan' at the end moment you got the birth as animal. Still you are living with the feeling of 'Artadhyān', do you want more regression?"
Listening to this elephant recalled his previous birth. He was crying. Muni explained it Shravak Dharm and it had accepted the same. He became abstinent and was living with equal feeling in joy and sorrow. Looking at this incidence many people understood the true religion. Muni went somewhere else.
Elephant was living peacefully. Once he went into lake for drinking water. It went ahead and its legs were trapped into mud. It struggled a lot but was sticking more and more. It realized that "Now I won't be able to survive and my death is definite." He started meditating God (Panch Parmeshthi). At the same time Kukkut snake i.e. soul of Kamath came over there. Looking at elephant it started releasing flames out of its mouth. It remembered previous birth's hostility. With all its power it started stinging elephant repeatedly. Poison killed the elephant. The elephant was in acute pain but died peacefully. It was successful in remaining
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