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126. “Once when monsoon and winter and spring seasons were over and the summer began, in the month of Jyeshtha a fire started due to friction in the dry logs. Flamed by the force of wind this small fire spread in the dry twigs, leaves, and other forest waste and turned into a forest-fire. Caught in the fearsome leaping flames almost all the central part of the forest was aflame. The smoke spread all around. Pieces of flaming tree branches splintered by the tremendous force of the wind started falling all around. Hollow trees burned from within. The water in the rivers and streams putrefied with the decaying carcasses of animals. Moisture evaporated from the banks leaving them dry.
"The Bhringarak birds started crying in sad tone. Perched on the high branches cravens started crowing ominously. The tips of the burnt branches turned coral red. Flocks of birds, with their wings made limp due to acute thirst, laboriously breathed with their beaks open and tongues hanging. The heat of the summer, scorching rays of the sun, winds with tremendous force, and fearfully running large beasts, like lion, disturbed even the slopes of the nearby mountain. Even in the hills beyond, that appeared mirage like, the reptiles became restless with fear. ____ “In this fearsome predicament, Megh! you, as the king elephant, were also adversely effected. Your mouth was open with the tongue hanging out. Both the large ears were flapping, trying eagerly to hear some reassuring sound in this fearful conflagration. The giant and strong trunk had shriveled.
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