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(11) Opulent with knowledge and faith like the owner of storehose
filled with grains and wealth. (15) Full of virtues as Swayambhu ocean is full of precious gems. (1) Harikesha saw-"All the persons kill the poisonous snake but no
one kills the poisonless one," thinking thus he underwent deep pondering (Foreview). Worshipping Yaksha deity, when princess Bhadra came and saw an ugly monk sitting there, she spat at him hatefully. Monkdevotee Yaksha angried and made her swoon. When all the treatments failed to bring her to senses, then Yaksha told-When princess would be wedded to monk, only then she will come to
senses (Foreview). (3) King prayed to monk to marry princess, who was adorned with
costly costumes, ornaments and various gifts. (4) (beneath) Seeing the monk came for alms to sacrificial canopy, the
brahmanas, being angry, beat the sage with sticks, canes etc. Then princess Bhadra tried to hinder them to do this ill-deed and told
about the influence of penance of the monk. (Couplets 9-23) (4) Fervent devotee of monk, Yaksha became angry. He scattered
whole commodities of oblation, distressed brahmanakumars. Then princess persuaded-all these are the pungent consequences of insulting the sage, beg pardon from him (Couplets 24–30).
Trembling from fear all begged pardon from sage and prayed to accept alms. Monk accepted alms with calm mind. (Couplet 34).
(1) Once both the brothers born as sons of slave-maiden, were sleeping under a tree in the field, died by biting of a poisonous snake. (2) Took birth as deers in a forest, died by the arrow of a hunter (3) Then became geese, a fisherman twisted their neeks, so they died (4) Born as Chandala-sons in Varanasi, began to amuse public by singing songs and dances. King's soldiers beat the both, becoming sorrowful, accepted sagehood and began to observe penances. Cruelly beaten by soldiers one of the monk exposed fire exalt (tejoleshya) to burn the city to ashes. (5) From here both the
brothers became god in heaven (Five former births). (1) Monk listened the first part of stanza then he uttered the later part,
stanza completed. (2) Water puller expressed full stanza to Monarch, Monarch came to Chitta monk with his seraglio. (3) Monk Chitta tried to enlighten Monarch Brahmadutta by giving
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