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disciple. In darkness he did not find the disciple and instead collided 4 with a pillar. He suffered a fatal head injury and died on the spot. As 45a result of his harsh austerities he reincarnated as a Jyotishk god. 1 After completing his life-span as a god, as a result of the karmas # acquired due to his intense passion, he took rebirth as a serpent with
venomous vision. As a serpent he acquired jati-smaran-jnana and he recalled all about his earlier births. He was filled with deep remorse
for his misdeeds and underwent a change of heart. With the 4 apprehension that some one could die under the spell of his venomous vision, he stopped coming out of his hole.
In a nearby kingdom a prince died of snake-bite. Driven by his $ sorrow and anger the king issued orders to search and kill all the
snakes in the area. All the snake charmers in the state took to the task. One of the snake charmers arrived at the hole of this serpent and poured some potion in the hole. Tormented by the medicine, the serpent had to come out of the hole. Concerned about the deadly effect of his venomous vision even in his near fatal condition, the serpent started slithering backwards from the hole. The snake charmer was waiting outside. As the serpent slithered out he started cutting it into pieces. Till he died, the serpent kept on tolerating even
this acute agony with equanimity. The acquisition of meritorious 4 karmas resulted in his reincarnating as the son of the same king. He $ was named Naagdatt.
Inheriting pious attitude from his earlier birth, even as a child i Naagdatt got detached, renounced the mundane life and became an
ascetic. Due to his unique virtues like modesty, simplicity, care for others and clemency he became an object of worship even for gods. His glory made other ascetics jealous of him. Due to the attitude
inherited from his earlier birth, ascetic Naagdatt was ravenous. As 5 he could not remain hungry for long he also could not observe fasts.
One day when other ascetics were observing a fast he also tried to 55 follow suit. But when he could not tolerate the pangs of hunger he 5 went out to seek alms. According to the ascetic code, he showed what 5 he had brought to other ascetics and sought there permission to eat. # One ascetic spit in his food saying that he was a starving glutton.
Naagdatt abounded in equanimity and clemency. Even this incident
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