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of the kingdom killed. Or I will commit suicide." Now the king was in a quandary. On the one hand was the apprehension of killing thousands of innocent parrots. On the other was the queen's threat of suicide. The king tried to appease the queen, but it was all in vain. He got thousands of parrots killed. The leader of parrots came to know of this. He himself came in front of the king and speaking like humans said, "O king! Why are you destroying our race? You are a protector why have you become our predator? The king was astonished to find a parrot speaking like a human. They talked for a while. Finally the king asked the parrot, "Tell me, are there more men or women in this world?" The parrot was pensive for some time and then said, "In reality, they are exactly equal. But those men who blindly follow the advice of women are also women. So by that count there are more women and less men."
Wonder how many women are there in a man's form and how many men in women's form. It has happened that in one single lifetime man turns into a woman and later becomes neuter gender. All three genders become manifest in that person. Many instances of sex change are found in ancient Jaina
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