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maker with his wife Bandhumaí. Hence: indeed it is better, Beloved of Gods, for us to bind him fast ( i. e. by twisting the arms and the head and tying them to the back ) and to have our pleasures full well with his wife Bandhumas. Then they swore this object to one another, hid behind the doors. and stood hidden, silent, without a stir or without a wink. Then that garland-maker Ajjunaya approached the shrine of Jakkha Moggarapāni with his wife Bandhumai, did reverence on seeing it, made flower-offerings of great worth and bowed down falling upon his knees. In the meanwhile those six fellows come out all of a sudden from behind the doors, catch the garland-maker Ajjunaya, bind him fast and regale themselves having pleasures to the fullest with Bandhumaī, the wife of the garland-maker.
Then this was the inward thought of Ajjunaya, the garland-maker“ Thus indeed, from my childhood, I go on doing reverence to Jakkha Moggarapani [until] carrying on my trade. Had there been Jakkha Moggarapāni present here, would he have seen me coming to misery of this sort ? Therefore Jakkha Moggarapāni is not present here.
