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[ The Chanda-Kaushika Gets A Blessed Life
repent for the misdeeds that you have done in this life and sincerely atone for them. Review your past actions at a glance and find out the cause of this downfall. Do not commit any more faults in future, otherwise you shall have to suffer still worse consequences
The snake heard these words of the Lord very attentively, and began to reflect over his past actions. It was not long before he came to know that in his previous birth, he had been a hermit, who was more or less of a bitter temperament. One day, he was going with his disciple to beg alms when suddenly his foot fell upon the carcass of a dead frog. The disciple, who was of a stubborn nature, paused at once and said, “ Guruji, Stop! Stop! Do not go further. You have crushed this frog under your foot, therefore, you shall have to atone for it.” The hermit replied, " No boy ! I have not killed this frog. It was lying dead already. Only my foot has touched it by mistake. " But the disciple would not accept the truth of these words. He wanted to have his way and persisted on his previous statement. At this, the hermit felt enraged and decided to teach him a lesson for his impertinence. Coming to a lonely place, which he thought to be fit for this purpose, he fell, all of a sudden, upon his disciple, but before he could cause any injury to him, his head struck against the upper portion of a house and he fell senseless on the ground. he lay there in this condition for some time and, at last, gave up his ghost in great agony of death.
This hermit lost all his merits simply by acting under a fit of anger, and we do not know for how many lives he had to suffer for the consequences. After his death, he was, due to his physical penances, born among the Jyotisha-gods; and when he had completed that life, he again descended to
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