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[The Chanda-Kaushika Gets A Blessed Life
for the chief mission of their life in this world is to put an end to the cruelty of the cruel and the evil of the evil-doers by means of their good qualities, and to establish peace and happiness in this world by bringing the mistaken people to
the right path.
Forgiveness, truth, spiritual power, Non-violence and self-control of the Lord produced so great an influence upon Chanda kausika, the snake, that he took the vow of keeping fast from that very day in order to account for his unmatured karmas, and promised that he would not molest any living being in future. In order to avoid injury to the life of living beings with his poisonous hissing and breathing he pushed his hood into the hole and kept his body outside. Just after this occurrence, some cowherd lads saw the Lord standing near the hole of that fearful snake. They were very much surprised at it and advanced a little in that direction. They climbed upon a tree, and from there they saw the body of the snake lying outside the hole, the Lord standing there in meditation. Their wonder knew no bounds to see this sight. They were also a little delighted to think that the very snake who had killed a number of their cattle now lay power less like a dead thing. This was certainly a feeling of revenge, but it must be rememberd that all people cannot become Lords. The cowherds climbed down from the trees, and began to throw stones towards the snake from behind. But when they saw that the snake did not move his body, they came nearer and in accordance with their boyish nature began to strike him with their sticks. The snake bore all these injuries patiently. He thought that his present trouble was nothing when compared with the horribility of his evil
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