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at once set to nurse them, but as they were almost dead by this time, all his efforts to bring them to life failed. At last when he felt quite sure that there was no hope of their living, he kindly uttered the 'Namokara Mantra' (Sacredsyllables) in their ears. The bullocks heard this Mantra attentively and breathed their last just after that. Due to their living in the company of Jinadasa, the bullocks got rid of their animal life and were born as gods after their death. Sambala and Kambala represented the souls of these two bullocks of Jinadasa in the previous life.
These two gods came to the Lord and challenged Sudrishta to fight. Within a couple of minutes, they stood victorious and cleared away all the gloom and deception caused by Sudrishta. Now the people were able to breathe. They were glad to think that the peril was over at last. Some of them thought that they were saved from this danger throngh the good luck of their children while others were expressing their sense of obligation to the Lord. They said: "Our Karmas had matured up all at once while we were in the boat, and it was due to the mercy and power of this ascetic that we did not meet the worst fate. Had this ascetic not been in our midst, we cannot think what would have been our fate. It is rightly said that a single Ascetic is sufficient to carry the boat across the Ocean of this World". By this time the boat had approached the other bank, and all the passengers got down singing songs in praise of the Lord. The Lord, too landed on the bank, and as soon as he got down he absorbed himself in meditation for a moment with the intention of atoning for the sin of Iryapathika
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