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tormented you. Please pardon me. You are blessed that you are going to pay homage at Ashtapad Teerth."
After getting preached by the ascetic, the king elephant resolved—"Now I will ce again observe Shravak-dharma (code of conduct for Jain laymen). I will never get angry at anyone. I will never cause pain to anyone."
Once the disturbance was over the caravan resumed its journey with the ascetic. Everyone agreed—“Thanks to the power of austerities of the ascetic that we all were saved today."
Some also commented—"Today we have seen the divine influence of saints with our own eyes."
The king elephant now returned to the jungle and started leading a non-violent life following Shravakdharma. He ate fallen and dry leaves in the jungle and drank water from the lake warmed and purified by sun rays. He avoided eating during the night and causing pain to any living being.
Consumed by the evil feelings of anger and vengeance, Kamath died and was reborn as a great serpent of Kurkut species (resembling a cock). He had large wings and venomous fangs. He was like an incarnation of the god of death. Flying around, that Kurkut serpent also landed in the same forest.
One day the king elephant, oppressed by thirst, came to a pond and entered it to drink water. The pond was in fact a swamp with just a little water at the top. The king
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