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do you have to say to this?"
Adharchandra wept uncontrollably. He said in a shaking voice, "Sir! I am a rascal and he is a great soul worthy of being venerated even by demi-gods. I do not want to be freed. Give me life imprisonment. That too would be less for a grievous crime. File a case against me in court and I will confess my crime."
However the C.P.O. released all three men on Pramathbabu's bidding. He tore up all the case papers. Everyone departed feeling happy. Pramathbabu and the C.P.O. touched Ramatanubabu's feet.
This shows how Ramatanubabu removed the 'upadan' of anger from his heart completely. He made his soul akin to a tanker full of water. Now there was no need to worry that others might throw a spark. One would have needed to fear if the tanker was filled with petrol, but what does a tanker filled with water have to fear? In fact, it will only extinguish an ember, if any was still burning. The serpent, Chandakaushika, had not thrown a spark at the Lord, he had thrown fire itself. Not only was there no blaze but Chandakaushika gained such calm self-control that he himself became the epitome of forgiveness.
There is a need to transform a petrol tanker into a water tanker. Where would fire come from if there was no fuel? Meghkumar in his previous birth was an elephant. In that birth, his soul could recollect his past birth, also as an elephant. In that birth, there was a terrible, widespread forest fire in which all the animals of the jungle
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