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had died helplessly. The whole scenario played in front of his eyes. In the present birth, he decided to construct a safer haven for the animals to avoid trouble in the future. This was a precautionary step so that if at all a fire would rage in the jungle, the place would not be affected or there would not be a blaze. However, this was possible only if fuel was removed from an intended, designated place.
In a jungle, the main source of fuel is the trees themselves. So he uprooted all the trees from the area and threw them out of the region. He created a mass of barren land. Even if a tuft of grass grew anywhere, he would remove it at once. When a forest fire did erupt, thousands of animals residing in the barren land were saved miraculously.
Is it possible to convert a tanker filled with petrol into a tanker filled with water?
Yes, it can be done. If a person whose rage was so intense that when his sleep was disturbed on hearing more music than he wished, he had molten lead poured into the guard's ears, and then if the same person, whose anger was as violent as sage Durvasa, internalized forgiveness in such a manner that even on sharp nails being put in his ears, not a single line of anger formed on his face, then it proves the aforesaid possible!
In Chandrakaushika's earlier birth as a monk, his anger on the child-monk was like any ordinary, combustible fuel. In his birth as Rishi Chandakaushika, his inflammability worsened and he wished to kill anyone who plucked fruits from the hermitage. In his birth as a Drishti visha sarpa,
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