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suggested, "I will give 700 Sparddhakas". The accountant of Jagad proposed, “I will give 800”.
Thus the competition increased with both of them bidding the amount of money one over the other. Each of them was trying to show the greatness of their respective employers. The place became crowded with accountant and workers of other merchants and the passers by. Both the accountant did not want to prove their merchant inferior than the other. So they consistently increased their bid. Eventually the accountant of Jagad ha raised the bid to 2500 Sparddhaka. The accountant of the other merchant did not dare to hike the bid further. So the royal officials took the money from him and declared the ownership of the boulder permanently to the accountant of Jagad ha. And the accountant gloating over his victory sat on the boulder in front of the crowd gathered there and brushed his teeth.
The accountant narrated the entire incident to Jagad ha when he came to visit the granary. Jagad ha was very much pleased and stroking on his back praised him, “Congratulations! You have done a very good job. You protected my well-wisher in this area". That very moment Jagad ha transferred the boulder to his house and started brushing his teeth sitting on it.
One afternoon when he sat for his lunch, a sage came at the door. ha said to his wife, "O Virtuous Lady! Offer to this sage jaleb s enough for a man to feel contented". His wife filled a plate with jaleb s and offered it to sage. But the sage neither took the plate nor moved from the place. She informed the matter to her husband. He said, “Offer him a silver plate filled with ‘imarat s' (Indian sweets)".
The lady obeying his order took a heavy silver plate filled it with sweets and offered it in alms to the sage. The sage was fully satisfied and said, “O Generous One! I descended onto earth and sought alms just to test you. I wanted to find out a genuine generous person. Though wandering for the last 6 months, I could find none. Today, I feel contended beholding a person like you, who is a saviour and benefactor to the world. You are the real donor and one who will fill the scarcity of the world"
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