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accomplices. Fortupately, a mini came to that city, whose words iniluenced all the seven and gave them a chance to acquire pious karma Now you see, you seven are brought together here, and since in your previous births, you so much teased and troubled the spirits, they paid you back in your own coins in this life »
These words restored the long memory to Dhista, who could find a corroboration of the monk's words in his previous life. This gave a mighty turn to the course of his life, which, nəedless to add, he made a worthy thing, and at death, attained a higher stage.
