Narrative Tale in Jain Literature

Author(s): Satyaranjan Banerjee
Publisher: Asiatic Society

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NARRATIVE TALE IN JAIN LITERATURE
Samana (and so forth, speaking exactly as before, § 95,down to) if thou dost not interrupt thy religious practices, then I shall this day seize thee with my trunk, and carry thee out of thy posaha-house; and having done so, I shall toss thee high up into the air, and then receive thee on my sharp long tusks, and then dropping thee on the ground, I shall trample thee three times under my feet, so that agonised by the intolerable force of thy agonies thou shalt, even before thy time, be deprived of thy life."
103. Then that Kamadeva, the servant of the Samana, being thus spoken to by that deva in the form of the elephant, showed no fear (as above § 92, down to) remained engaged in the meditation of the Law.
104. Then that deva in the form of the form of the elephant, observing that Kamadeva, the servant of the Samana, showed no fear (as above, § 96, down to) occupied in the meditation of the Law, spoke thus for a second and a third time to Kamadeva, the servant of the Samana : "O ho, Kamadeva," (and so forth, exactly as before, and he, Kamadeva, too, as before) remained engaged in meditation of the Law.
105. Then that deva in the form of the elephant, observing that Kamadeva, the servant of the Samaņa, showed no fear (as above, § 96. down to) remained engaged in the meditation of the Law, grew furious, etc. (as in § 95), and seized Kamadeva, the servant of the Samana, with his trunk, and then tossing him high up into the air, received him on his sharp long tusks, and then dropping him on the ground, he trampled him three times under his feet. 106. Then that Kamadeva, the servant of the Samaṇa, bore (and so forth, down to) that fiery torment with perfect composure.
107. Then that deya in the form of the elephant, seeing that he was not able to cause Kamadeva, the servant of the Samaṇa, (as above, § 101, down to) slowly and gradually retired, and thus departed from the posahahouse. Having done so, he laid aside his celestrial elephant form, and then exchanged it for the form of a huge, celestial serpent. This form was furnished with a powerful venom, a virulent venom, a deadly venom; it had a huge body, black as ink or as a rat; it was full of rage and venomous