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The muni held out his bowl to the friend of the Sheth. The friend of the Sheth generously gave away his milk as alms to the muni. After giving the milk he went to the lake for washing his hands and feet. There he slipped his leg and died. After his death he became the king of Tilaksagar, king Kandarp. In that life be made wicked attempts to obtain the wife of another. So he obtained a very bad position in next life.
A fair was held in an Yaksha-temple outside the city of Pratishthanpur. Sheth Madanpriya was going with Shethani Priyadarshana to that fair. Ther ewere male as well as female servants with the Sheth also. One muni was sitting under a banyan tree along the road to the fair. The muni. was in deep meditation.
An evil thought came into the mind of the Sheth. He thought that his omens were bad as he got on the way a man
