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So sh e punished them for their evil deeds: through the wife of the merchant.
Now Seduk ate away all the eatables i. e. sweet preparation and other; and so he was very thirsty. But he could leave: the Gate unattended.
He thought : Blessed are those insects: and other beings who get permanent stay in water. I am pining for a drop of water. Thinking thus, he breathed his last. And. so he was born as a frog.
Now when I came over here, he remembered his past life and so advanced to hear my preachings. But on its way, the frog was crushed under the foot of one of your horses. He became god because of good thoughts at death.
Now the two births of that strange man with lucoderma are explained to you. by me. He was a god and had come to. test your sense of equanimity.”
