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The king approached Lord Mahavir the next day only. He bowed and then said :
"Lord ! I have put an end to the killing of buffaloes by Kalsauk arik, and the fruit of Samayik of the merchant lies with you. Now, my going to hell will be prevented, is it not ?”
Bhagwan Mahavir replied in serene: and sobre voice :
“O'king ! Do you think that Kalsaukarik has stopped killing ? You are mistaken. He prepares five hundred buffaloes out of clay and kills them, inspite of being in the well. Thus he does killing by mental feeling. He will never abandon. the killing work.”
The king went to the well and himself saw that what Mhahavir said was. true. He then came back and asked the price of one Samayik.
