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The mother, Bhadra replied :
“Nothing is ready at hand, you do one thing : the meat of the cock is cooked and is there in the kitchen. You eat something from that.”
Sagardatta went to the kitchen and took the crest of the cock from the vessel and ate it. He, ihen, quite satisfied, immediately went back to the school.
After sometime, the ascetic returned after taking bath and completing his usual meditation etc. Immediately on his arrival, he asked for the meat of the cock. He was told that it was quite ready in the kitchen. The ascetic sat down 10 relish the meat. But he could not find the muchwanted crest therein. So he asked Bhadra :
“Where has the crest gone away from this ??
Bhadra : “Sagardatta had come, a short while before; he must have perhaps
