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bricks were found to contain gold bars hidden inside them. The treasure probably belonged to the person who had built the original structure that was pulled down by the workmen. Lolupa kept the gold to himself, and made the workmen remove a few bricks every day to his place, without the knowledge of any one. For these he gave cheap food to the men. One day it so happened that he had to go to his daughter's village, and he left instructions with his son to ask the workmen for more bricks; but the latter did not do so. In the night when Lolupa got back he was furious to know that his son had not got any more bricks, and, blinded by rage and the lust of gold, struck and killed him. Then he struck a blow with a hatchet on his own legs, because had they not carried him to his daughter's village he would not have failed to secure more bricks. On his death he became a mongoose!
The Saint having narrated these lives, added that the sight of giving food to the Jaina Saint in the approved manner had brought to their recollection their past lives, and this was the reason why they were sitting fearlessly and without molesting any one. Their joy at the reverential offering of food would act exactly in the same way as if they had themselves been the givers, so that they would obtain
