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of Girisena, for an explanation of which the god referred him to the Saint. 790, 3.
Indra and the Gods came to celebrate Samarāditya's Kevala. They paid him homage, and so did the king and his retinue.--When Girisena saw that Samarāditya was held in great honour even by the Gods, he felt some compunction at having done him an injury, and thereby he acquired the first need of righteousness. ,790, 21.
The new Kevalin preached a sermon as is the eustom on such occasions; after which Indra departed. 791, 17.
Samarāditya now told the king the stories of Gunasena and Agnisarman, etc., and declared that Girisena would first suffer in hell and then go through endless births. 792, 6.
Being questioned by Queen Narmadá, he described to her the hells, tho denizens of hell, and the suffering in hell. 793, 16. And to Quoon Sulasamanjari ho described the Vimānas, the gods, and their pleasures. 795,13. He further explained that the state of siddhas infinitely surpasses that of the gods. in illustration whereof he related the
Apologue of the Savage in the Royal Palace.
796,18. Jitnáatru, king of Kșitipratişthita, ,oner went hunting. His horse ran away with him and landed him in a glen of the Vindhya. There a Sabara chicf found him and treated him with the greatest respect ; ho fel the king, tended his horse, and kept watch during the night. Next morning the soldiers who had followed the track of the horse, arrived, and the king together with tho Sabara rode to the capital. He entertained his humble guest magnificiently and gave him in charge of the courtesan Răjasundart who attended to all his wants. After some time the Sabara, returned to his village. His people enquired of himn where he had been all the time, and what he had noon. He told them that he had met the king and had beer. with him in his capital; but he was unable to describe to them what he had seen ; for he could compare it only to the primitive things which his hearers were acquainted with, and that was altogether insufficient to give them an idea of the splendour of royal
