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[2. BHAVA.
position towards me was the same as in our last human birth. Once while I and Anahaka had gone to some othor place and the king also was absent, the Sabara chief Vindhyaketu ransacked the town and abducted a number of people among whom was also my wife. On my return an old brahman advised me to ransom my wifo; the Sabaras, he averred, used to treat their captives well as their only object was to extort money. Accordingly. I and Anahaka proceeded towards the stronghold of the Sabaras. 98, 20.
Meanwhile those Šabara had marched on and rested in the night at an old well near a deserted village. My wife, afraid of being ravished, jumped in this well; she scrambled out of the water into a recess where she could sit. Shortly after the Sabaras had left, we came to the same place, I carrying the victuals, and Anahaka the ransom. The latter desirous to deceive me, asked me to look into the well to see if it contained water, and pushed me in the well as I was leaning over its margin. I fell into the water and then got to the same spot where my wife was sitting. We recognised each other by the sound of our voices. The victuals I had still with ome served to sustain our life for some days, but at last they were conBumed. 101, 14. The next day, however, a caravan on its way to Ratnapura came to the same place, discovered and saved us. We travelled with that caravan. One day we found, by the side of the road, the skeleton of a man killed by a lion, and close by it the jewels, eto., which ye had taken with us for the ransom of my wife ; there could be no doubt that we had come on the remains of Anghaka. My sad experience concerning him induced me to take the vows. After my death, I became * god in Mahāśukra, and Apahaka a denizen of hell in Balukaprabha. 102, 14. We were reborn in Rathavirapura of Bharatavarşa, I as the merchant Anangadova; and the other as the merchant Dhanadeva. He hated me secretly. though he pretended to be my friend, just as in our last birth. Once we had gained great wealth in Ratnadvipa and were on our way home when Dhanadeva, resolved to poison mo. Ho propared some dakes and put a strong poison in one of thom; but by mistake, he ate the poisoned oake, and died. Thus. I got
