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the last stage of pregnanoy she was shot by Gunadhara who was returning from an unsudoessful chase ; ripping up her belly he got me out, and had me brought up. Once he worshipped the Kuladevata in order to procure luok in hunting. Fifteen buffaloes were slaughtered in her honour and a great number of brahmans were foasted. I was fastenod near the kitchen-door. When I saw Guņadhara coming with his seraglio, I suddenly remembered my former births. Now I overheard a conversation of two maids as to why Nayanăvall spread such an infernal stench. Her miserable condition—she had become a lepor-greatly moved me. The king was dining, and tired of buffalo-meat, ho called for some other; the cook, for want of other meat, cut some out of my side, roasted and served it up to the king. 262,14, Now my mother had been reborn as a buffalo, who once killed the best horse of the royal stud. The king, in a great passion, ordered this buffalo to be roasted alive. Pieces of his flesh when ready were served up to the king, and when he wanted another kind of meat, the cook cut a piece of flesh out of my other side and roasted it. Thus I and my mother were slowly tortured to death. 284, 9.
We were then born in a Candāla settlement near Visala, T as & cock, and she as a hen. We were seized by a policeman and brought to the king who became so fond of us, that he ordered our keeper always to bring us along with him wherever he went. Once in spring the king went to a park; amongst his followers was our keeper who when not wanted by the king, strolled about in the park. There he met the ácārya Sasiprabha with his monks and asked him to teach him his Law. He was inclined to adopt the Jaina creed, but he would not, he said, give up the killing of animals as taught in the Veda. Sasiprabha rejoined that if he continued killing animals, his lot would be like that of his cock and hen; and then he told him our whole history. He was induced by hearing this story to take the vows of q layman ; And we too recollecting our former births did the same, and raised a loud crowing in our ecstasy. The king who was in a bower close by dallying with Jayāyali, wanted to show her his proficiency in hitting an invisible aim by the sound; he shot an arrow by which he killed both of us. 267,14.
