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93 the fruit of the desire-yielding tree, in the form of eternal bliss; which was the thunder-bolt to the mountain of misery; and which was the wild-fire to the forest of actions. Then the right belief was obtained by the destruction and pacification of actions; the religion preached by Jinas was realised; and my mind was disgusted with the prison of worldly existence. Then that Rudradeva began to entertain malice by the taint of actions. He said “Leave up this religion which makes an obstruction to the sensual pleasures.” Then I said, "Enough of sensual pleasures; the life in this world is very transitory and the result of the failings due to the pleasures of senses is very terrible.” He said, “ You are mentally distorted: do not make an attachment to the unseen, leaving aside the seen ?" I said, “What indeed is the seen here ? These objects of senses are common with the herds of animals (80) and how can religion whose blissful fruit is visibly attained, be said to be unseen?'' Then he, prattling like this even more, began to entertain malice. He gave up sexual intercourse with me. He chose Nāgas’ri, the daughter of the merchant by the name of Nãgadeva; but she was not given by merchant Nāgadeva, out of great regard to her (i. e. his daughter ). Rudradeva thought, “I shall not get his bride so long as she (i. e. the first wife ) is alive. Hence I will kill her.” Then by fraudulent plotting, he put a deadly snake somehow in the pot and put the same in a corner. When the evening had passed and the time for the union of amorous persons arrived, he said to me, “ Bring a flower-garland from that pot.” Then I, not knowing his trick, went near the pot. I removed the cover of the mouth, tightened
