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to undertake a journey for earning wealth. He took his father's permission and went to the city of Vaijayanti, He could not find much profit in selling his wares. So he thought to go to the opposite shore. He got the ship made ready and started towards China. There was a storm in the sea. The ship wrecked. With the help of a plank, he arrived at Suvarna-dvipa. He lighted fire there and he· found that the fire turned the soil into gold. He prepared several bricks, marked them with his name and made them into blocks. He fixed up the broken balves of the boat and putting gold blocks in it he was preparing to go. In the meantime, there passed by the ship of Suvadana, with merchandise of little worth. He saw Dharana, and stopped his ship. Dharana put his gold blocks in the ship and promised him to give a lac worth of gold, when the ship would reach the shore. Suvadana said he did not mind gold so much as he did Dharana's life. By luck, Laxmi was also taken up on the ship. Dharana recognised her and became very glad. (P. 40. I. 5.)
While the ship was on the way, the guardian demoness of Suvarna-dvipa came
