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[ 70. 19. for a day. So give me faggots; I shall enter fire.” Having heard this, his relatives became dejected; his wives swooned; and the attend. ents wept.
In the meantime that god taking the form of a S'abara physician with the bag of his instruments and medicinal :naterials came to Kans'àmbi. He cried out before the hou. se of Arahadatta; “I am a S'abara physici. an; I can remove headache; inake the deaf hear; remove the blindness; take away the skin-itches; uproot the disease of piles; make quiet the excruciating pain; and also cure the dropsy.” Hearing this, they called him with great respect. The attendents of Arahadatta said to him, “Good sir, take away virulent dropsy of this (patient ); whatever you ask will be given to you.”
He said, “I am a physician devoted to religion; I am not greedy of wealth. So enough of money for me. But this disease is very difficult to be brought under control. It will not go away easily. In this case, the root-cause must be removed; and the oppo. site of that root-cause must be adopted. The
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