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of Dūrvă grass which grew on one brink of . a dry well. On account of his obstinate thought-activity towards his own evil, for the purpose of that (Dūrvā grass ) he fell into the well-without tasting those few Dūrva straws-in one part of the uneven inner frame of the well. His limbs and sub-limbs were, on that account broken, Having seen him, Arahadatta said, “Oh, what silliness there is on the part of the bull, who having abandoned Junjumaya grass and wishing for few straws of Durvā grass on the brink of well, has fallen there !” The god said, “Do you know this much?” He said, “ How can I not know?” The god said, “ If you know, then how, having abandoned great celestial happiness, resembling the Junjunaya grass, which is only a field's distance, do you throw yourself in the worse condition resembling a dry well, by fixing your desire on human joys which are as worthless as few straws of grass ?”
When he heard this, the collection of his actions dropped away. He thought, " Oh, he is superhuman! Otherwise, how does he speak like this? And this is nice; rather he
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