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were only two handfals. Elis thirst was not at all lessened, but: on the contrary, it gradually increased, and so, immensely distres. sed by his inability to obtain water in any place in the whole world, he carefully went in search of water.
" Eventually, the charcoal-burner found out a very deep well with a small quantity of foul-smelling water On seeing the well after a long timo, he was excessively delighted. Being unable to enter the well, he tied a bunch of hay with a long piece of string and threw it into the well with the object of removing his pangs of thirst, and began to pass his days by drinking, with his mouth wide open,. whatever drops of filthy water he was able to get dribbling from the bunch of hay taken out from the well
"O dear children ! just as when the thirst of the charcoalburner was not alleviated by drinking the entire quantity of water in wells, ponds, rivers, and oceans, do you think his thirst will ever be pacified by drops of filthy water dribbling from the bunch of bay! In the same manner, o beloved of the gods ! You have enjoyed the excellent pleasures of the five senses in your previous lives. During your last *.Bhava,(worldly existence), you enjoyed without hindrance, the happiness of the excellent Rutüfagfe Ta Sarvārtha-Siddha Vimāna,-the celestial chariot Survārtha Siddha for thirty-three Sāgaropams. However, O Magnanimous people! When you have not become satisfied by these excellent pleasures, do you think you will be satisfied by governing a small kingdom? Therefore, do not have attachment, even for a moment, for pleasures of human existence which are pro duced by contact with dirty objects, which are short-lived, full of miseries in the end, insignificant, detestable, and capable of giving delight only in the beginning but the cause of misery and death to thousands of lives in this Sańsāra, and which have evidently been abandoned by wise poople.”
Having instructed the ninety-eight brothers, Bhagavān Śri Fleabha Stomi instantly prepared the excellent for Vaitālika
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