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got an excellent opportunity of taking revenge of my previous animosity”. Thinking, thus, with his eyes red on account of a predominance of excessive wrath, the god Nāga-sudādha instantly came there. Remaining in the sky he shouted. “Ah ! where elde: can you now go away? With these words, he set in motion a fierce gust of high winds moving in a circle. Under its influer.ce big trees became up-rooted, mountain-ranges began to shike, the earth quivered, the waters of the Ganges rose high vigourously, the skilf tossed about in various directions, the chief mast of the skiff broke with a crackling noise, the sail tore out, the bo:16-man was helpless, and persons sitting in the skiff, afraid of approa. ching death, began to remember their favourite deity.
KAMBALA-SAMBALA.
Two nägakumāra-dévas named Kambala and Sambala, with the shaking to and fro of their thrones, saw through the media um of their Avadbi Jnana that god Sudādha was trying to drown Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra seated in the skiff, into the waters of the Ganges, and thinking, “ Let us leave aside all other work. Let us in the first place, deliver Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra from this trouble". They immediately came to the spot. One of the Nāgakumāra gods began to fight with Sudadba-déva, and the other lifted up the skiff in the extended cavi.y of his hands and placed it on the opposite bank of the river. Although Sudădhadéva was possessing great supernatural powers, bis strength had now diminished owing to approach of death, and becoming greatly bewildered, his force of energy had collapsed, and so, though Kambala and Sambala were less powerful, they instantly, defeated śudāụha-deva with their fresh divine power. Having made Sudā. dha-deva free from poison, (of animosity ) like a cobra deprived of its venomous fang, both the Nāgaliumāra gods respectfully adored Šramaņa Bhagavån Mahāvira, s'owered fragrant flowers and scented waters on him, and they began to sing, with great devotion before the Lord. Becoming immensely astonished, on Beelng this, the people sitting in the skiff thought :-“ Ah! This is some great man. Even in the garb of a human being, He is
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