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taking possessioy of dead bodies) meet together, and jackals eeeking fine opportunities create terrible noise. Enough of staying here." The Kumära said "If it be bo, you sit here for a short time and let me briefly witness." The mountaineer replied:Just as you please, but return soon. One prahara of night has already elapsed". Sūrasena Kumāra perfectly relying on the mountaineer's words and keeping a careful watch on all sides, went very far off into the forest brightly illuminated with the splendour of divine luster. On seeing a blazing brazier of fire full of bright light in an arbour of Mādhavi (spring-creeper Gaertnera Racemosa) at one place, and realizing that there must be some hidden object in it, he ran swiftly towards it and when he was advancing further he heard the angry words of Cetakadeva to his accompiice in magic methods for baving trausgressed the rules of the art of magic, "Ahl 0 silly manl you are inviting death because you are trying to accomplish the performance of an incantation without previously realizing the capacity of your intellect. Have you ever heard of or seen any accomplice in this world whom I have spared like Yama (God of Death), when he has committed a mistake in the performance of an enchantment. By rernembering my magical enchantment in the careless manner that you have been remembering the mantras of other gods, you are certainly doomed to death. I am hard to be ur derstood even by accomplished teachers who have conquered their minds. Have you not heard the name of Cetaka who is an expert in frauds?" On hearing this, Sūrasena Kumāra thought:- "Ah! Cetaka is reproaching this good maii who has made a mistake in the performance of his enchantment. The poor man deserves protection." With this idea in his mind, the Kumara ran to the place with a knife shining like a sapphire in his right hand. He saw that Cétaka lifted up his accomplice crying "O gods and demi-gods? Protect me. Give me your shelter." Seizing him by his foot with the object of forcibly crushing him on a huge stone-slab. Sūrasena Kumāra thinking that gods are invulnerable to weapons, left off all his weapons, and with a low bow, he requested Cetaka as follows:- "O god! Be pleased; kindly leave aside your angor,
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