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manner, you will be destroyed on account of your pride." Hearing ihus the Indra sitting on his lion-seated throne, thought of his Vajra (Indra's thunder-bolt), and the Vajra-throwing thousands of fire-brands; setting out flamee; spreading millions of sparks of fire; dazzling the eyes by thousands of glittering rowe; made as if entirely of fire; arranged, as it were by all the rays of the Sun; and prepared as it were from the entire mass of abundance of brightness-at once came into the palms of the hands of Saudharmendra, and in an instant, he threw it against Camaréndra. On seeing the terrific thunder-bolt weapon-never seen before and coming towards him with great velocity, Camarendra's desire for a conflict, his pride, and his display of energy disappeared, and on remembering the words of good advice given by cărnā nika asuras and thinking with a deep sigh that he would not now be able to reach epen ibe surface of the earth without a large mass of punya (meritorious deeds), and trembling with fear by not getting any place of self-preservation, on looking at the surface of the sky studded with innumerable stars, with trembling eyes while gazing up in bewilderement; not caring for the sphatika-raina weapon dropping down from his hands; and unable to tind out whatever was suitable for the moment, and convinced with the idea that all other remedies were usejese, and that the lotus-like feet of śramana Bhagavān Mabăvira were the best shelter, Camaréndra walking with great velocity with his feet raised high up, and his head low down, ran towards Šramapa Bhagavān Mahävira as speedily as the dropping down of streams of perspiration caused by great exertion. He did not, in the least, become numble although the vehemence of his pride was severely crushed, but his body looked insignificant by rushing with Immerse specd. Besides, ah! ridiculed by gods, and shown with clapping of hands, 'Here is the god who showed his arrogance before Indra,' Camaréndra, at this time, became 50 small that like a small butterfly he was not recognized although he was able to fill in the interior of the three worlds by the extent of his body.
At that time, Indre's thunder-bolt weapon carefully thrown
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