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they broke open the second ant hill, and they took gold from it Now, the avarice of greedy merchants went on increasing. They said: We have got water from the first ant-hill and from the second one we got gold: now, from the third and-hill we are sure to get gems and precious stones. The wise man told them. “Leave off your avarice you have obtained gold Now let us move on. But the greedy merchants did not give any heed to the old man's advice. They broke open the ihird ant-hill, and they obtained a treasure of gems and other precious stones. The greedy merchants said:-'Let us now take diamonds from this last ant hill The wise old man again told them:-“Will you now abandon your extreme greed? This is the last ant-hill Nobody knows that instead of diamonds so eagerly sought by you, & venomous serpent may coine out! Whatever you have acquired is more than sufficient Now, you must not become more avaracious But how can the greedy merchan's listen to the in asked for advice of an old man! They broke open the fourth ant-hill. A huge serpent emitting poison from his eyes, at once sprang out from his burrow and by the fall of a virulent poison all around from his sparking eyes, all the other merchants were burnt to asies Only the wise, contented, old man who was giving them good advice and who was standing at a distance was spared alive.
Ananda! This analogy perfectly suits your religious preceptor Sramana Jnāta-putra has now acquired all his desirable gains But he is not sutisfied with them Grant ed for a moment, that he is an unique Jina in the whole world and that there is none else who can stand comparison with him. But whenever he talks about me, he everywhere says:-He is Gośālaka He is Mankhali-putra He is my pupil. He is hypocritical Well! Ananda you go and keep your Guru on his guard i am just coming and I will reduce to the state of the unwise merchants, your preceptor who is talking the reverse
Ananda Anagara, on hearing the angry words of Gośālaka,
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