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Prabhava then went to the place where Jambū Kunāra was instruciirg his beau:iful wives, sitting beside him, decorated with costly garments and precious ornaments, and he tried to induce all of them to sleep. Under the influence of the spell, the eight wives of Jambu Kunăra fell to sleep, and Prabhava, commenced taking away their ornaments, but it had no effect on Jambū Kumāra.
Meanu hile Jambū Kumāra made all the robbers immovable and they stood fixed like pictures painted on a wall, Prabhava, highly disque:ed, said “O Jumbū Kumāra! You teach me your farsaatfati Stambhini Vidyā,-the art of making objects immovable,-and I will teach you Avasvāpini Vidyā and Talodyhătıni Vidyā. Jambu Kumāra said " What use have I for these vicious aris ? I am going to instruct my eight wives during the night and renouncing all my wealth, I am going to take Hirala 1911 Bhagavau Dikṣā in the morning.
Prabhaya was greatly astonished on hearing these words, and he said "Why do you abandon these various pleasures of the worid, and take Līksā ? Jumbū kamāra said O Prabhava ! These su-called pleasures of the world are Ike z Madnū -bindu, a drop of honey, Prabhava sud • Wat is iliat dropof honey ? Jambu kumāra, thereupon, narrated the story of hyfart Madhu Bindu and geq l'urusa,- the man. THE STORY OF MADHU BINDU AND THE MAN.
A poor man started on a journey to a distant land, in company with a leader of a trading caravan for the purpose of acquiring wealih. On the way, the caravan was plundered by robbers. Ite pior man ran away While running forward, he saw a huge furious elephant, quick'y following his foot-steps with tre object of injuring hun Out of rear of being killed, while looking around here and there, the miserable man fell into a well When falling into the well, he happened to take hold of a branch of a Binyana Tree, standing in close proximity of the well, and kept huseli hanging there with the and of
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