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After regaining his natural bodily vigour, however, when Lalitanga Kumāra was, one day, passing by the king's palace, he was again invited by queen Lilāyati.
Jambu Kumāra addressing Jayaśrī, said "Dear! Do you think he will go there again? Jayaśrī replied "No, not by any means." Jambu Kumāra said Lalitanga Kumāra may perhaps go, but I do not, in the least, desire the pleasures of this world acquired by association with females, which are pleasures, for which I will have to suffer the terrible miseries of hell." The moral of the story is this-Having come out from the embryo of a female, resembling a deep well, I do not desire the enjoyment of such happiness, becoming deeply engrossed like Lalitanga Kumāra, in pleasures of the senses, which are full of miseries in the long run."
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On hearing this story; Jambu Kumar's wife said "Dear husband! Please do not be in-considerate, like the fabulous bird, called eige mā sāhasa, and hear the following story—
STORY OF MA SAHASA.
When a powerful lion was quietly sleeping with his mouth wide open, in his cave on a high mountain, a bird called Mă Sahasa, entering his mouth, began eating away, pieces of flesh adhering to the interval between his teeth, loudly proclaiming, at the same time, मा साहसं कार्षी: Ma sāhasam kārṣiḥ-'Do not be inconsiderate."
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Thereupon, a man passing by, said "O bird! You loudly proclaimed "Do not be inconsiderate, and at the same time, you are doing an inconsiderate act of eating away pieces of flesh from the mouth of the lion! You appear to be stupid. You do not act in accordance with your speech. If the lion wakes up, while you are in his mouth, he will instantly kill you."
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