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Kummāputta-Chariam
That prince, borne from arm to arm and lap to lap by five nurses, became dear to all. (125)
He studied all the seventy two arts himself with his own sharp intelligence, the teacher having obtained no doubt the position of a simple witness. (126)
However, as a result of his action of binding down and tossing up the princes in his previous existence, he became a dwarf having got a height measuring only two hands. (127)
Possessed of gracefulness and good luck, he attained to youth in course of time, bewitching the minds of young women by virtue of his unparalleled countenance. (128)
Everyone experiences in his youth various mental changes wrought by the objects of sense; but Kummāputta, who knew the true nature of objects remained indifferent to objects of sense. (129)
Gods Hari, Hara, Brahamā and others, all were subject to the influences of objects of sense; blessed indeed was Kummāputta who subjected in fact the objects of sense. (130)
The vow of monks, which he had observed in his previous birth for a long time, became the cause of his indifference to objects of sense in the present existence even in his youth. (131)
A certain day, when he was hearing the gospel expounded by the eminent sage, the prince had the memory of his previous existence sprung up in him. (132)
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