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forest with some quantity of water for the purpose of preparing coals. While preparing coals, the quantity of watir he had with him, soon became exhausted. He became very thirsty at night and his mouth and palate dried up. While sleeping at night and afflicted with excessive thirst, he drank the whole quantity of water existing tben in wells, tauks, rivers and lakes and finally went to a well in an arid place. Exceedingly, distressed with unquenchable thirst, the charcoal-burnier standing near a Banyan Tree, threw a bunch of straw tied to a rope into the deep well and began to li:k drops of water trickling from it. The charcoal-burner's thirst was not at all quenched by any me:ins.
In the same manner, all human beings experiencing the pleasures of breast-feeding, sexual intercourse with women, and putting on of valuable clothes and ornaments, are not satisfied. But I am not anxious about the pleasures of his world.
quêar Padmasenā, then said, "O husband ! being desirous of gf Mukti, Emancipation, you do not lose both like the jackal while abandoning the prosperous state acquired in this world. For instance,
THE STORY OF THE JACKAL. A jackal acquired a piece of flesh in some forest. He went to the bank of a lake with it. Though desirous of eating that piece of flesh, the jackal on seeing fish thrown out of the current of water, became anxious to catch it out of ardent longing for it. When the jackal leaving the piece of flesh on the ground, ran forward to catch the fish, the fish at once entered the current of water. A kite taking hold of the piece of flesh by his powerful beak, few high up into the sky.
The jack»l losing both, was much grieved at heart.
In the same manner, while abandoning this wealth, you will lose the happiness of this world, as well as that relating to the next world, like the jackal.
