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gomama arat, ziftó ameziaat: / कुतो विभवपाथोधिः जलदेवीव वर्तसे ? ॥ १ ॥
Kula kramagatam swami, daridryam tāvadāvayoh; Kuto vibhava pathodhih jaladéviva vartasé ?
1. O Sister! Poverty is hereditary in the family of both of us, how is it that you are now living like a goddess of the sea of the
Siddhi then narrated before her, every thing as it actually happened. Buddhi, thereupon, worshipped the Yakṣa with.. flowers etc and having satisfied him, asked for his favour. The Yaksa said "O Buddhi! What do you want? Buddhi said "Give me twice as much as you give to Siddhi. The Yaksa gave Buddhi four gold coins daily. Knowing that Buddhi asked for four gold coins daily, Siddhi asked for double the quantity. Buddhi again requested the Yaksa for twice as much.
Siddhi then thought "Buddhi, always asks for twice as much, in competition. I will now act in such a way that she will suffer the evil consequences of her rivalry with me.
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Siddhi, then, told the Yaksa in secret, You take away, one of my eyes. The Yaksa took away one of her eyes in a moment.
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Buddhi, then, requested the Yaksa to give her double as much as was given to Siddhi. Buddhi was thereby rendered perfectly blind by the Yaksa.
नोsarरणरुषां संङख्या, सङख्याताः कारणाः कुधः । aròsfa a gufa, à à anfa q: || ? ||
1. No kāraṇaruṣām sankhyā, sankhyātāḥ kāraṇāh krudhah; Karane'pi na kupyanti yé té jagati pancaṣah.
