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Or, here, there is another story:
A tortoise lived in a big lake on Mount Vindhya along with his family. One night, on seeing the full moon, on account of withdrawing away of the veil of moss over the water, he became greatly delighted. Then he thought "Let me show this to my family-members.” With this idea in bis mind, the tortoise went to the bottom of the lake for the purpose of bringing his family-members to the spot. When the tortoise came there with his family-members, he saw that the hole in the moss through which he was able to see the moon, had already become closed up Then, wandering about excitedly, here and there, even witb his eyes fixedly directed to the moon, he could not see the full-moon."
Having acquired fra SÅ Jina-dharma, the principles of religion, preached by the Jineśvars, capable of giving control over senses and having acquired the adequate help of a worthy Guru, I will not abandon it.
Hearing this story, mut Jayasri said “ Worthy Master ! Why do you deceive us like Nāgasri ? Please bear her story.
STORY OF NĀGAŚRI.
At a town named qugt Padmapura, there lived a king named farfag Kelipriya. He used to bear new stories, by turns, from people, every day. One day, the turn of a Brāhmin came. He was stupid. The Brābmin thought " What should I say? If I am not able to narrate a new story before the king, the wicked king will throw me into a prison."
On seeing the withered face of the Brāhmin, who was deeply engrossed in sorrow, a virgin daughter of his daughter said " You do not be uneasy. I will go and narrate the story."
The virgin grand-daughter of the Brāhmin then went to the king and said " O Lord 1 I will narrate the story, today.
