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"You seem to be busy thinking. What is it about?"
"I am thinking whether the stalk of a leaf of Pipal tree is bigger in size than the upper part."
"So, what is your conclusion?" "Both are same." And Rohaka went to sleep.
After some time, the king again woke him up and asked the same question. Rohaka replied that he was thinking of something.
"How could the hard balls of dung be formed in the stomach of sheep?"
"So what is your conclusion ?" "The wind forms them."
After some time the king again woke Rohaka and asked him if he was asleep. Rohaka denied that he was asleep; he was awake and thinking. The king as usual asked him about what he was thinking this time.
"I am thinking about the black stripes on the body of a squirrel and also of the white stripes. How many could they be of each colour and whether the body of the squirrel is bigger than the tail."
"So, what is your conclusion ?"
"Your Majesty, the number of black stripes is the same as the white ones and the body and the tail are equal in size."
Five Fathers
The king woke him up again in the last few hours of the night to ask him the same question but before he did that he noticed that Rohaka was fast asleep. So he woke him up by poking him with his stick. Rohaka quickly woke up and asked "What is the matter ?"
The king asked what he was busy with. Rohaka said: "I am thinking of how many fathers you have."
The king felt much embarrassed and kept silent for a moment and finally asked how many according to his calculation there could be. "Five" said Rohaka, and the king asked who these five could be. Rohaka's reply was, "One must be Vaisravana, the Lord of
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