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your wife, Satyaśrī, by assurance of devotion, he restrained the hot flash and you were not burned at that time. Because of the sin produced by the humiliation to the muni, you wandered through several births and, after acquiring pure karma, you became Indra, the son of Sahasrāra. This defeat by Rāvana is the result at hand of the karma arising from the abuse and beating of the muni. For the acts of every one, from Purandara to a worm, certainly bear fruit, even after a long time. Such is the condition of worldly existence."
After hearing this, Indra gave his kingdom to his son, Dattavīrya, and became a mendicant, practiced very severe penance, and became emancipated.
One day Rāvana went to Mt. Svarmaturga to pay homage to the sage Anantavirya whose omniscience had arisen. After he had paid homage, Daśakandhara sat down in the proper place and listened to a sermon, a channel of nectar to the ears. At the end of the sermon Daśāsya asked the great sage, "How shall I die?” and the Blessed One replied, "The death of you, a Prativişnu, will be at the hands of a future Väsudeva because of a sin connected with another man's wife, Daśānana."
He took a vow before the same muni, "I will not enjoy another man's wife against her will."
After bowing to the best of munis, an ocean of the jewels of knowledge, Daśavadana went to his own city in Pușpaka, equal to the moon for giving a wealth of joy to the blue night-blooming lotuses of the eyes of all the women of the city.
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