Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 5

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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CHAPTER TWO
I said: How can we kill these goats, like our brothers, who, poor things, have carried us over difficult ground?' "Since they are not yours, how are you going to stop me?' Angry, he killed his own goat first quickly. The second goat looked at me with a long, timid glance.
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I said to him: 'I am not able to protect you. What can I do? Nevertheless, may the religion of the Jinas, which bears great fruit, be a refuge for you. It alone is brother, father, mother, and lord to a person in distress.'
Then after accepting the religion, which I described, by nodding its head, he listened attentively to the namaskāra which I recited. He was killed by Rudradatta and became a god.
Carrying knives, we entered their skins. We were lifted up by two bhāraṇḍas; and while they fought on the way from desire for all the meat, I fell into a pool. I cut the skin with the knife and swam out. Going on, I saw a large mountain in a forest. After I had climbed it, I saw a muni standing there in kayotsarga. After I had paid homage to him and he had given 'Dharmalabha,' he said to me:
Story of Amitagati resumed (261-291)
'How have you come here to this inaccessible place, Cârudatta, since there is a path for no one except gods, Vidyadharas, and birds! I am that Amitagati who was set free by you earlier. Then I flew up and found my enemy near Aṣṭāpada. Abandoning my wife, he escaped to Mt. Aṣṭāpada. I caught her as she fell and returned to my own home. My father installed me on the throne and took the vow under two flying-ascetics, Hiranyakumbha and Svarṇakumbha. By my wife Manorama I had a son Sinhayaśas, and a second one, Varahagriva, equal to me in strength and power. By my wife Vijayasenā I had a daughter, Gandharvasenā, expert in all branches of music, beautiful. After installing my sons as king and heir-apparent and bestowing magic arts on them, I took the vow under my father and teacher. This is the island,