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275. And there she brought forth a calf resembling the moon and kāśa and jasmine; and to him the sons of the ascetics gave the name Secanaka.
276. After a few days the elephant cow went to rejoin her herd, and the leader of the herd consorted with her unsuspectingly.
277. Secanaka when he saw the ascetics water the grove of trees that formed their asrama with pots of water from the Ganges watered them too.
278. Playing various games with the sons of the ascetics as if they were loving parents and brothers he arrived at maturity.
279. One day he caught sight of that herd which had come there to drink water in the river Ganges and with the leader of the herd
280. he engaged in a combat and exulting in his strength killed him. The herd accepted him and then he thought in his mind that
281. he had been reared there in the asrama by his mother through a stratagem, and some other cow might do likewise, so he destroyed the leaf huts.
282. The ascetics were enraged with the elephant Secanaka; and taking flowers and fruits they went to the court of Śrenika.
283. The king received them with consideration and asked them the reason of their coming. They replied:
Your majesty, on the bank of the Ganges there lives a gandha-hastin.
284. called Secanaka. Your majesty, he is worthy of your divine feet if you are able to capture him.' Then many men were sent
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285. and going there with much equipment such as elephant cords and lutes to accompany singing, by slow degrees they captured him and brought him and showed him to the king.
