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shed, fell into the well; she then crept out of the water and sat in a nook. In the meanwhile, Anahaka and I came by the well. Anahaka carried the ransom-money while 1, the victuals. The desire for deceit sprang in him. He asked me to look into the well to find whether there was water in it. As I leaned on the well, he pushed me in and went off with the ransom money. To my amazement, my wife and I recognised each other by the sounds of our voice. We sustained ourselves for few days with the victuals which I had with me. After some time, there arrived a caravan on its way to Ratnapura which took us out and saved us. We travelled with the caravan and on the way, we found the skeleton of a man killed by a lion. As the jewels which I took as the the ransom-money for my wife were beside it, I recognised it to be that of my friend Anahaka. Being dejected with this experience I took the vows of an ascetic. After my death, I was born as a Vaimãnika god in Mahã-S'ukra. Heaven and Anahaka as a helldweller in Vâlukaprabhã hell. (95. 23.)
After the completion of our period, we were reborn in Rathavirapura of Bhāratava
