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The king and the minister then ...rned. On their way they found a dead elephant just near one lake. The king tried his knowledge. He took out the Life-force from his body and then made it enter the body of the elephant; Lo! The dead elephant was now alive.
The king was really pleased with this sort of result. But on this side, the minister got a chance to achieve his selfish ends. He took out his life-force from his body and made it enter the king's body. So, the soul of the minister was seated in the physical frame of the king. A wine was now poured, as if, in the golden vessel.
Not only that, but he was cunning that he destroyed his original body of a minister. Thus he removed totally any possibility of the king's soul entering it! The real king would have to remain permanently now in the animal's body.
