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and this pair of earrings of the name Ratnavatansaka. So let this remain here. You should do what I told you before." He deposited the pair of earrings in a part of the cave made by the heap of rocks and gave him (i. e. to As'okadatta alias Muka) the desire-yielding jewel. He said, "This jewel will fulfil, in one day one purpose belonging to this world, by becoming a helper as soon as it is thought over. Then with the power of this jewel you should go to Vaitadhya,
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He agreed to this. Both of them came to Kaus'ambi. The god went away in his own Vimāna. The god then died and was born in the womb of Bandhumati. She had a pregnancy-desire in the autumn for mangoes. And when that was not satisfied, she had a sort of disgust; her lotus-like face became pale; the foetus got afflicted; she became lean. In the meanwhile, the rumour spread, 'Oh, she, with her pregnancy-desire not fulfilled will not live!'
Then, infatuated with the affection towards his mother, As'okadatta thought, "The words of Tirthankara never mean otherwise; and
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