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after some time and enquiring where Bhavadeva was, were put off by Bhavadatta (293-347)
Bhavadera kept the rows thich had been forced upon him, till his brother died, but then be considered himself free to keep his engagement with Nāgilâ trhom he had forsaken against his will He secretly returned to his native village, and rested somewhere near a temple (348-357) Just then he was met by Nägılā and a Brāhmani, but he did not recognise his bride, nor did she him, when he asked her nerfs of his parents who had died long ago. But when he enquired after his bride, Nägulā guessed rho he was, and asked him whether he was not Bhavadera, and why he had come He then explamed how he bad been induced to become a monk, and how he was not longing for his beloved bride Upon this Nāgılā made herself known to him, but blaming him for his intention to break his vows, hade hum return to his Acārya and repent of his sins (357-373)
A chance occurrence lent weight to her words For the child of the Brāhmani, Nägila's companion ran up to his mother asking for some jar or pot He had drunk his milk, he said, but he had now got an invitation, he would therefore romit the milk to enjoy the promuused treat, and afterwards drink the milk he had sared All blamed the boy, and Bhavadera said he would be like a dog who returns to his vomit. Nāgulă now turned upon Bhayadeva and said, he would be no better, since he intended to return to lier whom he had as it were vomited Bhatadera pas thus persuaded by her to repent of his sins He henceforth led a pious life After his death he was born again in the Ādıkalpa as a Sakrasāmänıka (374-389).
Bhayadatta had after his death become a god in the Saudharma Kalpa, whence his soul again descended on earth and was born as Sāgaradatta, son of the emperor Vajradatta and Yasodharā, in the town of Puņdarīkini of Puskalāvati, a district of Videha Grown up he once amused bumself with his mires on the flat roof of the palace, when he satr a cloud
