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ares." "On what errand?" "On business." "How big a load do 

 you carry 1 ? " " A big load of pottery." " How many leagues do you 

 go, carrying a big load like that ? " " Seven leagues." " In the vari- 

 ous places you go to, do you have anybody to rub your feet and back 1 " 

 "No." "If that's the case, you must have a mighty hard time." 

 (Of course animals don't have anybody to rub their feet and back ; she 

 talked the way she did simply to strengthen the bonds of love between 

 them.) As the result of her talk, he became dissatisfied with his job. 

 After the merchant had disposed of his wares, he returned to the 

 donkey, and said, " Come, Jack, let 's be off." " You go yourself; I 'm 

 not going." The merchant tried without success to persuade him, and 

 then said, " I will beat you till I break every bone in your body ; think 

 that over." Said the donkey, " If you beat me, I will plant my fore 

 feet, and let fly with my hind feet, and knock out your teeth ; think 

 that over." The merchant was at a loss to account for the donkey's 

 conduct, until he saw the female. Then he changed his tactics and 

 said, " If you will go with me, I will bring you home a mate like that." 

 " In that case," said the donkey, " I '11 go home with you and travel 

 fourteen leagues a day hereafter." And off he went. (123-5) 



"At that time," said the Teacher, " Country Beauty was the female 

 donkey, Nanda was the donkey, and I was the merchant. In former 

 times, too, Nanda was won to obedience by the lure of the female sex." 

 (125) 



Book I. Story 10. Cunda, the Pork-butcher. 



ILLUSTRATING STANZA 15 = 15. 



Cunda, the pork-butcher, was a selfish, brutal, irreligious man. 

 After a course of evil conduct lasting fifty-five years, he was attacked 

 by a frightful disease, and while he yet lived, the Avici hell yawned 

 before him. He went stark mad, and began to crawl about the house 

 on his hands and knees, squealing and grunting like a pig. His kins- 

 men ran out of the house, barricaded the doors, and mounted guard. 

 After he had raved for seven days he died, and was reborn in the 

 Avici hell. (125-7) 



Some monks who passed the house during his madness thought that 

 preparations for a big entertainment were in progress, and so reported 

 the matter to the Teacher. The latter told them the real facts of the 

 case, remarked that the irreligious man sorrows both here and here- 

 after, and pronounced Stanza 15, at the end of which many were 

 established in the Fruits. (127-9) 



