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Modest and fearing sin, 

 Endued with virtue, 

 Peaceful good men, in this world 

 Are called Divine (or gods.) 



The demon hearing this discourse, was delighted, and said to 

 Bodisat, Pundit! I am pleased with you; I will give you 

 one of your brothers : which one shall I bring ? He said, 

 Bring the younger. Pundit ! said the demon, you only know 

 concerning the gods: you do not practise what you know. 

 How is it that you leave the elder and say, bring the younger ; 

 and thus place the elder last ? Demon, I both understand re- 

 specting the gods, and practise what I know. We came on his 

 account into this forest : his mother solicited for him, from my 

 father, the kingdom : but my father would not grant that re- 

 quest, and commanded us to live in the forest for our safety. 

 That Prince would not stay behind, but accompanied us. 

 Should I say, a demon has devoured him in the wilderness, 

 who would believe me ? Afraid, therefore, of reproach, I have 

 said, Bring the younger. Excellent, Pundit ! most excellent ! 

 You not only understand about the gods, but practise what you 

 know. The demon thus, with a delighted mind, having praised 

 Bodisat, brought him his two brothers, and gave them to him. 



Bodisat then said to him, friend, in consequence of ^ our 

 former sins, you are born a demon, eating the flesh and drink- 

 ing the blood of others. If you continue to sin, you cannot 

 escape the torments of hell. From this time forsake sin, and 

 live virtuously. Having thus converted the demon, he lived 

 with him in security. One day, consulting the stars, he saw 

 that his father was dead : and taking the demon with him re- 

 turned to Benares. He there ascended the throne, appointing 

 Prince Chanda, Vizier, and Prince Suria, Commander of the 

 Forces. He then prepared a residence for the demon, and had 



