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She said unto the harlot, 11 It is not an Atita, but the Hadi the lord of 
Lanka.” 637. When the harlot heard this, what did she do ? She went 
inside the house and hid herself. 638. The harlot said to herself “ I am 
hidden.” But the mighty Hadi saw her by his power of contemplation, and 
grasped his staff. 639. “ I tell thee my staff, and pay thou heed unto my 
words. Bind Hira, the harlot, and bring her forth.” 610. The staff received 
one order as if it were a thousand, and with a roar it entered the harlot’s 
house. 641. It thrust the harlot forth, and then the Hadi. took up the 
twelve haoris. 642. The harlot brought forth the deed executed twelve 
years ago, and he counted into her hands the twelve hdoris. 643. She gave 
the deed into his hand, and the Hadi said, “ Bam, Bam,” as he tore it up. 
644. The Hadi brought a cauldron of Ganges water, and seven vile men seized 
the harlot and threw her on her back. 645. He put on the king’s foot 
pattens weighing twenty-two maunds, and stood the king upon the harlot’s 
breast. 646. As he swayed upon her in mounting, he crushed the har¬ 
lot’s thirty-two ribs into small pieces. 647. As soon as the Hadi sprin¬ 
kled water on the king’s head, saying “ Bam, Bam,” all his sin was put 
away from him. 648. After bathing his body, he shone with excessive 
brightness, and he took off his wet clothes and put on a dry linen dhuti. 
The Ha'di spake. 
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649. “ O prince, pay heed unto my words. For twelve years the 
harlot hath done penance in her house. Do thou fulfil to some extent 
her desires. 650. Go forth, 0 Hira the harlot, I give to thee a boon. 
Become a bat within the kingdom.” 651. The Muni’s word was not 
spoken in vain : she became a bat, and flew up to heaven. 652. He caught 
hold of the harlot in his left hand, and divided her into two parts. 653. 
The forepart flew up to heaven, but he cast the rear-part into the sea. 
654. As she fell into the sea she cried “ dohdiT 
The HaTu spake. 
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655, “ Go forth, O Hira, thou harlot, I give to thee a boon. Be¬ 
come a minnow, and dwell within the water. 656. Go forth, go forth, 
O Chapai, thou maid-servant, I give to thee a boon. Become a harlot, 
and live within the kingdom. 657. In thy youth earn thy living out 
of the work of thy caste ; and in thy old age, take a pdik for thy husband. 
He will beat thee and kick thee and break thy thirty-two ribs. 658. Go 
forth, O wealth of Hira, I give to thee a boon. Come into the town of 
Ivholahati, and be a petty bazar of tiles.” 659. He utterly destroyed 
I lira’s house, and then took the king away to teach him magic arts. 
