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A great muni, who attained Svarga after passing through many lives. His story is given below:鈥�

There was a great ascetic and erudite scholar in all branches of knowledge called Ko艣ak膩ra, son of muni Mudgala. Ko艣ak膩ra鈥檚 wife was Dharmi峁ａ弓h膩, daughter of 痴腻迟蝉测腻测补苍补. To them was born a son, an idiot and a deaf and dumb child, whom they forsook at the gates of the mother鈥檚 house. At the same time an evil-minded 搁腻办峁�a蝉补 woman called 艢奴rp膩k峁Ｄ�, who was in the habit of lifting children came there with a lean child. She replaced Dharmi峁ａ弓h膩鈥檚 child with the lean one and returned with it to the 艢膩lobharaparvata where her blind husband asked her what she had brought for his food. She told him about the changelling child with her when he said as follows "Return the child at once to where it was found. The child鈥檚 father is a great man of knowledge and wisdom and when he hears about your action, he will curse us. So, return the child and bring the child of some one else." As soon as she heard these words of her husband she rose up in the sky in great alarm.

Hearing the cries of the 搁腻办峁�a蝉补 child left at their gates Dharmi峁ａ弓h膩 and her husband came out, and the child which, in its colour and shape resembled their child exactly, Ko艣ak膩ra said thus: "Oh! Dharmi峁ａ弓h膩! this must be some ghost. Some one is lying here in the same form as our child to hoodwink and cheat us." Saying so he tied the child to the ground by chanting mantras with darbha grass in his hands.

At the same time 艢奴rp膩k峁Ｄ� came there in invisible form. She threw Dharmi峁ａ弓h膩鈥檚 child from a distance into the courtyard. Ko艣ak膩ra took his child. But all the attempts of the 搁腻办峁�a蝉墨 to lift her child from the ground failed. The grief-stricken 搁腻办峁�a蝉墨 reported the matter to her husband.

As soon as 艢奴rp膩k峁Ｄ� left the place the magnanimous Ko艣ak膩ra handed over the 搁腻办峁�a蝉补 child to his wife. He brought up his own child by feeding it on cow鈥檚 milk, curd, juice of sugar-cane etc. Both the children grew up to seven years of age. The 搁腻办峁�a蝉补 boy was named 顿颈惫腻办补谤补 and the other child 狈颈艣腻办补谤补. Both the children were invested with the sacred thread in due course of time. 顿颈惫腻办补谤补 learned the Vedas, but 狈颈艣腻办补谤补 did not, and he was despised by all. His father pushed him into a neglected well and covered its mouth with stone.

狈颈艣腻办补谤补 lived in the well for many years. The fruits of a cluster of plants in the well served as his food. Some ten years afterwards when 狈颈艣腻办补谤补鈥檚 mother found the mouth of the well closed with a big stone she asked as to who did so, and from the well came the answer, "Mother, it was father who covered this well with that stone." Alarmed at this the mother asked who was within the well, and she was answered, "Your son, 狈颈艣腻办补谤补." Then she argued that her son was named 顿颈惫腻办补谤补 and that she had no son called 狈颈艣腻办补谤补. But, 狈颈艣腻办补谤补 told her about his past life and what had happened to him during the present life, upon which the mother rolled away the stone and 狈颈艣腻办补谤补 came out of the well and prostrated before his mother. He then went home with his mother. Questioned as to how and why these things happened by Ko艣ak膩ra his son 狈颈艣腻办补谤补 described his previous life as follows:鈥�

Father, you would please hear about the reason why I became dumb and idiotic. In my previous life I was born in a noble family, my father being called 痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈 and mother 惭腻濒腻. My father taught me all the 艢腻蝉迟谤补蝉 and the Vedas. I became conceited over my unique learning and erudition and began doing evil acts. Conceit led to avarice, and I lost all my scholarship. I became indiscreet. Having thus become a fool, I began committing sins. I had to hang myself to death on account of my association with others' women and stealing others' money. I, therefore, fell into the Raurava hell. After a thousand years some sin remained attached to me as a result of which I was born as a tiger, and a King trapped and took me to his city When I was caged 艢腻蝉迟谤补蝉 about Dharma, Artha and 碍腻尘补 came up in my mind.

One day the King went out wearing only one piece of cloth and with a club in his hands. Then his wife 础箩颈迟腻, a unique beauty came to me, and because of my taste in my previous life sexual desire arose in my heart. I told her about my feelings. She also felt like me. So, she unchained me and I approached her in great passion and seeing me thus the King鈥檚 servants tied me to a peepal tree and thrashed me to death.

My soul again returned to hell. After a thousand years I was born as a white ass in the house of a brahmin named 础驳苍颈惫别艣测补, who had many wives. Then all knowledge and wisdom were reflected in my mind. My duty was to carry the brahmin women on my back. One day the brahmin鈥檚 wife Vimati of 狈补惫补谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 started for her father鈥檚 home mounted on my back. Half-way home she dismounted and went to a stream to bathe. The exquisite beauty of that lady with wet clothes upset me, and I ran up to her on the stream, pushed her into the water and myself fell upon her. Then a person came and tried to tie me down. I escaped from his grips and ran southwards. While thus running the saddle slipped into my mouth and I fell down. And, within six days I died thinking about her. Thus I fell again into hell. My next birth was as a parrot. A hunter caged me in the forest and he sold me to a 痴补颈艣测补 merchant, who put me up in the women鈥檚 quarters. The young women fed me on rice and fruits. One day the wife of the 痴补颈艣测补 merchant hugged me to her breast and petted me. Her touch kindled in me sexual feelings and I embraced her with my wings. In my hurry about the affair I slipped down and got crushed between the doors. Thus I fell again into hell.

Afterwards I was born as an ox in a camp of a 颁补峁囜笉腻濒补. One day he yoked me to his cart and started for the forest in it with his wife. On the way she sang a song, and mentally excited by it I looked back. At once I slipped my feet, fell down and died. Again I returned to hell.

After another one hundred years I was born as your (Ko艣ak膩rad) son in this house. All facts about my previous lives linger in my memory and now I am free from evils and am a virtuous person. I am going to the forest for tapas. Let the good boy, 顿颈惫腻办补谤补 live here as house-holder. 狈颈艣腻办补谤补 thus did tapas for many years and attained 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补 (V膩mana Pur膩峁嘺, Chapter 91).

There is no definite evidence in the 笔耻谤腻峁嘺蝉 to establish that the 狈颈艣腻办补谤补, the protector of 厂补尘辫腻迟颈 and the 狈颈艣腻办补谤补 mentioned above were the same person.