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and those ten thousand fish were close to death, deprived of water, and rushing and darting around.

“Noble goddess, Jalavāhana, the head merchant’s son, ran in all four directions. In whatever direction Jalavāhana, the head merchant’s son, went, those ten thousand fish looked piteously in that direction at Jalavāhana.

“Noble goddess, Jalavāhana, the head merchant’s son, again ran in all four directions but did not find water, so then he looked into the four directions and saw many trees that were not very far away. He climbed those trees and cut off branches. Carrying those tree branches, he went back to the great lake, and there he created a very cool shade for those ten thousand fish.

“Then, noble goddess, Jalavāhana, the head merchant’s son, went searching for the river that flowed into that lake. Wherever he ran in the four directions, he did not find the river that flowed into the lake. He hurriedly followed a dried-up riverbed. There was a great river called Jalāgamā, and it was the waters of that river that had flowed into that lake in the empty⁴⁸⁹ wilderness.⁴⁹⁰ At that time, a wicked being,⁴⁹¹ in order to obtain those ten thousand fish, had caused the river to flow into a great ravine⁴⁹² in that area so that subsequently there would be no water flowing to the fish. When Jalavāhana, the head merchant’s son, saw that, he thought, ‘Not even a thousand people could make the course of this river flow to that lake, so how would I alone be able to?’ He then returned.

“Then, noble goddess, Jalavāhana, the head merchant’s son, hurriedly went to King Sureśvaraprabha. Having reached him, he bowed down his head to the feet of King Sureśvaraprabha, seated himself in one direction, and told his story: ‘I had eliminated illness in all the villages, towns, and market towns within Your Majesty’s domain.⁴⁹³