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Then the bodhisattva mahāsattva Sadāprarudita, having entered into an intersection, raised his voice and proclaimed aloud: "Who needs a man? Who needs a man?" and so on. Then Māra the Evil One influenced the brāhmaṇas and householders in such a way that they did not hear that cry. When he did not find a buyer for himself, he went to a secluded place, wept, shed tears, and spoke thus: "Alas, poor indeed are our gains, since we do not find a buyer even for this embodiment!" Then Śakra, king of the gods, in the form of a young brāhmaṇa, up to: said this to the bodhisattva mahāsattva Sadāprarudita: "Why, son of good family, do you stand dejected in mind, troubled in heart, shedding tears?"