Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.5155

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Īśvaravarmā returned home to his father, empty-handed. Ratnavarmā took his son to Yamajihvā again and told her the whole story. He said that his son fell into this plight because Yamajihvā's training was not effective. After listening to the whole story, Yamajihvā promised to recover the whole amount lost by Īśvaravarmā. She brought her trained monkey named "Āla" and placed 1,000 Niṣkas before him. She taught him to swallow the whole amount. After that, she taught him to give out by vomiting, the swallowed money in instalments of twenty, thirty, forty etc., as ordered. Then Yamajihvā said to Īśvaravarmā:—"Take this monkey with you and go to Sundarī's place. Make him swallow the money in secret and get it again from him, in instalments, in her presence. She would think that the monkey is an inexhaustible source of wealth and would be prepared to buy it at any cost— even by offering her whole wealth in return. At first you must pretend to be unwilling to part with the monkey. In the end, you must make him swallow 2,000 Niṣkas which he would be able to give out in two days at the rate of 1,000 on each day. Exchange him for her whole wealth and leave the place immediately."