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into pieces, which were given away to the robbers. But the very robbers, though cannibals, refused to eat the flesh of that vile man (XII, 172). Virūpākṣa caused a funeral pyre, etc., to be made for Rājadharman. At that time the goddess Surabhī, the daughter of Dakṣa, appeared in the sky above the pyre; from her mouth froth mixed with milk fell upon the funeral pyre, and Rājadharman became revived. Indra came and related that once Rājadharman had absented himself from Brahmaloka and was cursed by Brahmán, who said that he should not die soon; "therefore he has come back to life." Asked by Rājadharman on behalf of his "dear friend Gautama", Indra sprinkled *amṛta* over Gautama, and restored him to life. Rājadharman embraced him with great joy, dismissed him with his wealth, and returned home. At the due hour he repaired to Brahmaloka and was honoured by Brahmán. Gautama begot many sinful children upon his Śūdra wife. According to a heavy curse denounced upon him by the gods, he afterwards had to sink into a terrible hell for many years. "All this was recited to me formerly by Nārada."