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The Religions of India

CHAPTER IX
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Thou shalt keep me first in a jar.

When I outgrow that, thou shalt dig a hole, and keep me in it.

When I outgrow that, thou shalt take me down to the sea, for there I shall be beyond destruction.' "It soon became a (great horned fish called a) _jhasha_, for this grows the largest, and then it said: 'The flood will come this summer (or in such a year).

Look out for (or worship) me, and build a ship.
When the flood rises, enter into the ship, and I will save thee.' After he had kept it he took it down to the sea.

And the same summer (year) as the fish had told him he looked out for (or worshipped) the fish; and built a ship.


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