And he was astonished the feel the fire as cool as snow, and lost
his fear of it. Then he came out of the water of the river, and found
himself on the bank. He saw his teacher standing there, and fell at
his feet, and told him the whole story, ending with the blazing
funeral pile.

Then his teacher said: "My son, I think you must have made some
mistake. Otherwise, why did the fire seem cool to you? That never
happens in the winning of this magic spell."

And Moon-lord said: "Holy sir, I do not remember making any
mistake." Then his teacher was eager to know about it, so he tried
to remember the spell himself. But it would not come to him or to
his pupil. So they went away sad, having lost their magic.


When the goblin had told this story, he asked the king: "O King,
explain the matter to me. Why did they lose their magic, when
everything had been done according to precept?"

Then the king said: "O magic creature, I see that you are only
trying to waste my time. Still, I will tell you. Magic powers do not
come to a man because he does things that are hard, but because
he does things with a pure heart. The Brahman youth was defective
at that point. He hesitated even when his mind was enlightened.
Therefore he failed to win the magic. And the teacher lost his
magic because he taught it to an unworthy pupil."

Then the goblin went back to his home. And the king ran to find