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The merchant, Sumitradatta, whose heart was consumed by the desire for his lost jewels, climbed a tall tree near the royal palace and cried out every day, "Oh, King Singhsen, Queen Ramdatta, and all the righteous people, please have mercy on me! On such and such a day, in such and such a month, I entrusted these five jewels to the hands of the truthful Shribhuti, the purohit. But now, he is consumed by greed and refuses to return them." Every morning, he would cry out like this and then leave.
After many months of this, one night, Priyaramdatta said to the king, "Oh, King! This is a great injustice. There are both strong and weak people in the world. Can the weak not survive in the hands of the strong?"
"This poor, weak man's jewels have been seized by the powerful purohit. Oh, Lord! If you have mercy, please help him get his jewels back."
The king replied, "My dear, this man's ship was wrecked at sea. He is distraught because he lost his wealth and is possessed by a demon. He is just rambling in his madness."
Hearing this, Ramdatta said, "Oh, King! He is not possessed by a demon of wealth, because he says the same thing every day. Please test him."
Hearing this, the king asked the purohit in private the next morning, but the traitor denied everything. It is only natural, for how can a greedy man be truthful?
The king then decided to test the purohit through a game of dice. Before the game, Queen Ramdatta had asked the purohit, "What did you eat last night?"
Following the queen's instructions, the clever maid went to the purohit's wife and asked for the jewels, mentioning the food he had eaten the previous night as a sign of recognition. But the purohit's wife refused to give them.
Then, the maid went to the purohit's wife again, this time with the sacred thread she had won in the game of dice, and asked for the jewels. But even then, she did not receive them, as the purohit had forbidden his wife from giving them away.