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Chapter:-2 Collection of Examples
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Thus the great minister said, "What is given to you is not the Jahnavi. You are searching for the property that has been entrusted to you, why?" ||41||
Pointing to it, he said, "Take this, it is your property."
He gave the bundle of dinars to Vararuchi's hand. ||42||
With that bundle of dinars, he, like one with a knot in his heart, suffered unbearable pain for ten months. ||43||
"To deceive the people, he throws it away in the evening, and in the morning he takes it back," said the secretary to the king. ||44||
"Good, this is a good plan," said the chief minister.
The king, with eyes filled with wonder, went to his house. ||45||
Vararuchi, filled with anger, thought of revenge.
He asked the servants and others about the secretary's house. ||46||
Then a servant of the secretary told him, "The king will be feasting in the minister's house for the wedding of Shriyaka." ||47||
"And the minister is preparing weapons to give to Nanda. For kings who love weapons, weapons are the first means of sustenance." ||48||
Vararuchi, knowing the deception, then taught the children to say, "Chana, etc., are given," and other deceptive words. ||49||
"The king does not know that this chariot driver will kill Nanda and establish Shriyaka in his kingdom." ||50||
The children were saying these deceptive words day by day, everywhere.
The king heard this from the common people and thought, ||51||
"What children say, and what women say, is the language of the people. It is not otherwise." ||52||
To confirm this, the king sent a man to the minister's house.
The man came and reported everything as he had seen. ||53||
Then, when the minister's servants came to serve him, the king, in anger, turned his face away. ||54||
Knowing his feelings, the minister said to Shriyaka, "I have been informed by someone that the king is angry with you, as if you are an enemy." ||55||
"This man is a threat to our family. Protect yourself, son! If you obey my order, ||56||
"When I bow to the king, you should cut off my head with that sword. A servant who is disloyal to his master should be killed, even if he is his father," he said. ||57||
"Even though I am old, I am eager to die for you. You will be the pillar of our family for a long time." ||58||
Shriyaka, weeping, said in a choked voice, "Father! This is a terrible deed. Even a dog would not do this." ||59||
The minister said, "By doing this, you will only fulfill the desires of your enemies." ||60||
"The king is like Yama, he will not kill me and my family. As long as I am alive, protect my family." ||61||
"I will put poison in the sacrificial cake and kill the king. You should cut off his head. You will not be guilty of patricide." ||62||
Thus instructed by his father, Shriyaka agreed and did as he was told.
The wise man, for the sake of good fortune, was doing a terrible deed. ||63||
"Son, what is this difficult deed that you have done?"
Shriyaka, trembling, said to the king, ||64||