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## Chapter 250: The Scattering of the Eager Refusal
**66.** When a servant's fault is known, an inquiry is appropriate. When the master knows, retaliation is appropriate, not an inquiry.
**67.** After the deed, Nand, the glorious one, spoke to Sriyaka, saying, "This seal, along with all its business, should be taken."
**68.** Then, bowing down, Sriyaka informed the king, "My elder brother, named Sthulabhadra, is like a father to me."
**69.** "He has been enjoying the pleasures of the treasury, free from any obstruction by my father's grace, for twelve years now."
**70.** The king, having been informed of this matter, called Sthulabhadra and said, "I will consider this matter and act accordingly."
**71.** The king said, "I will discuss it today." Sthulabhadra, the king of the earth, went to the Asoka grove and became troubled in his mind.
**72.** Sleep, food, bathing, and other sources of happiness were not experienced even for a moment, as if by the relentless demands of his duties.
**73.** The minds of those with duties are preoccupied with the anxieties of their own country, leaving no space for their beloveds, like water in a full pot.
**74.** Even when they abandon all their own interests and work for the king's sake, slanderers trouble them like flies around a corpse.
**75.** Just as one strives to spend one's own wealth for the king's sake, why should a wise person not strive for his own sake?
**76.** Thinking thus, he tore his hair with five handfuls, and then swept away the dust with a cloth of jewels.
**77.** Then, that great soul went to the king's court and said, "This matter has been considered, and it is beneficial for dharma."
**78.** Then, from the king's court, like a lion from its cave, he emerged, devoid of essence, full of essence, burning with the fire of worldly existence.
**79.** "Why did this one, after feigning deceit, go to the prostitute's house again?" With this disbelief, the king looked out through the window.
**80.** Seeing Sthulabhadra going, with his nose unmoved even in the stench of a corpse in the area, the king shook his head.
**81.** "This one, the blessed, free from attachment, has been thinking about this fire," Nand said, praising himself aloud.
**82.** Sthulabhadra, going to the presence of Sri Sambhuti Vijaya, took initiation, accompanied by the chanting of Samayika.
**83.** Taking Sriyaka, Nand, with great respect, placed him in charge of the seal, along with all its business.
**84.** Sriyaka, always attentive to the affairs of the kingdom, became like a chariot wheel, due to his excellent skill in governance.
**85.** He always went to the treasury, courteous and respectful. Due to his brother's affection, his beloved, a noble woman, was highly respected.
**86.** Seeing Sriyaka, grieving for the separation from Sthulabhadra, she gave him a comforting look. For one who is in sorrow, seeing a loved one does not allow sorrow to remain.
**87.** Then Sriyaka said to her, "My dear, what shall we do? This Vararuchi, a wicked one, is a source of harm and destruction for us."
**88.** "He has caused the separation from S