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Chapter Fifty-Seven
483. King Chetak had a beautiful painting made of his seven daughters on a cloth, to keep them always in his sight. ||15|| Seeing a small dot on the thigh of the painting of his daughter Chelini, the king was very angry with the painter. ||16|| The painter humbly replied, "O revered one, while painting, a dot fell here. I tried to remove it two or three times, but it kept reappearing. So, I thought that this mark must be there. Therefore, I did not remove it again." Hearing the painter's words, the king was pleased. ||17-18|| King Chetak used to worship the image of the Jina, keeping the painting of his daughters spread near it, during his daily worship. ||19|| Once, King Chetak went to the city of Rajagriha in Magadha with his army. He camped outside the city in the royal garden. After taking a bath, he first worshipped the image of the Jina and then the painting kept nearby. Seeing this, you asked the people standing nearby, "What is this?" They replied, "O King, these are the paintings of the king's seven daughters. Four of them are married, but he has not given away the other three. Two of these three are of marriageable age, and the youngest is still a child." ||20-23|| Hearing their words, you told your ministers, "My heart is drawn to these two daughters. The ministers also went to Abhayakumar and said, "Your father, King Chetak, is attracted to his two daughters. He has asked for them, but he is not giving them away because of their age." ||24-25|| "This work must be done. Tell me some way to do it." Hearing the ministers' words, Abhayakumar, who was clever in finding solutions to problems, said, "You all be quiet. I will accomplish this task." Thus, he satisfied the ministers and sent them away. He himself made a beautiful painting of King Shrenik on a cloth. He covered it with a cloth and took it with great care. He bribed the people near the king and brought them under his control. He himself, disguised as a merchant named Vodrak, entered King Chetak's house. ||26-28||