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Of course, according to the principles prescribed for the life of a Sadhu, he had to open the Rajoharan twice a day and perform the austerity of Prathilekhan to it. He used to carry it out with such great carefulness and circumspection that no one of the sadhus that were with him could see the dagger.
Even from the day of initiation the young man who had put on the guise of a Sadhu was rendering excellent service and devotion to Kalikasooriji. The acharya also was immensely pleased with him and he named him Vinayaratna, which means a gem of politeness. Politeness and service cast a magical spell on the Acharya. Politeness is an excellent kind of magic or witchcraft. Vinayaratna by means of politeness pleased the Acharya and won his confidence. Winning the Acharya's confidence was absolutely necessary for the success of his criminal plan because on festival days, when the King had to perform the Paushadhurat, the Acharya would go to the palace taking with him the disciple in whom he had absolute confidence and he spent the nights in the palace. The King had a Paushadhshala in his palace; the great Acharya stayed there and the King carried out the Paushadhvrat there.
THE ASSASSINATION OF THE KING UDAYI
In this manner, twelve years passed. One day, Kalikasooriji went to the palace taking Vinayaratna with him. Vinayaratna's heart began to dance with delight. His delight was boundless. On that day, his final plan was going to meet with success. In the evening, King Udayi took the vow of Paushadh. While carrying out the austerity of Paushadh, one should not have any weapons. The king was completely unarmed on that night. On that night, after having performed the prescribed meditations and spiritual austerities, the king slept by the side of the Acharya. The Acharyadev also fell asleep. Vinayaratna was awake. Of course, he made a pretence of being asleep but he had not slept. He could not get sleep. How could he sleep? The day and the opportunity for which he had been waiting for years had come. The opportunity had arisen. He was visualizing heaps of rupees. Suddenly, he was seized with the desire
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