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Lesson - 6
The story of an inauspicious man
1. In a city there was an inauspicious foolish man. He was such that anybody who looks at his face in the morning did not get even food. The resident of city also never looked at his face in the morning. The remark concerning the inauspicious man was also heard by the king. Once he was called by the king in the morning for testing, his face was seen (by the king). When the king sat for taking food and put the morsel of food in his mouth, all of a sudden there occurred a noise in the whole city, on account of the fear of attack by the enemy. Then even the king, having left the food and having got up immediately, went outside the city with an army.
2. (He) came back again because of not having seen any danger. The egoistic king thought - the nature of this inauspicious man has (now) been directly witnessed by me, so he should be killed. Having thought in this way and having been called the king handed the inauspicious man over to an outcaste for killing. Weeping and criticizing his own action when he was going with the outcaste, then having understood its reason, one kind and an intelligent person, having seen him being carried to kill by order and having spoken something in the ear, showed (him) method for his protection.
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