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that was being offered to my son Had my son received the kingdom he also would have appeared so handsome. Let me, therefore, kill Sägara Candra, so that my son will get the king. dom ! With this idea in her mind, Friyadarsană was seeking suitable opportunities.
One day in the morning, King Sågara Candra accompanied by his family-members and retinue, went out for a sport in the pleasure-garden outside the town. The king was hungry and so he sent a maid to his palace to bring some food and drink -materials from his cook. The cook gave delicious food and drink -materials to the maid, for the king He had prepared a big sweet-ball. The king's step-mother Priyadarsaná having come to know this, smeard her hands with a virulent poison and she hurriedly came and stood on maid's way. The wicked woman asked the maid :--Ah! What is in your hands ? Where are you going now ? The maid replied --O mother! I am taking this food and drink-materials for the king in the adjoining pleasure-garden. Priyadarsanä said 'Let me see it,' The maid said -See! This much food-material is for other persons, and this sweet-ball is for the king' Priyadarśanā said I Let me see the sweet-ball meant for the king. The maid innocently gave her the sweet-ball, and Priyadarsană applied the poison from her hands to the sweet ball. While replacing it in the vessel, Priyadarsana smilingly said :-How sweet is its smell » The maid went to the king and gave him, the food-materials brought from the cook. On seeing the sweet-ball, King Sāgara Candra thought :-How can I eat this sweet-ball without giving it to iny younger brothers ? So saying, he quite innocently divided the sweet-ball into two equal pieces and gave each piece to his two younger brothers-the sons of Priyadarśana-and he took his meals from the remaining food-material. Those, who have done good actions in their previous lives, are not harmed by wicked intentions of others. The evil intentions of wicked persons towards virtuous individuals, react on the wicked persons themselves
Soon after eating the two pieces of the sweet-ball, both the
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| SR No. | 008003 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 2 Vibhag 2 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Parimal Publication |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 802 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion |
| File Size | 20 MB |