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PARIŠIŞTAPARVAN.
The domestic priest and chief minister of Jitaśatru, king of Kşıtıpratıstha, was Somadatta who had three friends Sahamitra, Paivamitra, and Pranžmamitra Sahamitra was his constant and intimate companion, Parvamitra was occasionally his guest on parties of pleasure, with the third, Pranāmamıtra, he used to talk when they met, but he never admitted him to greater intimacy Now it happened that the minister fell in disgrace with the king, so that he thought fit to hide himself, till the wrath of the lang should be over He therefore went by night to Sahamitra and asked him for shelter and concealment in his house But Sahamitra flatly refused him any help, which would provoke the resentment of the king and endanger himself After thus rebuff, Somadatta went to his second friend Parvamitra, who received him with a show of kindness and respect As regarded his own person, he said, he should be glad to share his friend's fate, but he had also to consider his family's safety, he therefore entreated him to apply to somebody else, and actually accompanied him as far as the next square Almost without hope of success Somadatta then addressed Pranāmamitra, to whom he had shown but so small favour Pranāmamitra, lowever, kindly offered his assistance and conducted the fallen minister out of the king's dominion to some place where he lived in safety
The minister is compared to the Soul, Sahamitra to the Body which, on death, parts company with the Soul, Parvamitra to friends and relations who leave the corpse on the burying-place, Praņāmamitra to Merit (dharma) which goes with the soul to the world beyond | Jayasrī relates
The 18th story of the story-inventing gırl (186-212) In the town Ramanīya the lang was so fond of stories that
Co mahābhārata XII, 12456, Manu IV, 239 ff Vasupūjyacarita 11, 1610
1 The same story occurs in the Avagyaka Chūrni, IX, 328, and a considerably different version of it in the Viseshāvasyaka Bhāshya V, 1876 (LEUNANN)
| SR No. | 010713 |
| Book Title | Sthaviravali Charitra or Parisista Parva |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Jacobi |
| Publisher | Asiatic Society |
| Publication Year | 1932 |
| Total Pages | 467 |
| Language | Sanskrit, Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 12 MB |