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night when the moon shone through the opening and was reflerto m a bowl of mulk placel below it, he led the woman into the shoul, and ordercal her to drink the milk and as slic dinnk it m hier dclusion, a man on the thatch of the hoc gratlunlly cororor up the opening Thus the woman was satisfied that she had crunk the moon In due time she gavo buth to a boy who, from the circumstance just relnterl, un called Candragupta Canakya then continued to wanlor about in quest of means for procuung money (227–241).
Cnndingupta when playing with the children in bus native village incrl to be acknowledged by them as their king c'inakva on hue first icturn to the village saw the boy, whom he dul not iccognizo playing hus wonted part In order to test hus metnl, he asked hun for somc present The boy pointing to a heid of cous said, he might take them, he need not be afraid of the cow herds, as nobody would dare gainsay zum Cannkyn, pleased with the pluck of the boy, learned from his playmates that he was Candragupta Promising him a kingdom, hc carried him off (242-232) With the money ho had acquired, Cīnakya levied troops and laid siege to Pataliputra But his arzy being easily ranquushed by the mois numcious enemy, hc and Candragupta were forced to TIIN anat Nanda, however, sent swift horsemen in pursuit of them when one of the pursucis had nearly reached them, Cânakva, to save himself and Candragupta, had recourse to a daring trick Being on the bank of a lake, he assumed the posture of an ascctic, and ordered Candragupta to plunge in the water. The rider coming up to the spot, asked Cānakya whether hc liad seen a young man running off Cānakya silently pointed to the water Upon which the soldier began to put off his amour previous to plunging into the water. Canakya instantly seized the sword and struck off the head of the soldier. He then put Candragupta before him on the horse, and continuing their flight, he asked him what he had
1 Cf the Boy-king in the Saga of Ardsch Bordsch and Vikramāditya's Throne (Sagas from the Far East, p 252) (TANEY )
| 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 |