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filled with dinārs against a single dinār, he easily won great sums as he employed forged dice But as even this operation took too much time, he hit on the following plan. He invited the richest merchants to a party, when all were in their cups, he sang a stanza in which he boasted of his luck, his influence with the king, etc, and there the musicians sounded a flourish The guests, excited by the example he had set them, sang in their turn, stanzas in which each man boasted of his wealth Cānakya thus learned the extent of their means, and used this knowledge to fill the king's treasury (352-376)
The Ācārya Susthita lived in Candragupta's capital, when a famine, which lasted twelve years, forced him to send bis Gana to some other country Two young pupils of his, unable to bear the separation from their teacher, returned after a while, but soon severely suffered from the scarcity of food. Having learned the art of making themselves invışıble by rubbing their eyes with a miraculous ointment, they secretly determined to procure food by this art Unseen by anybody, they entered the palace, and sitting by the side of the king, ate from his plate They thus daily shared the king's dinner But the diminution of his food soon told upon the king, he greir thinner every day At last Cānakya being alarmed by these symptoms, directly questioned the king The latter owned that though plenty of food was always set before him, he did scarcely get half of it, the rest disappearing by some unseen cause In order to discover it, Cânakya had the floor of the dining-hall strewn with a very soft powder, in which at the next dinner the imprints of human feet became visible By this means he made sure that somebody iras the constant guest of the king, and he correctly guessed that the man must have made himself invisible by applying a miraculous ointment to his eyes on the next day, therefore, when the king was at his dinner, Cănakya caused the room to be filled with a thick smoke which brought the tears to the eyes of all present Thus the miraculous ointment being washed down from the eyes of the two monks, they suddenly were seen sitting near the king and eating from his plate All Tere
| 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 |