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dumb-founded in spite of their resentment, but Cănakya afraid of offending the church, addressed the intruders as heavenly saints and dismissed them Candragupta thought himself degraded for haring eaten food left over by somebody else, but Cānakya allaved his misgivings by saying that it was highly meritorious to feed monks Afterwards, however, he complain. ed about the two monks to the Ācārya who laid the blame on the laity for, he said, by neglecting the duty of chauty, they forced the monks to help themselves as well as they could His arguments induced Cãnakya henceforth liberally to give alms to the monks (377-14)
As Candragupta patronised the heretic teachers, Canakya tried to persuade him that they did not deserve his favour because they were given to sensual pleasures. Though the king affirmed that he placed implicit trust in his minister's words, still he insisted on haring the charge proved Canakya, accordugls, invited all heretic teachers together to expound their doctrines in the king's presence They gladly obeyed his orders, and were conducted to a part of the palace facing the queen's apartments, near which the floor tras strewn with a fine dust. These meu finding that the king had not get arrived, stole to the seiaglio and glanced through the windows at the women, till the king came to hear their discourse After their depar. ture Cānakya prored by the traces of their feet, that they had heen looking at the women. The Jaina teachers, however, who were invited on the next day, remained in their seats from the beginnig till the end of their visit, and thus time of course, the dust on the floor in front of the windows was found untouched Candzagupta seeing this proof of the sanctity of the Jaina teachers henceforth made them his spiritual guides (415-435) On C'ânakya's order, the food of Candragupta was mixed with a gradually increased dose of poison, so that in the end even the strongest poison had no effect upon him. Once the queen Durdliarī who was big with child was dining with the king, when Cánakya came upon them. Observing that the poison almost instantly killed the queen. he ripped open her womb and
| 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 |