Samraicca Kaha Vol 01

SR No.: 010741
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hermann Jacobi
Publisher: Asiatic Society
Publication Year: 1926
Total Pages: 938
Language: Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 33 MB

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[4. BHAVA.
maid Cūdalátika, but did not know what had beoome of her in the shipwreck. Then the king made Dhana relate what he know about the matter. Thus the truth tame out, and Dhana's innocence was proved. The king loaded him with presents and dismissed him on his journey home with an escort of his men. 221, 14.
After a few days Dhana and his escort reached Giristhala, the king of which town was Candasena. About that time the treasury of the king had been robbed, and great exertions were made to get hold of the thief. Our travellers being examined stated whence they came and where they were going, and said that the valuable things they had with them had been given them by the king of Srāvasti. But the jewels and ornaments in their possession were recognized as part of a lot which had been stolen some time ago. Dhana and his men were, therefore, put into prison. 222, 20.
At that time the police apprehended an ascetic (parivrājaka) with stolen goods. He was condemned to death and led to the place of execution. However, he repented of his sins and confessed that all thefts committed in the town were of his doing; he pointed out the places where he had hid the stolen goods, and named the persons to whom they severally belonged. The minister ascertained that he had spoken the truth; and taking an interest in the man asked him to explain why he had taken to stealing.
The robber's tale. 225, 2—233, 8.. I was born, he said, in Pundravardhana es'the son of a brabman; my name is Nårāyaṇa. Once I saw some men who were believed to be thieves, being led to the place of execution, and I cried, kill those rascals'! A monk who had just reached avadhi knowledge, overheard my words and exclaimed: 'oh his ignorance. I implored him to explain his meaning ;.whereupon he said that it was slander to call innocent ren thieves; and that a brahman's assertion that heaven could be gained by killing was wrong teaching; that I had suffered for slandering in previous births, and should suffer for it in the present one. He then gave the following account of my former births. 287, 7.