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THE UNGRATEFUL LION Munishree Munipati askead :
“How did the lion kill the physician ? And what good was done by the physicians to that lion ? Tell me the whole story.”
Kunchika Sheth narrated as follows :
“King Jitshatru ruled over the people of Varanasi (modern Benaras). The courtphysician was Devdatta who treated the king and his family. He had two very bright sons Jivanand and Keshav.
Father Devdatta died only when these sons were quite minors. Their widow. mother Manorama had great difficulty in rearing the sons; because they had now no income from the king.
Another Physician who was appointed
