________________ 1 Notos 35 so every mornings and created a confidence in the hearts of all the people, young and old. * Chandrapradyota passed his seven days with great difficulty. On the seventh day he went to the harlots at the appointed time. Abhayakumara's men caught him and bound him to a cot and Abhayakumara carried him even during the day time through the midst of the town. Chandrapradyota gave loud cries: "I am king Pradyota; the enemy is" carrying me away." But the people took him to be that mad Pradyota and Abhayakumara told that that day he was troubling him much and, therefore, he was taking him with him to give him some strong medicine so that he would not cry out again. Then he (i.e. Chandra pradyota) was taken to Rajagriha before king Shrenika who ran at him with a dagger in hand, as he was reminded that he had kept Abhayakumara in prison; but Abhayakumara intervened and said that they should not kill even an enemy who had come to their shelter. Then Chandrapradyota was allowed to go and he went to his city with his mind greatly dejected. Thus Chandrapradyota's pride was soiled to dust by the Parinamiki Buddhi of Abhayakumara:
