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This rejection was indeed done by the Seth, and it is right, because even doing a favor to a sinner is like giving milk to a snake. ||316|| On another day, the king's brother-in-law was roaming in the forest at his own will. There he found a ring from a Khechara, which could make him take any form he desired. ||317|| He put that ring on the finger of his younger brother Vasu, and making him take the form of the Seth, sent him to Satyavati's house. And Prithudhi, who had adopted the nature of a sinner, went and sat near the king himself. Seeing Vasu, who had taken the form of the Seth, the king said, "Why has this Seth come here at this untimely hour?" At that time, Prithudhi said, "This sinner, who does not know himself, has come to Satyavati, being burnt by the fire of lust." Without examining him, the king, on hearing his words, ordered, "Kill the Seth." The Seth was at his own house on that day, meditating on the form of the object, holding the image of the deity. ||318-322|| Prithudhi bound him tightly there, and taking him towards the cremation ground, he proclaimed to the people the crime that he had not committed. ||323|| Going there, he handed him over to the Chandala to kill him. The Chandala, thinking that this was the king's order, struck him firmly with his sword. ||324|| But what a wonder! The blow of the sword on the chest of that Seth, who was a devotee of the Arhant, the Supreme Deity, and who was a follower of good conduct, turned into a garland of jewels. ||325|| Such a great calamity arose in the city due to the punishment given to the Seth without examination, that it could cause the destruction of all. It is right, because what does not happen by killing a virtuous man? ||326|| Seeing this calamity, the king and all the people of the city were frightened and ran towards the cremation ground to seek refuge in that Seth. ||327|| When they all reached his refuge, then only that calamity was removed. The gods residing in heaven were amazed, and praising the power of good conduct, they worshipped the noble merchant. ||328||