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द्वितीय अध्ययन : संघाट
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CHEE
RAM
PUNISHMENT TO VIJAYA
22. Trekking the foot-prints left by the absconding thief the policemen reached that dense thicket. They entered the thicket and caught Vijaya red handed with the stolen goods. After getting the legal formalities of evidence, they tied the thief's neck with a rope. They hit him on his joints with fists and sticks made of bone and turned his body limp. The stolen ornaments were recovered from him and his fists were tied behind his back.
After doing all this they brought him out of the thicket and entered the town. They paraded him in the streets of the town thrashing him with whips and canes and throwing ash, dust and garbage over him. They also announced loudly, “Beloved of gods ! this is Vijaya, the thief. He is a meat eater like a vulture, he is a kidnaper and killer of children. He is not being beaten by orders of the king, prince or a minister. He is suffering this punishment because of his own misdeeds.” When they reached the prison the thief was shackled and imprisoned. He was not given anything to eat or drink and was whipped every morning, afternoon, and evening.
सूत्र २३. तए णं से धण्णे सत्थवाहे मित्त-नाइ-नियग-सयण-संबंधि-परियणेणं सद्धिं रोयमाणे कंदमाणे जाव देवदिन्नस्स दारगस्स सरीरस्स महया इड्डीसक्कारसमुदएणं नीहरणं करेंति। करित्ता बहूई लोइयाइं मयगकिच्चाई करेंति, करित्ता केणइ कालंतरेणं अवगयसोए जाए यावि होत्था। ___ सूत्र २३. धन्य सार्थवाह अपने अनेक मित्र, स्वजनादि के साथ क्रंदन-विलाप करते हुए बालक देवदत्त के शरीर को महती ऋद्धि सत्कार के साथ दाह-संस्कार के लिये स्मशान में ले गया। वहाँ मृत्यु सम्बन्धी सभी लोकाचार आदि सम्पन्न कर दाह-संस्कार कर दिया। समय के अन्तराल के साथ वह पुत्र-शोक से उबर गया।
23. Accompanied by friends and relatives and overwhelmed with sorrow, Dhanya merchant took the dead body of Devdutt to the cremation ground. The funeral procession had all the pomp and show befitting his status. With all the traditional formalities and rituals the last rites were performed and the body cremated. With the passage of time he overcame the pangs of the pain of loosing his son.
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