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ASSURANCE OF KING PRADESHI
273. Then king Pradeshi requested
"Sir ! I have understood from the examples of forest-region and others mentioned by you that I should not become unpopular later, after being popular and loveable earlier.
I have decided that I shall make four divisions of (income from) seven thousand villages of my kingdom. I shall give the responsibility of one part to the army and the transport, one part shall be for collection and storage of food grains for the people, one part shall be for the family and internal security, and with the remaining one part I shall get constructed a huge well-secured store. I shall appoint many persons on food packets, on monthly salary and on daily wages. I shall get prepared foods, liquid, sweets and fragrant substance in large quantity and shall spend my life offering the said four types of Aahar (articles of consumption) to Shramans, Maahans, mendicants, travellers and passess-by and following my vows-substantive vows (Sheel Vrat) and qualitative vows (Guna Vrat), restraints, austerities and Paushadhopavas (remaining for 24 hours at one place observing religious practices without taking any food or water)." After saying so, king Pradeshi left for his town. राजा प्रदेशी द्वारा कृत राज्य-व्यवस्था
२७४. तए णं से पएसी राया कल्लं जाव तेयसा जलंते सेयवियापामोक्खाइं सत्त गामसहस्साई चत्तारि भाए करेइ। एगं भागं बलवाहणस्स दलइ जाव कूडागारसालं करेइ, तत्थ णं बहूहिं पुरिसेहिं जाव उवक्खडावेत्ता बहूणं समण जाव परिभाएमाणे विहरइ।। __ २७४. तत्पश्चात् प्रदेशी राजा ने अगले दिन प्रातःकाल तेजयुक्त सूर्य के प्रकाशित होने
पर सेयविया नगरी आदि सात हजार ग्रामों के चार भाग किये अर्थात् उन ग्रामों से होने * वाली आय के चार विभाग कर दिये। उनमें से एक भाग बल-वाहनों को दिया यावत् । * उपरोक्त कथन के अनुसार कूटाकारशाला का निर्माण कराया। वहाँ बहुत से वैतनिक पुरुषों at को नियुक्त कर भोजन बनवाकर बहुत से आने-जाने वाले श्रमणों, ब्राह्मणों, पथिकों को
दान देते हुए अपना समय धर्मध्यान में बिताने लगा।
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