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picked out from the river and carefully stored till he came back. He 55 then collected a heap of cow-dung and made balls from it concealing a 4 portion of his wealth in each ball. After all his money was concealed 5 4F in the balls he left them to dry. 4 At an opportune moment he called his students and said—“It is 5 y my family tradition that after the education of my students is 5 i complete, on an auspicious day after a dip in the holy river, dung
balls are thrown in the river with chanting of mantras. This signifies
the throwing away of dung-like-ignorance. Your education is complete 15 now, therefore we shall have this convocation function on the coming 15th of the bright half of the month.
On the fixed date the function was organised. In presence of the prominent citizens of the town all the dung-balls were thrown in the 5 river with mantra chanting. As planned, the archer's friends in his 55
village were waiting for the floating balls. They collected all the balls,
tied them carefully into a bundle and stored the bundle at a secure LF place.
A few days later the archer announced his date of departure. When that day arrived all his students came to bid him farewell. The curious guardians also came. In their presence the archer bid everyone good bye and left as he was standing, dressed as when he
had come. He carried nothing in his hand in which he could carry the fi 4 presumed large purse of wealth. The guardians were surprised to see
that he was going back as poor as he had come. They accepted what they saw, that he was carrying no wealth and dropped their idea of waylaying him.
8. Ethics-A person had two wives. One had a son and the other was barren. But the two of them took care of the child with same
affection and love. Due to this uniform behaviour even the chi 4 not aware that which of them was his true mother. Once that
merchant came to Ayodhya, the city where king Megh (the father of Bhagavan Sumatinath) ruled. Unfortunately he died there. After his death there was a dispute between the two wives about the son because property rights belonged the real mother of the son.
The dispute finally reached king Megh. He also was unable to come to a conclusion. When queen Sumangala came to know of this she श्री नन्दीसूत्र
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