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took him in the chariot and beating him with a stick went around the streets of Ujjaini. As coached, the man moaned and wailed and shouted—“See, Abhaya Kumar is beating me with a stick, some one save me, help me!" When the townspeople heard their king calling for help, they rushed. Even when they came near the chariot Abhaya Kumar did not stop beating the man. When some of the people looked 45
ully and were about to ask questions the two in the chariot started clapping and laughing. The masses realised that the man being beaten was not their king but some impostor. They also laughed and dispersed.
Every day Abhaya Kumar repeated this act at different hours during the day. For almost everyone in the city this act became so common that they stopped paying attention to it. So much so that even the guards laughed from a distance when they saw the chariot and heard the sounds of wailing and shouting.
When Abhaya Kumar was confident that there was no one to stop or check him, finding an opportune moment one evening he caught king Chandpradyot and tied his limbs. Putting the prisoner in a 45 chariot, Abhaya Kumar drove through the streets of Ujjaini, 11 continuously beating the prisoner with a stick. Chandpradyot kept 1 shouting non-stop. The citizens heard these shouts from a distance and considering it to be Abhaya Kumar's play, laughed and turned away. No one came forward to the rescue of their real king. This time Abhaya Kumar did not return back from the city gate. As soon as the chariot was out of Ujjaini he increased its speed and moved towards 5 Rajagriha.
Abhaya Kumar brought his prisoner before king Shrenik and narrated his story. Chandpradyot felt ashamed and repentant. He begged Shrenik's pardon and the two royal relatives embraced each Si other. All present hailed Abhaya Kumar's wit and wisdom.
2. The merchant-Disturbed with the questionable character of 4 his wife, a merchant got initiated as an ascetic. Years later his able son became the king of that state. After this, once during his wanderings, the ascetic happened to come to the same town. The king requested his ascetic father to spend his monsoon stay in the town in and he accepted. The discourses of the scholarly ascetic highly 5 impressed the masses. Some people belonging to other religious sects Si
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