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With the help of his parinamiki buddhi Naagdatt succeeded in maintaining hisequanimity even in adverse circumstances and in theend was able to benefit not only he but others as well.as others.
11. The minister's son - The story of getting away of prince! Brahmadatt form the house of shellac with the help of the Parinamiki Buddhi of minister Dhanu has been given under the title - The Minister. This example narrates an incident following that
Vardhanu and prince Brahmadatt were walking ahead into thejungle when the prince got thirsty. Vardhanu left him sitting under a Tree and went in search of water. At the other end, when Deerghaprishta came to know that prince Brahmadatt had escaped i from the house of shellac unscathed, he sent his soldiers in all ! Directions in search of the prince. One group of these soldiers found Vardhanu who had gone in search of water. They caught him and inquired about the prince. Vardhanu shouted loudly --"Soldiers! Leave me alone. I don't know where Brahmadatt is."
As soon as the prince heard this he understood that Vardhanu is shouting in order to give him a warning. The prince at once rode his Horse and stealthily left the place. The soldiers started beating Vardhanu without paying any attention to his shrieks. Clever Vardhanu suddenly became limp and fell on the ground. Considering him to be dead the soldiers proceeded ahead.
After sometime, Vardhanu got up and left in search of the prince. Even after all hisefforts he could not find the prince, however he found two herbal -1, medicines - nirjeevani (which made one unconscious) and sanjeevanii (which made one regain consciousness).
Disappointed, Vardhanu returned to the city. Outside the city he met a chandal who informed that the king had imprisoned all the members of his family. Vardhanu made a plan to get the members of his family released. He gave necessary instructions to the chandal in details and gave him the nirjeevani Medicine. The chandal went into the prison to meet the members of Validhanu's family. He gave them the medicine and Vardhanu's message. All the family members applied the medicine over their eyes and lay unconscious and appeared dead.
When the king got this news he called the chandal and asked him take all the dead bodies to the cremation ground and cremate them. Vardhanu's plan was a success. The chandal placed the bodies of Vardhanu's family members into a cart and took them to the cremation ground. As instructed by Vardhanu he placed the bodies carefully at a safe place. When he got the information, Vardhanu came there and applied the sanjeevani medicine over the eyes of the limp bodies. Soon they all regained consciousness. Vardhanu made proper arrangements for their security and again left in search of Brahmadatt.
Deep in the jungle he traced the prince. After this, the two friends raised an army through their intelligence and courage and conquered many kingdoms. Brahmadatt also married many a princesses. Gradually he expanded his empire and after destroying Deerghaprishta became Chakravarti, the emperor of the six continents.
12. Chanakya - The name of the king of Patliputra city was Nand. Once he got angry on a scholarly Brahman named Chanakya and exiled him from Patliputra. Chanakya dressed himself as a mendicant and started wandering from one place to another. One day he reached the Maurya state. While wandering in the city he saw that a man dressed as a warrior was sitting outside a house in gloom. Chanakya Aagam- 44 -NandiSootra
89- Compiled by- Deepratnasagar
