Ajatshatru Kunik Diwakar Chitrakatha 026

Author(s): Tarunmuni, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai

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AJATSHATRU KUNIK When Kunik found his father dead he started wailing Next day Shrenik was cremated with all state like a child and striking his head with the wall.
honours.
Alas! what have ! done. I will be known as
the most cruel and greedy son in this world. I have no right to live.
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By then the ministers, the state priest and many others arrived and pacified Kunik.
The Magadh empire was in state of mourning,
The ministers deputed architects to look for a suitable place. During their search the architects came to a giant Champak tree at the center of a large level plot of land.
The death of Shrenik was a blow to Kunik. He was consumed by the fire of repentance. When he saw the throne, crown, and other regalia he remembered his father and a gloom descended over him. One day he called his ministers and said,
The sight of this assembly, palace, and even the city fills me with deep sadness. Please arrange to construct a new capital city
away from Rajagriha.
wir
See how large is this
Champak tree. It is dense and with a very
cool shade. Just standing on this land one is swept with a feeling of peace and calm.