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bride. The elder brother has also returned and is awaiting his opportunity of revenge. When the marriage is about to be celebrated, he lodges a complaint against his half brother and convinces the king of his perfidy. The king punishes him and rewards the elder son of the tradesman and almost makes him his heir-apparent, promising him the hand of his own daughter,
(2) A rival king sends emissaries to the above king, demanding ransome, his daughter and the young merchant's wife on pain of war. This is naturally indignantly refused and a war ensues in which kings of different countries take sides. Owing to the vigilance and bravery of the merchant-prince, the enemy is defeated and the leaders taken prisoners. These are later on released and sent to their countries, after they have sworn allegiance. The king there-upon bestows upon him half of his kingdom.
(3) The young merchant-king's first wife has a longing to pay a visit to her island-home once. They all visit it-her husband, his parents, and her co-wife. There they meet a Jain monk who advises them on principles of conduct, with the illustrative story of persons, two only of whom, in one of their births, are connected with the young merchant's story. They then return. The king gets some sons and daughters. A sage once comes to his capital and advises him on various things. He also tells them about their previous births. The king with his wives leaves the kingdom to their sons and retires. After death, they all go through some further births and ultimately get Nirvāņa.
Although the first part of the story appears to be complete in itself, there is nothing inherently incompatible in the story of the war and its cause and it might be looked upon as having lived in popular legend along with, and as a continuation of, the first story. In fact, therefore, Dhanapāla may be justified in dividing his story into two parts only; the first dealing with the vicissitudes of Bhavisayatta's life, until he became king and the second dealing with his previous and future births. Dhanapāla's first part ends with the fourteenth Sandhi, i. e. with the great war. He summarises the story in the last Kadavaka of that Sandhi as follows:-'Born in the family of a great Bania, he (Bhavisa) was brought up in his maternal uncle's house. He went out for trading and was deceived by his half-brother. Smarting under the calamity, he appealed to the King, who honoured him and raised him to a high position. He then became a king surrounded by vassals and exalted his family and relations.' He also draws a moral. 14 "Knowing this, do not be inflated under prosperity in this world.
This combined part and the following part of the previous history of the hero and others, are not very naturally connected together. They appear to be brought together with some conscious effort. Then there is one
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