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a miraculous noose; a growing garden the flowers of which did not fade; a learned minister named Aponage; and sons of low caste hunters. His desired enjoyments were unthinkable.
So once the father-king Candrasena said to his elder son Candrasimha: “O Prince,
A bird with a broken wing, and A tiger without his stripes, and A lion removed from the Himalayas, and A fish that has come out from a pond, and
Kings without a royal family are equal in comparison. It is therefore the time to make over to you this dominion of the city Cittamati. I am old, you are young. Rule this kingdom
Said the son: "First the kingdom was ruled by our two forefathers, secondly by the grand father and the father, and now it is given to me. In holding the kingdom there are two policies, outside (non-Buddhist) and inside (Buddhist.) Let my father and mother advise me as to which of these two is to be chosen.'
Being thus asked, the parents said: “If you rule according to what is said by you (i.e. inside policy), pleasure and happiness will increase here and great will be the consequence hereafter. But if you rule it following the outside policy, there will be power and very great miracles; there will be prowess, and an army with its members will approach you. This time it is difficult for us to discipline the people of this impure time (Rali-yuga) with peace. So having recourse to terrible deeds and having propitiated Deveśvara (Mahādeva) you should so far follow the outside policy. And,
