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assisting him with kind words and gestures to make clean breast of himself With sympathetic understanding he quietly listened to the confession of the robber. Chitrabhanu has a wonderful insight into the secret working of men's hearts He pled him with the questions whether he preferred an unnatural death on a gibbet to a natural death at home, whehter he would like his wife to be a widow and the children to become orphans He expatiated upon the felicities of domestic life and honest living. Taking him in the aura of his healing love and with tact and encouragement he led him on to appreciate the sanity of a staid life and family love The only problem that troubled him most, the robber confessed, was how he could get a footing in society which he had ruthlessly and violently treated Chitrabhanu assured him of his help in that matter and allayed all his fears Chitrabhanu persuaded the Chief of the place to take him in his service He was thus amply provided for
He did well and he is now living a respectable life as a good citizen
His heart goes out in sympathy for small creatures in their suffering as much as for human beings He recently picked up a pariah dog which was wounded, from the road side and personally looked after the puppy and nursed it From such instances, it should not be understood that he is a religious crank The traditional Jain behaviour
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