Kumarpal and Hemchandracharya Diwakar Chitrakatha 041

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

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KING KUMARPAL AND HEM-CHANDRACHARYA Next day the king called minister Udayan Kumarpaland told him the story. He added
Minister, stop this evil custom at once.
Streets of Patan reverberated with the proclamation
Awa
Hear! Hear! Citizens of Patan! By the order of King Kumarpal the Rudati Vitta (Widow Tax) is withdrawn with Limmediate effect
But, Sire! this custom brings billions of gold coins to the state treasury. We will loose....
Hem-chandracharya also blessed the
You have done a wonderful job of ending the Rudati Vitta which no earlier ruler could dare to do. Your contentment and generosity are exemplary.
king
BMFORBAJADOS Minister! In my treasury I don't want even a penny realized by harming some one. Carry out my order.
Hearing this everyone praised the king.
Indeed our king cares for public welfare. How generous he is!
uters.
The chief disciple of Gurudev recited a couplet
King! The person
who takes the wealth of a man without heir becomes his son. By relinquishing it you have attained/ the status of the grandfather of the state or the people.
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