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Vol. XXXV, 2012
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of Rathamardana, and, having made a man fall into sleep and having killed him, she reached into the residence of the prince, where Rsidattā was sle happily with the prince. On seeing her, she started shaking her head, and thought: "What a beauty and the beautiful complexion, has she got ? This prince, too, is very meritorious that he has got such a wife.
Now, Sulasā besmeared the mouth of Rsidattā with blood, because how would the sinners have the sense of discrimination (durātmanām kvāsti krtyākrtuya-vivekitā) ?
The wicked Sulasā threw flesh near the pillow of Rsidattā, and having removed the sleep making her fall down, she ran away. In the morning, when there was a noise uproar, the prince woke up, came to know of the incident, and having seen the mouth of his beloved as besmeared with blood, and flesh of the pillow, he began to think as to whether his beloved was a female demon. Having entertained many thoughts, the prince said to his beloved: "O Lady! Wake up quickly !' When Rsidattā woke up, the prince said: “I am asking you. Whether although being a daughter of a mendicant, are you a female demon ? "She, too, was very much afraid and said: “O god ! Why do you say so ?” The prince tells her the entire incident that had happened during the night that some man has been killed and there is flesh on your pillow, and your mouth is besmeared with blood.” On hearing the words of her husband, and on seeing herself like that she got ashamed, and she said: "Some enemy, who was inspired by my act, had done this. I am not a flesheater If you are not convinced, then, please, kill me, because even a beloved evil person is deserted like a rotten limb (isto'pi tyajyate duştah saadangapradeśavat). On hearing her words, the judicious prince said: “O Beloved ! Do not grieve.” And, the prince himself washed her mouth.
When this incident happened again and again, the king was angry and he summoned his ministers and said: "Everyday, a man is killed. Don't you know, since you remain unperturbed ?” The ministers said: “This seer be some female assassin (mārī). If she is a female demon connected with the mystic formula, what can we do in it ? O Lord ! Please drive away all the hypocrites from the city. Getting the suggestion from the minister, the king drove away all the hypocrites from the city, except the Jaina mendicants. Meanwhile, the sinfully cruel Sulasā came and told the king in a lonely place,; thus: O Lord ! I have seen such a dream at night that a god came and said : "The king will drive away all the sinners in the morning, so you go and tell the king about the purification thereof that your son's wife that the prince
