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the royal chaplain produced troubles for hermits. (P. 89. I. 53.)
Aparājita thought to go to set the matter right at Ujjaini. He asked the permission to go to Ujjaini, which he gave. He went there and entered the fold of Rahū Kshamas'raman. The time for alms came; and he asked which houses were prohibited for begging them. The hermits asked him to stay at the monastery and not to go out; for he had a vow to beg his own alms and he asked which houses were prohibited for the same. A boy-pupil showed the houses and also particularly the one where princes dwelt, calling it the house of an adversary. Aparajita entered it first, and called out loudly the religious benediction. The servants asked bim to go away quickly, thinking he would be maltreated. But he feigned deafness and cried out more loudly. The princes on the terrace heard this and came. The door was closed. The princes asked him to dance. He agreed to do it if somebody played upon the instruments. The princes agreed to play upon instruments. They gave false beats. The hermit apparently became angry and scolded them as ignorant sons of a cowherd.
