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way and said :-"O wicked messenger! O rogue! O vile man o evil-doer | You created a break of revelry during the dramatic performance in my presence, where are you now running away! O unfortunate man! Although you have lived for a long time in the service of a great king, you do not even know what is proper or not. What have you learnt ? O mean man ! The arrangement of your words and your other qualities will ridicule eeufa Bphaspati, ( The teacher of gods.) Your shrewdness is unique, O sinful man ! Now, suffer the evil consequence of your wicked actions. Remember your beloved god, lest an evil-doer like yourself, may not die without doing a meritorious act at the last moment." With these words while Tripristha Kumāra was raising up his powerful fist to strike a blow with the object of killing him, Acala Kumāra at once prevented him, saying “O Prince ! abstain from killing him as if it were the slaughter of a cow, because messengers, immoral women, and jesters do not deserve to be killed, even if they are guilty." The Prince ordered his servants, “You leave this wicked man alive but snatch away his clothes and other belongings without delay." Under the orders of the Prince, the servants dealt the messenger Candavéga, blows with sticks and fists and took away his belongings. Becoming bewildered with excessive fear, and his whole body becoming dirty with dust, he ( Candavéga ) appeared like a mendicant, or a hermit. His retinue desirous of self-defence threw away their weapons on seeing Tripristha Kumāra, and ran away in various directions. Having reduced Caņdavéga and his retinue to a pitiable state, the princes returned home When King Prajāpati came to know about the incident, he became alarmed, and thought “O! the princes have done a harmful act. By incurring the displeasure of Caņdavéga, I have really speaking, displeased Prati-vāsudeva Ašvagriva. An improper use of strength becomes the source of one's own destruction. None will accept my innocence if I were to say anything in my selfdefence when the princes are at fault, and even if any one were to accept my innocence in the least, it is a clear rule
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