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son nanied Datta who was handsome with all his bodily organs elegantly formed, charming like cupid (God of Love) and possessed of many virtuous qualities. Dutta was entrusted to a clever kalācârya (teacher) and he studied many arts and sciences. When he attained youth, he was married with a very handsome young girl of a noble family. But under the influence of his evil Karmans of previous life, Datta became a gambler. Becoming intensely attached to gambling, one day, he lost all his wealth and property in a game of gambling. Then, in company with thieves, Datta, began to enter secretly houses of other persons for the purpose of committing wholesale thefts. When his father Subhadra Śėtha came to know about the nefarious deeds of his only son, he becoming afraid of State penalty, took him to the royal assembly.
Now, Datta, who had acquired vulgar habits by association with thieves and robbers, and who was entirely destitute of polite manners, becoming afraid of punishment from the King, went away to a gang of robbers and lived with them. By constant company with robbers, Datta became very cruel-hearted. He be came unusually clever in hitting. With one blow, he was cutting an object into two pieces. He was consequently named Dradhaprahāri by the robbers. Now, Datta maintained himself by committing thefts of various kinds.
One day, Dradhaprahāri went to Måkandi Nagari in com. pany with other robbers with the object of commithing thefts. The other robbers entered different houses and Dradhaprahări entered the house of a Brahmana. As soon as the Brāhmana the owner of the house-who had suddenly got up from his sleep, ran towards him, Dradhaprahari cut him into two with his sharp dagger. The Brahman's wife who was pregnant created a great noise. She was similarly cut. Dradhaprahāri also killed a cow who was running towards him with her horns up-lifted
Put wher, on his way back, Dradhaprahari, saw the foetus
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