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CHAPTER FOUR
falsehood is a branch of love,"376 at once made up this story and said: "We have come from Mt. Ratna, having undertaken a tour of the holy places. We went to Mt. Ujjayanta and paid homage to Nemi. We were honored with food, et cetera by Bandhudatta, who belonged there, like a brother because we were co-religionists. Because he was devoted to dharma and was always averse to women, a very strong affection developed between him and us. We came from Ujjayanta here to pay homage to Śri Pārśva and Bandhudatta came also, drawn by affection for us."
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After hearing this speech of the Khecaras and after seeing Bandhudatta, Jinadatta reflected, 66 He is a suitable husband for my daughter." So reflecting, Jinadatta had him urged by the Khecaras and said to Bandhudatta, " Marry my daughter." Bandhudatta considered, as if portraying unwillingness for that. At that same time, Amitagati announced Citrangada. Citrangada having come with the procession of the bridegroom's friends, Jinadatta married Bandhudatta to his daughter. After giving instructions to Bandhudatta, Citrangada went to his home and Bandhudatta remained there, delighting Priyadarśanā. He had a car-procession of Śrī Pārśva made and, thus devoted to dharma, he remained there for four years.
As time passed, Priyadarśana conceived and saw an elephant entering her lotus-mouth in a dream. One day Bandhudatta told his wife that a desire to go his own home had arisen. She told Jinadatta and Jinadatta loaded him with very great wealth and dismissed him with his wife. "I am
376 92. As the first half of this sloka was not clear to me, I consulted four Indian Sanskritists Each one had a different interpretation, but they agreed that it referred to the tradition that falsehood is permissible in five
cases.
Udvāhakāle ratisamprayoge prāṇātyaye sarvadhanāpāhare| Viprasya carthe hyanṛtam vadeyuḥ pañcānṛtānyāhurapātakāni|| Vasisthadharmasastra, 16.36.
The same idea is expressed in the Mahabharata, 8.69,33 and 69. (Gorakhpur ed.),
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