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....... EMANCIPATION OF PĀRSVANĀTHA 411 going to Nāgapuri.”. He put the people who had set out with him because of the announcement in front like brothers and going very slowly, a great traveler on the right road, reached the forest Padma, the sole abode of evil
Guarding the caravan, worried, after traversing the forest
three days, he had the caravan stop on the bank of a pool. is the caravan was camped there, in the last watch of the night an attack by the village-chief, Caņdasena, took place. After seizing the property of the caravan and leading away Priyadarśanā, the soldiers turned her over to Candasena. When Candasena had seen her," sad-raced, his compassion aroused, he thought, “Shall I send her to her own home?”
As he was considering, he saw a slave-girl, Cūtalatā near her. “Who is she? Whose daughter? Tell me everything.” The slave-girl said: “She is the daughter of Jinadatta, a merchant of Kausāmbi. Her name is Priyadarśanā.” On hearing that, he fainted at once. When he had regained consciousness, the village-chief said to Priyadarśanā:
“My life was saved in the past by your father. Do not be afraid. Hear from the beginning: I am a noted chief of thieves. One day when I had gone out for stealing, I went to a mountain-village in the country Vatsa at the beginning of night. Surrounded by thieves, drinking wine, I was found there by the guards and was handed over to Mānabhanga by the ones who captured me. He had me beaten. As I was being led out to execution, my release was obtained by your father, compassionate, going to break his fast at the end of pausadha. After giving me clothes and money, your father dismissed me. You are the daughter of (my) benefactor. Therefore, instruct me. What can I do?”
Jinadatta's daughter said, “ Brother, now find Bhanudatta, my husband, who was separated (from me) by the attack.” "I will do so," the village-chief replied and escorted Priyadarśanā to his house with exceeding devotion and considered her like his own divinity. Then Candasena himself went to look for Bandhudatta, after comforting Priyadarśanā with the gift of
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