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obeisance and asked this.
Thereafter, he took three crores of jewels from the king's treasury and had a proclamation made with a drum, "I am going to give this away. Come, people." Then all the people came and Abhaya announced. "Whoever avoids water, fire, and women shall have this collection of jewels." "This too much for human beings. Lord, what are people able to do?" To them saying this, Abhaya replied, "If there is no such person among you, then let the muni, the wood-carrier, free from water, fire, and women, have the three crores of jewels." "This sadhu, fully such a one, is truly entitled to the gift to a worthy person. We laughed at him unjustly," they said to Abhaya. "In future you must not ridicule, abuse him, et cetera," instructed by Abhaya to this effect, the people agreed and went away.
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"Thus Abhaya, a great ocean of intelligence, devoted to his father, desireless, intent on dharma, directed his father's kingdom. Living according to dharma himself, he had his subjects live so. The affairs of subjects and cattle are subject to kings and cowherds. Just as he watched over the twelvefold royal circle,215 so he watched over the twelvefold duties of laymen.216 Just as he conquered external enemiesthough difficult to conquer-so he, efficient in both spheres, conquered internal enemies.217
One day, Śreņika said to him: "Son, rule the kingdom. Daily I shall practice the pleasures of obedience to Sri Vira." Abhaya, fearing (on the one hand) rebirth and (on the other hand) breaking his father's command, said, What you intend is a good thing, but wait a while."
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215 307. A king's neighbors with whom he must maintain relations. 216 307. The 5 lesser vows and the 7 silavratas. See I, pp. 207 ff.; V, pp. 399 ff.
217 308. The internal enemies are the 4 passions: anger (krodha), conceit (māna), deceit (māyā), greed (lobha); love (raga), and hate (dveşa), Yog. p.56a.
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