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PARIŠIŞTAPARVAN,
to the king 1 The latter, thinking himself deceived by Vararuci, stopped his pension (20-29). The poet now secretly hid a machine in the Gangā which, when touched, would jerk up a purse of one hundred and eight dinārs previously deposited there Taking his morning bath in the river he used to sing a hymn in praise of Gangā, and moving the spring by his foot would catch up the purse, pretending it to be the gift of the goddess The news of this apparent miracle spreading fast, at last reached the king who talked about it with his minister To come to the bottom of this mystery, Šakatāla set a spy to watch Vararucı, and thus discovered the whole trick He caused the purse to be abstracted from the machine where Vararucı had deposited it in the evening Therefore when on the following morning Vararucı tred, in the presence of the king and his minister, to play his trick again, he searched in vain for the purse Then Sakatāla exposed the trick and returned the purse to the utterly confounded poet (30-45) Vararuci, impatient of his defeat, learned from the servants of Sakatāla everything that passed in the minister's house Once a servant gırl told him, that at the impending wedding feast of Sakatāla's son, Sriyaka, the king would be among the guests, and that he would be presented with weapons, etc Availıng himself of this opportunity for his revenge, Vararuci engaged some boys to recite everywhere a verse of his, stating that Sakatala would kill Nanda and proclaim Sriyaka king. Ere long this rumour came to the king's knowledge, who, in order to find out the truth, had the minister's house searched The collection of weapons being there discovered confirmed the suspicion prevailing against the minister. The latter finding himself in disgrace and anxious to prevent the ruun of his whole family, persuaded Sriyaka to kill him at the moment when he should prostrate himself before the king He would at the same moment swallow a dose of strong poison, so that he would already be dead when his head should be
1 Cp Journal Asiatique, 1895, p 241 f
| SR No. | 010713 |
| Book Title | Sthaviravali Charitra or Parisista Parva |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Jacobi |
| Publisher | Asiatic Society |
| Publication Year | 1932 |
| Total Pages | 467 |
| Language | Sanskrit, Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 12 MB |