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will be killed by Chandas’asana. Yesterday, the thieves, in the disguise of mendicants were arrested with stolen objects and were killed. So it has become well-known that those having the signs of a hermit also commit thefts.” Having so thought, she did as she had planned. The guards ran and that sage was arrested. They called him but he did not speak. They searched for the necklace; they found it not very far. The citizens cried out, " The string is broken !" The king was informed. The king was astonished, “Oh, this is a strange thief !" He said, “After examination, kill him !' [80] The policemen asked him. But as he did not speak, they who got angry with the idea that he was making a pretence, led him to the executionground. The gallows were fixed (in the ground). The sage was taken upon it. The Chandāla cried out, “ O citizens, this one is to be killed, for he, under the disguise of a hermit has stolen another's wealth. Therefore, if any one will commit the theft of another's wealth, he too shall be killed in this way with terrible punishment.” So saying, the Chandāl left the revered sage on the gallows. By the
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