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thought that I have deserted the faith of my forefathers and
have descended to the path of the heretics rends my heart;
and I find relief only in shedding tears.' I consoled him
saying that I would find a way by which the courtezan restored
to him all his wealth.
(Av. Sāra VIII. 34-41)
Entering the city I went to the gamblers' quarters
and in one sitting won a fortune and a friend too in Vimar-
daka, the keeper of gambling house. I learnt that the city
was full of wealthy but greedy men; I resolved to teach
them the right path by robbing them of their possessions.
One night I burgled the house of a rich merchant and on the
way back met a young girl who was alone. When I asked her
who she was, she said: 'Sir, I am the daughter of Kubera-
datta and I was promised from infancy to one Dhanamitra.
But he gave away all his wealth to the poor in charity and now
my father proposes to give me in marriage to another,
Arthapati, tomorrow. To escape this, I am now on my way
to Dhanamitra, my lover.' Moved with pity, I offered to
take her to her destination, and escaping a squad of police,
reached Dhanamitra and said: 'I am a thief. I found this
girl alone with her heart fixed on you and have escorted her
to you.' He was full of gratitude and said that he would
leave the city with her the same night. I advised him to
return her to her father, wait for a month and then marry
her duly. Then we three went to Kuberadatta's house, left
the girl there, and with her aid, robbed that house also of all
its valuables. On our way back, we mounted an elephant,
destroyed Arthapati's house and slept the rest of the night.
(Av. Sāra VIII. 41-55)
"Next morning, we heard that Kuberadatta had post-
poned the marriage of his daughter for a month. Then I
instructed Dhanamitra in secret as follows: 'Approach the
tell him : Your
King with this leather bag and
Majesty! Kuberadatta promised to give me his daughter,
but now, owing to my poverty, plans to give her to Arthapati.
In despair, I was about to kill myself in an old garden, when
an ascetic gave me this bag saying that it would be full of
gold every morning if properly worshipped by a merchant
The ascetic also laid down that the
worshipper should at the outset return to the owner whatever
he had unjustly obtained and give away to Brahmans
or a courtezan.
"
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thought that I have deserted the faith of my forefathers and
have descended to the path of the heretics rends my heart;
and I find relief only in shedding tears.' I consoled him
saying that I would find a way by which the courtezan restored
to him all his wealth.
(Av. Sāra VIII. 34-41)
Entering the city I went to the gamblers' quarters
and in one sitting won a fortune and a friend too in Vimar-
daka, the keeper of gambling house. I learnt that the city
was full of wealthy but greedy men; I resolved to teach
them the right path by robbing them of their possessions.
One night I burgled the house of a rich merchant and on the
way back met a young girl who was alone. When I asked her
who she was, she said: 'Sir, I am the daughter of Kubera-
datta and I was promised from infancy to one Dhanamitra.
But he gave away all his wealth to the poor in charity and now
my father proposes to give me in marriage to another,
Arthapati, tomorrow. To escape this, I am now on my way
to Dhanamitra, my lover.' Moved with pity, I offered to
take her to her destination, and escaping a squad of police,
reached Dhanamitra and said: 'I am a thief. I found this
girl alone with her heart fixed on you and have escorted her
to you.' He was full of gratitude and said that he would
leave the city with her the same night. I advised him to
return her to her father, wait for a month and then marry
her duly. Then we three went to Kuberadatta's house, left
the girl there, and with her aid, robbed that house also of all
its valuables. On our way back, we mounted an elephant,
destroyed Arthapati's house and slept the rest of the night.
(Av. Sāra VIII. 41-55)
"Next morning, we heard that Kuberadatta had post-
poned the marriage of his daughter for a month. Then I
instructed Dhanamitra in secret as follows: 'Approach the
tell him : Your
King with this leather bag and
Majesty! Kuberadatta promised to give me his daughter,
but now, owing to my poverty, plans to give her to Arthapati.
In despair, I was about to kill myself in an old garden, when
an ascetic gave me this bag saying that it would be full of
gold every morning if properly worshipped by a merchant
The ascetic also laid down that the
worshipper should at the outset return to the owner whatever
he had unjustly obtained and give away to Brahmans
or a courtezan.
"