The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-06-27

<1sS Wt3SA Sha " @AAs2 W AtvN@R SA~s he said, and the councillor thus reelected The sSa ss N:sa. is child, and many enemies are in cur kingdom, therefore will guard this body evea in it's pressn, condition" Having resolved upon this couTse. he immediately caused all dead bodies to be burned. He searched for them by spies, and among them was found the body of lndradatta, aRsr Vyadi had been removed from the temple, and vas also burned. h the meantime Sakasala. deliberating. said to the RAja who was fastening to gather together the H-ore gold: "All the servants stand here with minds carried Away with the festival, let the Brahman wal, a moment when will give iL' Then going into the presence of the fictitious Nanda vyadi cried out Help, a disgraceful deed has been per petrased, Brahman, practicing magic whose life has not ye. passed from the body, has been burned because the bsdy was bereA of spirit at the very time you have reached your aim" Having heard that the fictitious Nanda fell into exces- sive grief. The body of Indradatta being burned and being fixed in this state. the wise Sskatala then went out and gave me the Krore of gold. Then the fictitious Nanda said to Vyadi in private and full of grief: Although Brahman l have be- come a Sudra, what use to me is this splendor even if 1t be we'll estahlishe cd P Hearing that VyAdi consoled and season ably advised him; "You arc known 10 Sakatala, therefore you must turn your attention to him, for he Is great coun. cillor and will soon of his own accord de- stroy you, and will make ChAndragupta, the son of the former Nanda, the sov- erign. Hence immediately appoint Var aTuchi minister that your government may be established by his wisdom which is of divine character" When this was said Vyadi vent to give to his spiritual instructor his fee, ard then was sent for by the fictitious Nanda (Yogananda) and made minister. Then said to the Raja, Though the condition and char. acter of a Brahman have been taken from you do not believe that your sov. ereignty will be secure while Sakatala holds an official position. Therefore de- s,roy him by stratagem." Thus 1 gave my counsel. YoEanauda shrew SakatAla
 into dark well, the mouth of which was overgrown with brush and weeds, and moreover his hundred sons were thrown in there with him, publishing as his crime that Brahman while alive had been burned by him. One dish of bar Icy -four and one of water were daily placed before Sakatala and his sons
 Then he said to his sons: "My sons,
 even one person could hardly proloAg life with these dishes of barley, and what would one say of many? Therefore le, that one every day eat this -four and
 water, who will be able to take revenge
 upon YogAnanda. "Ysu alone are able, you must eat it." Thus his sons an. swered him. For revenge upon an enemy is dearer to the resolute than life. So Sakstaiz alone sab;i::eA daily spoa the barley -four and water. "Alas, how cruel are they who wish to conquer Who ever wishes for his own welfare should not act wilfuily toward the powerful without knowing their minds and pos sessing their confidence" So Sakatala reflected, shut up in the dark prison, be. holding his sons perishipg with hunger and in the agonies of death. Then he saw his hundred sons die before him, and he alone remained there living sur. rounded by their skeletonA Then Yo- gananda became firmly settled In his kingdom. vyadi went to him aher the present had been given to hts spiritual teacher, and having come close to him, said, Long be your reign, o, friend, l am summoned. go to perform penance somewhere" Heading that Yoganaada replied to him, his voice choking with tears, Come enjoy pleasures in my king dom. do not go and leave me-" Thea vyadi answered, %, Raja, life ends in a moment. Tell me truly wha, wise man drowns himself in such Aeeting pleasures Prosperity, the mirage oi the desert does not reader foolish the wise man" Thus saying he went away at ,A.: Ese.aen. sesclsed upen penancss. Then Yogananda wens to Pssalapuua, his own royal city. for the purpose of en.
 joymens attended by me and by whois army. There, waited upon by Upakosa, having attained prosperity. and the bar dsns Of a minister, lived Sor . iong st,aA wfth snv suneh~x anA rxs~~nAr~s