A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c8.s3.116

c8.s3.116

‘Cast from hence this cripple Brahman; allow him not to be seated,’ exclaimed Nando; and although the courtiers again and again implored of him, saying, ‘Dévo! let it not be so done by a person prepared to make offerings as thou art, extend thy forgiveness to this Brahman;’ he insisted upon his ejection. On the courtiers approaching Chânakko, and saying, ‘Achâriyo! we come, by the command of the râja, to remove thee from hence; but incapable of uttering the words, “Achâriyo, depart hence,” we now stand before thee abashed.’ Enraged against him (Nando), rising from his seat to depart, he snapt asunder his Brahmanical cord, and dashed down his jug on the threshold, and thus invoking malediction: ‘Kings are impious: may this whole earth, bounded by the four oceans, withhold its gifts from Nando,’ he departed. On his sallying out, the officers reported this proceeding to the râja. The king, furious with indignation, roared, ‘Catch, catch, the slave.’ The fugitive, stripping himself naked, and assuming the character of an ajîvako, and running into the centre of the palace, concealed himself in an unfrequented place, at the Sankhârathânan. The pursuers, not having discovered him, returned and reported that he was not to be found.