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INTERVENING STORIE艢 119 practice and illustrate some moral point, and (B) stories of general
prudence which impart worldly wisdom. The didactic stories of group
A are generally the previous-birth-stories in which some instructions
are brought home by co-relating the present and the past life of cause
and effect or the law of Karma. They explain the truth of transmig-
ration of soul in worldly life. They further bring to light the causes
of suffering and happiness, misery and plentifulness, and rise and
fall. They preach that one should lead a righteous life and tell us
that non-attachment and non-aversion are the summum bonum of life.
The didactic stories of group B are told to guide the characters in
the ways of the world.
I-The informative stories number twenty.
accounted as follows:
They can be
A.
Caritas of eminent persons :
This group contains 11 stories. Nos. 1, 2 and 3 narrate the lives
of Ravana, A帽jan膩sundari and her son Hanumat, and N膩rada
respectively who are associated with the main story.
Stories Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 7 give in brief the biographies of four
Tirthankaras viz. Lord Mah膩v墨ra whose chief disciple Gautama is the
narrator of the main story; Lord R峁�abha who is the usherer of the new
era and is associated with the origin of social classes, professions and
some dynasty; Lord Ajita who is associated with the origin of the
R膩k峁�asa dynasty; and Lord Munisuvrata during whose T墨rtha R膩ma
and R膩vana are said to have lived.
Stories No. 8, 9, 10 and 11 relate the duel between the first
Cakravartin Bharata and his brother Bahubali, the end of 60000 sons
of second Cakravartin Sagara, the initiation of the fourth Cakravartin
Sanatkum膩ra and the life of the tenth Cakravartin Hari峁�e峁嘺 respectively.
B. Legendary kings of the Ik峁�v盲ku-va峁僺a :
This group contains four stories-i. e. Nos. 12, 13, 14 & 15 which
explain the causes which led to the initiation of some Ik峁�v膩ku kings and
illustrate the crude and wicked ways of worldly life. Thus the story
of Vajrabahu narrates the cause of his initiation. The story of Kirti-
dhara and Suko艣ala relates how a mother takes her revenge in her next
birth by killing her own son. The story of Naghu峁�a and Simhik膩
illustrates that even a faithful, courageous and chaste queen may be
censured and deprived of her position by her own husband. The story
of Sod膩sa explains the possibilities of a king going astray and invading
his own son.