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  • 残酷さを戒める師の警告を無視し、祭司の助言で捕虜となった千人の王を盲目にしたバーラーナシー王が、自らも盲目にされ苦しんで死ぬ本生話で、王子が自分の宮殿の建築家を盲目にしたことに関連して語られた。

  • A birth story of a king of Bārāṇasī who ignored his teacher’s warning against harshness, blinded a thousand captive kings on his chaplain’s advice, and died in agony after being blinded himself, told regarding a prince’s blinding of his palace architect.

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