Passage 13

In English

Service to sanctifies one's life

Let me relate the story of , who secured the (diadem) by the grace of his preceptor for his devoted service to the . The which wore on his head, saved him from being beheaded by , who had taken a vow to cut off 's head for his crime of slaughtering the (infant children of the brothers). Though was keen on carrying out his vow and took before , she, out of the largeness of her heart and from the inspiration of , found a formula to punish without cutting off his head. She said that if a was kept captive in a house and sent out as free man, it was equivalent to beheading him. She also told that it was not to kill a who carried on his head the precious jewel given to him by his .