After
Vanraj, his son Yograj succeeded on the throne of Patan. Yograj was a
real ascetic/devotee, belived in justice, religion and simplicity. But
his sons were a total contradiction. They hold the conduct of robbery.
The concept that Vanraj followed the path of theft and robbery to
obtain back his father's kingdom played an important role in
corrupting their mind. With their religious activities and good
conduct Vanraj as well as Yogiraj had ignored it. But his son made all
these efforts go in drain and were trying to prove this impression
true.
Once at the port of Prabhas Patan few ships got entrapped. Having got
this information, Yogiraj's son Shemraj became greedy: I'll have so
much of wealth, if entire stuff comes in my hands. Shemraj went to
Yogiraj and explained "We'll obtain 1000 horses, 150 elephants and
countless wealth without paying any price. If you give permission,
I'll go and rob those ships." Yogiraj said, "My son, we've to remove
the basic impression of Chawda from people's mind. We are king. We
should protect our subjects and not exploit them.
Shemraj left without listening to his father. He attacked the ships
with his team and robbed horses, elephants and all the wealth. Yogiraj,
a saint man couldn't tolerate this in his life. He sacrificed food and
water and entered in the burning pyre and was burned to death. To
penance the sinful action of his son, he sacrificed his own life. |
