Question

6. How does the guru manage to save his disciple's life?
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Answer 1

Explanation:

First, he whispered something in his disciple's ears and then asked the king to execute him first. ... He went into the prison at night and set the guru and disciple free. In their place, he and his minister disguised themselves as the guru and the disciple and got executed. Thus, the Guru managed to save his disciple.

Answer 2

The guru Declares that he wants to be executed before his disciple because the person who is executed first will be reborn as a king. The king pushes the Guru aside and gets executed so that he is reborn as a king in his next birth. In this way the foolish King dies and the Guru manages to save his disciple.