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why did Dev Datt say that the swan was his​

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Answered by phillipinestest
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Dev Dutt said that the swan was his​  as he had shot the swan.

Explanation:

  • Dev Dutt was the cousin of Siddhartha- the great Gautama Buddha.
  • One day when Siddhartha was strolling through the garden a flock of white swans flew over head.
  • Siddhartha was mesmerised by their beauty and stood wonderstruck admiring them.
  • At that moment one of the swans fell at his feet struck by an arrow.
  • Grief -stricken, Siddhartha picked up the bird and began to nurse it.
  • At that moment his cousin Dev Dutt rushed to the spot and claimed the swan.
  • He asserted that the swan belonged to him as he had shot it with his bow and arrow.
  • When Siddhartha retorted that the swan was not his as he had no right to take its life as he could not give it life.
  • Dev Dutt argued that since he had shot the swan it strictly belonged to him.

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