Seeing Ashoka in a daze, Devi reprimands him for disrespecting his mother by not performing her last rites. Finally out of his melancholy state, Ashoka finds a diamond while gathering the ashes of his mother's dead body and wonders if she died due to natural circumstances or was murdered. Earlier, Bindusara's attempts to attack Sushim and Siamak's convoys on the way to Ujjain and Takshila, are rendered futile.
