Jain Ramayana Part 1

SR No.: 002021
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhadraguptasuri
Publisher: Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 452
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Mythology, & Story
File Size: 21 MB

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JAIN RAMAYAN
karna remained firm and there was no question of Vibhishan being inveigled into believing these tricks. Seeing that all his tricks could not shake the concentration of the princes and could not disturb their ecstatic meditation even to the least extent, he began to adopt brutal plans.
By means of his magical powers, he cut off the heads of those magical Kaikasi, Ratnashrava and Chandranakha; and threw them before them. Blood flowing from those several heads began to flood the area before the princes. Even this did not disturb their meditation and concentration. Then, by means of his magical powers, he cut off the head of Kumbhakarna in front of Dashmukh; the head of Vibhishan in front of Kumbhakarna and the head of Dashmukh before Vibhishan mercilessly. But Ravan who possessed a knowledge of the supreme good, remained undisturbed. He remained unmoving like a mighty rock. But when Kumbhakarna and Vibhishan saw the severed head of their mighty elder brother rolling in the dust, within a few moments, they woke up from their ecstatic state, impelled by their affection for him.
Affection and emotional excitement made Kumbhakarna and Vibhishan forget for a while that what had occurred was merely a magical and artificial event.
All of a sudden, divine voices were heard in the sky : "Blesesd is he! Blessed is he !"
He is the greatest. He is the greatest !"
When Anadrut and his followers heard those divine voices, their wonder and astonishment knew no bounds. They stood stupefied like stone-images. A divine halo of extraordinary splendour appeared in the sky. The divine splendour spread everywhere and rendered everything resplendent.
"Oh you heroic prince! We are supremely pleased with your sublime devotion. Your objectives are achieved. All your aspirations have been fulfilled. We have come here to attend upon you". Many divine voices uttered this simultaneously; and in a moment, one thousand Muses or deities, presiding over