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________________ Some New Events He began were carrying out the Kayotsarg meditation here. causing impediments to us so that we might not attain Kevaljnan. Since Analaprabha is a lover of Mithya, he was determined to falsify the words of a Kevaljnani and began causing impediments to us. Accordingly, for the last four or five days he has been haunting this place in the nights and has been harrassing us. He comes here soon after the sunset and keeps causing havoc throughout the night. This night also he came as usual and when he began troubling us you happened to come here. could not bear with the splendour of your greatness; so he ran away but in fact he has been a benefactor to us in our endeavour to destroy our karmas. If he had not caused impediments thus we would not have been able to destroy our karmas so soon." He At this point Mahalochan, the father of the two munis said: "Oh you great man! By coming here you have done a noble deed. I would like to repay my debt of gratitude to you." 443 "Revered Lord! We do not need anything. We deem ourselves fortunate in having had this opportunity of showing our devotion to the Kevaljnanis." "Yet, sometime later when the proper time comes I will do you a good turn," saying this the god vanished. The day dawned. The eastern horizon reddened. The cool breezes of the morning brought felicity. Suraprabha, the king of Vamshastalnagar came there. He saluted the munis and Shri Ram and offered them his devotion. "Oh king! Get a magnificent temple built here for Paramatma Jineshwar." Shri Ram suggested to King Suraprabha. "As commanded by the son of Dasarath." King Suraprabha constructed a magnificent Jin temple on the mountain. It became a pilgrim centre for the people of the city. It became famous as Ramgiri. Jain Education International A little later Shri Ram, Sita and Lakshman set off, on their journey. For Private & Personal Use Only * www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.002022
Book TitleJain Ramayana Part 2
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorBhadraguptasuri
PublisherVishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana
Publication Year2000
Total Pages518
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English, Mythology, & Story
File Size23 MB
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