Jain Ramayana Part 3

SR No.: 002023
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhadraguptasuri
Publisher: Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 518
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Story, & Literature
File Size: 24 MB

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Shatrughnd's Purvajanma
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came in the Chaturmas. After eating food, the Munis said to the Acharya.
“We came from Mathura; and now we will again go there today.”
And the Munis went away, flying through the sky.
Then Acharya Dhyuti addressed his disciples; and said in a soft voice,
"Dear disciples ! They are Jangha-charan Munis. They always fly through the sky. They have attained extraordinary spiritual excellence and many supernatural powers.”
The disciples were filled with grief and regret on hearing this. They felt greatly ashamed of the way they had treated the Munis. They were full of regret. Filled with agitation and grief, they said;
"Gurudev ! Kindly pardon us. We committed a great blunder. Eventhough you honoured them, we did not even care to salute them, on account of our ignorance and infatuation. Moreover, we committed the sin of treating them with contempt and indifference." Just at that point Arhad Datta came there. He saluted the feet of the Acharya; and said in a voice shaken with agitation
"Gurudev! Some pretenders have been visiting the city in the guise of Munis during the Chaturmas."
"Arhad Datt! Do not speak ill of those great munis. It is a serious sin to calumniate them. I am really sad that even you have not been able to recognize their greatness. You are a great devotee of the Lord; yet even you have not been able to recognize their greatness. Dear Shravak! They are not pretenders; but they are great Munis who have attained extraordinary powers. They came from Mathura for food; and have again returned to Mathura flying through the sky."
“What are you saying Gurudev ! What an amazing thing! Are they really Jangha-charan Munis ? What a great misfor