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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Lankasundari
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the age of marriage, many kings, princes and Vidyadhar princes desired to marry us. Everyone was desirous of marrying us.
Of them, there was one Vidyadhar. His name is Angarak.
He is the veritable god of fire. He is the very embodiment of all-consuming fire. He moved heaven and carth to win our hands. He employed many kinds of trickery and continued to harass us with his undesirable and disgusting actions and he began to pursue us maddened with infatuation. But our father reprimanded him. He sent him away thus disgracing him. He did not also care to listen to the advice of other kings. He continued to harass us. Some time passed thus. Then one day, a supremely benevolent muni came to the city. Our father approached him; bowed to him with devotion and said.
“Revered Gurudev ! Who will marry my daughters ?”
The muni possessed infinite knowledge. He was enlightened. He could visualise the past, the present and the future. Exercising his all-seeing power, he said, "O king! The hero who kills Sahasagati, the Vidyadhar will marry your daughters."
Accordingly, our father began to search for the hero who could kill Sahasagati but he was not successful in his attempt. He could not find a hero who could kill Sahasagati. Therefore, seeing no other alternative than attaining divine powers, we decided to carry out austerities to attain supernatural powers. Accordingly, we sat before these munis in meditation to attain those powers.”
“But when Angarak, the Vidyadhar came to know that we were carrying out meditation and austerities, to attain divine powers, he created that tremendous conflagration to impede our endeavours. But O you hero! You have utterly defeated his devilish designs. You have done us a great benevolence by extinguishing those terrible flames. Moreover, on account of the help rendered by you, we have been able to complete our meditation and to attain the divine power called Manogamini (the power that enables one to go to any place in a moment)."