Bhagavana Mahavira

SR No.: 002027
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Chauthmal Maharaj
Publisher: Jainoday Pustak Prakashan Samiti Ratlam
Publication Year: 1942
Total Pages: 630
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Story, & Biography
File Size: 12 MB

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he rushed upon the Lord, and bite him on his toe. But he was very much surprised to see that his poison could not affect him in the least and that he stood as firmly and as calmly in meditation as he was standing before. The serpent was very proud of his power of administering poison to the body of man, but now he was ashamed to find that his pride was gone. He tried his power once more, and bite the Lord at many places on his person. He also tried to fell down the Lord on the ground by means of his hissing, but physical power gave way to spiritual power at every time.
In this age of science, it is quite possible that people should indulge in various kinds of criticisms of this point, and truly the matter looks so on the face of it. But it is merely an exhibition of one's ignorance to suspect the truth of a thing for which a number of concrete examples can be given. Go to a village and you will find that even an ordinary man can catch a snake simply by repeating his crude incantations, and as long as he stands before him, the most poisonous snake has, not the courage of opening his mouth until and unless he is pressed or teased to be so. Thus are the snakes charmed by incantations. If a poisonous snake bites a man, the snake-charmer can call him by force of incantations and ask him to suck up the poison from the place where he bit. Not only this, the village people can pass through a forest full of wild beasts quite fearlessly. The bears, the wolves and the lions stand like goats, and cannot have the courage of attacking them.
This is the effect of incantations. When such crude penance and meditation of modern times can be so powerful in their effect, there is no wonder if the poison of that snake