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The Tale of Sagarchari
The vast Mahavrksha, like thousands of branches, removes the fatigue of the travelers who take the path of Yoga Shastra, the second light, verse 112. Sagarchari had 60,000 sons. The eldest of Sagar's sons was Janhukumar. Once, his father was pleased with his work and gave him a boon. Once, Janhukumar expressed his desire to his father - 'Father! Today, I want this as the boon that was kept in trust, that I get the Dandaratan etc. of the Chakravarti, with which I can tour this Bhu Mandal with my brothers.' Sagar gave him those gems and gave him permission to tour. Janhu and other Sagarputra, wearing thousands of umbrellas brighter than the sun, took their father's blessings and worshipped each Jinbimb with great devotion and great devotion, and while traveling, one day they came near the Ashtapada mountain. Janhukumar climbed that mountain, 8 yojan high and 4 yojan wide, with his brothers and family, and there was a temple, one yojan long, half yojan wide, three kos high, with four doors, they all entered it. In that temple were the images of the present twenty-four Tirthankaras, with their respective institutions, dimensions and colors. They worshipped them in order, then they worshipped the holy stupas of the 100 brothers built by Bharat. Then, filled with devotion, they thought for a while and said in a loud voice - In my opinion, there is no place (Tirth) like Ashtapada anywhere else. I will also build a similar Chaitya. These Chaityas are the essence of Bharatkhund, the memorials of their Chakravartitva of Bharatkhund, located on the peak of this mountain since Bharat Chakravarti attained liberation. No future king should destroy these Chaityas built by them, so we should make arrangements for their protection. After that, he took the Dandaratan, presided over by thousands of gods, in his hand and rotated it around Ashtapada. Due to this, a pit, a thousand yojan deep, like a gourd, was formed in the ground below. And the buildings of the Nagadevas, the Bhavanpati, which were built in the Patala Lok below, were broken.
From this unexpected calamity, the gods came to the shelter of their lord Jwalanprabh, terrified. He knew from his Avadhigyan that this was all Janhukumar's doing. Therefore, he became angry and went to Janhukumar and rebuked him - Oh, Madommat! Why did you tear up so much land in such a terrible way without any reason and kill countless living beings? Nephew of Tirthankar Ajitanath and son of Sagarchari! Shameless family disgrace! Why did you commit this crime? To this, Janhukumar said - I did this to protect the stupas (Chaityas) here. The destruction of your buildings has happened due to my ignorance. Therefore, please forgive me. To this, Jwalanprabh Dev said - This mistake of yours has happened due to ignorance, so I forgive you. Don't make such a mistake again in the future. Saying this, the god returned to his place. Janhukumar then discussed with his brothers that we have made this ditch with the Dandaratan, but in time this ditch will be filled with dust. Therefore, let us pull the Ganges river here with this same Dandaratan and let its flow fall into this ditch. They did the same. But that water again damaged the buildings of the Nagakumaras. Therefore, Jwalanprabhdev, angry with the Nagakumaras, came and burnt them all to ashes, just as a wildfire burns all the trees. Seeing this, the soldiers thought sadly - Our lord was burnt to ashes before our very eyes, we cowards! Thinking this, the soldiers, ashamed, left from there and went to live near Ayodhya. They started to exchange thoughts again and again that how will we tell our lord? And how will we mention this tragic incident in front of him? One day a Brahmin came and met them; they told him their whole story and asked for his opinion. The Brahmin said - Don't worry. I will speak to the king in such a way that the king will not grieve and his anger will also subside from you. Giving this assurance, the Brahmin went to the royal court with an orphan dead (corpse) and started to wail loudly there - Alas! My only son is dead. The king asked him the reason for his wailing, then he said - My only son has fainted from snakebite. Therefore, Dev! Please bring him back to life. The king called those who could remove snake venom and
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