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The Story of Abhay Kumar
The second light of the Yoga Shastra, verse 114, thought to himself - "Last night in my dream I saw a worthy groom for Nanda; it seems to be him." Therefore, he said openly - "Today you have become my guest, I am blessed by this. Your arrival is like the arrival of the Ganges at the house of the devout." Closing his shop, Seth Shrenik Kumar took him to his house. There he made him bathe, dressed him in new fine clothes and fed him with respect. Many days passed while Seth stayed there. One day Seth, bringing his daughter before him, requested Kumar - "Please agree to marry my daughter named Nanda." Shrenik said to Seth - "How can you give your daughter to me, an unknown person?" Seth said - "Your qualities have revealed your lineage and character." Seeing his great insistence, Shrenik married Nanda in the same way that Vishnu married the daughter of the ocean (Lakshmi). After the marriage, Shrenik lived there with Nanda, enjoying pleasures, just as an elephant lives happily in a grove.
King Senajit learned the whole story of Shrenik through his spies. Because the king could see through the eyes of his spies, he was like one with a thousand eyes. Suddenly, a terrible illness arose in the body of King Prasenajit. He tried many treatments, but it wouldn't go away. Therefore, knowing his end was near, he ordered a swift camel driver to bring his son Shrenik. The camel driver quickly reached the city of Venatat. He met Shrenik and said - "Your father is lying on his deathbed, counting his last moments. He has sent me to bring you quickly." Hearing this, Shrenik was very saddened. He explained to Nandadevi and gave her the following mantra - "We are the Gopals of Rajagah, the city with white walls." Then Shrenik bid farewell to his in-laws and quickly left from there. His father was suffering from an incurable disease. He was afraid that if he didn't go, his father might pass away in his absence or suffer more pain. With this in mind, Shrenik quickly reached Rajagah on a she-camel. When the king saw Shrenik standing before him with folded hands, his joy overflowed. Then, he performed Shrenik's coronation with the pure water of a golden pot and declared him the king of Magadh. King Prasenajit, remembering Lord Parshvanath and chanting the Panchparameshthi mantra, attained death in samadhi and reached the heavenly realm.
King Shrenik took charge of the entire kingdom. Meanwhile, in Venatat, Nandadevi, abandoned by King Shrenik, became pregnant. At that time, she had a dream - "Riding an elephant, I will give protection to all beings with great pomp and become devoted to the welfare of others." Nandadevi's father requested the king. Therefore, the king fulfilled her dream. At the right time, Nandadevi gave birth to a healthy and beautiful child, just as the eastern direction gives birth to the sun. On the auspicious day, according to her dream, her grandfather named the child Abhay Kumar. He grew up gradually. He studied all the arts without fault. By the age of eight, Abhay Kumar had become proficient in 72 arts. One day, Abhay Kumar was playing with his friends when a boy tauntingly said to him with anger - "Why are you boasting so much? You don't even know your father." Abhay Kumar replied - "My father's name is..." The boy replied - "He is your mother's father." Abhay Kumar felt those words like arrows piercing him. At that moment, he asked his mother Nandadevi - "Mother! Who is my father?" "Bhadraseth is your father." Nanda said. "Bhadraseth is your father. Tell me the name of my father, whoever he may be." After repeatedly asking with letters, Nandadevi said sadly - "Son! My father married me to a young man who had come from a foreign land. When you were in my womb, a camel driver came from somewhere. He spoke to him in private and quickly took your father away on a camel. After that, there was no trace of him. Therefore, I don't know the truth - who he was? Where he was from? What was his name?" Abhay asked - "Mother! Did he say anything while leaving?" Then Nanda brought the written mantra and showed it to her son, saying - "He gave me these letters while leaving." Reading the words written in the letter, Abhay Kumar was very happy...
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