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Abhayakumar's liberation, binding Chandrapradyot and bringing him back
Yoga Shastra, Second Light, Verse 114. He had rented a house nearby. While passing that way, Chandrapradyot saw those two courtesans one day.
From the point of view of pleasure, Chandrapradyot looked at them. As a result, Chandrapradyot became infatuated with them. Upon reaching the palace, Chandrapradyot sent a messenger to the two courtesans to seek their consent for union. But they rejected the messenger's proposal. The next day, the messenger again came and requested the king for union. Even then, the two of them, in anger, showed some disrespect. On the third day, the messenger pleaded with them again. Then the two of them said, "Our virtuous brother is our protector. He will go to another village on the seventh day from today. If the king comes here secretly then, union can happen." The messenger went and told Chandrapradyot everything. After the messenger left, Abhayakumar made a man who looked like Chandrapradyot mad and named him Chandrapradyot too. Then Abhayakumar started telling people, "Hey! My brother doesn't let me sit peacefully. He makes me wander here and there. I am responsible for his protection. I don't understand how to protect him." Abhayakumar used to put him to sleep on a cot every day and take him out, as if he was suffering from a disease and he was taking him to a physician. Now, when that madman was taken from the crossroads, he would shout loudly, shed tears and cry, "Hey, I am Chandrapradyot, these people are kidnapping me!" Exactly on the seventh day, the lustful Chandrapradyot, the king, came alone, like an elephant. As per the prior arrangement, Abhayakumar's men bound him. Then, saying, "I am taking him to the physician," Abhayakumar, with the cot, kidnapped King Chandrapradyot in broad daylight, while shouting. He placed Chandrapradyot in a chariot, which was already prepared with swift horses, and the fearless Abhayakumar took him straight to the royal palace. Then he presented King Chandrapradyot before King Shrenik. King Shrenik drew his sword and ran to kill him, but Abhayakumar intervened and stopped him from doing so. Afterwards, he honored him, gave him clothes and ornaments, and released King Chandrapradyot with joy.
Once, a woodcutter, disgusted with the world, took initiation from the brilliant Ganadhar Shri Sudharmaswami. But when he wandered in the city, the city dwellers, remembering his former state, made fun of him everywhere and criticized him. Disturbed by this, he said to Sudharmaswami, "Gurudev! I am unable to bear the humiliation by staying here. Therefore, I want to wander elsewhere." Due to this, Sudharmaswami was also preparing to wander elsewhere. When Abhayakumar saw this, he asked Ganadhar Maharaj the reason for wandering elsewhere. He simply told him the reason for his wandering elsewhere. Abhayakumar bowed to Ganadhar Maharaj and humbly requested, "Lord! Please grace us by staying here for one more day. After that, do as you deem fit." Abhayakumar had three heaps of jewels worth one crore each taken out from the state treasury and placed them in the public market where there was a lot of traffic, and he had an announcement made in the city, "Citizens! Listen; I (Abhayakumar) am going to donate these three heaps of jewels. Hearing this, the city dwellers gathered at the scene. Addressing that crowd, Abhayakumar said, "People! Whoever among you will renounce water, fire and women for life, will be given these three heaps of jewels. Speak, is anyone ready to make such a renunciation?" The people present said, "Minister! It is very difficult for us to make such a lifelong renunciation. Only a few can make such a transcendental renunciation." To this, Abhayakumar rebuked them, "If none of you can make such a renunciation, then should the three crore worth jewels be given to the woodcutter who has renounced water, fire and women for life and has become a great sage? Such a renunciant sage is worthy of this donation. But we people are such that..."
1. This is not mentioned in other stories.
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