Lilavati Sara

SR No.: 002651
Original Sutra Author: Jinratnasuri
Author: H C Bhayani, N M Kansara
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1983
Total Pages: 514
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Literature
File Size: 19 MB

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Lilavati-sära
Thereafter he took the vow of fast unto death, died and attained liberation. Samarasnasuri moved from place to place giving religious discourses.
Canto 13
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Rebirth of Ramadeva as Prince Vimal sena His Enlightenment
The soul of Ramadeva descended into the womb of Jayasri, the queen of king Vatsaraja of the city of Girinagara in Surästra region. In due course she gave birth to a son who was named Vimalasena The boy was given proper education and in due course was married to a number of princesses. The princ: enjoyed with them the worldly pleasures.
Once two feudal chieftains named Yasodhavala and Jayasimha came to see the prince, and in the course of their talks the conversation turned to the wonderfal stories about the alchemists. Jayasimha branded them all as humbug, while the prince did not like running down the ageold tradition. Jayasimha had a hot verbal altercation with the prince during which he became very iasolant and so much insulted the princs that the latter made a sign to his bodyguards, who killed Jayasimha. The feudal lords and ministers, without ascertaining the facts, united against the prince in a hurry and complained to the king. The king feigned anger and confined the prince into a wooden cage, in order to save the situation and placate the feudataries,
Knowing the prince to be in troubles, the preceptor Samarasena thought it proper time to enlighten him. He called the god Śūradeva and commissiond him him with that task. The god invisibly recited to the prince every morning for three days a few verses meant to disengage his mind from worldly attachments.
On the third day he revealed his identity and recounted to the prince his prevous lives and relations. This inspired the prince 10 renounce the worldly life. The god then threatened the king and the subjects to crush them all with an enormous rock that he showed hanging over the city through his divine power, in order to punish them for ill-treating the innocent prince. They set free the prince. The king installed him on the throne.
Next day the preceptor Samarasena arrived in the city. Vimalasena went to pay his respects to the preceptor and listened to his religious discourse. In the end Vimalasena along with his father, ministers and five hundred sons of the leading citizens, got initiation.