Disclaimer: This translation does not guarantee complete accuracy, please confirm with the original page text.
500
Mahapuraana, Uttara Puraana
The young boy, having promised to feed him, took him along with him. He brought him to his father and said, "I have promised to feed him, now do as you please."
Hearing this, the father was overjoyed and said, "My son is very humble and praiseworthy." Saying this, he embraced him repeatedly and said, "Son, this ascetic will eat well with me after his bath. You eat without any fear."
After that, Jeevandhar Kumar sat down with his friends to eat. The food was hot, so Jeevandhar Kumar cried and said, "All this food is hot, how can I eat it?" Crying, he harassed his mother. Seeing him cry, the ascetic said, "Bhadra, it is not good for you to cry. Although you are young, you are very intelligent. You have humbled everyone with your strength and other qualities. Why are you crying?"
After the ascetic said this, Jeevandhar Kumar said, "O venerable one, you do not know. Listen, there are these qualities in crying: the first quality is that the accumulated phlegm from a long time is expelled, the second quality is that the eyes become clear, and the third quality is that the food becomes cold. With so many qualities, why do you stop me from crying?"
Hearing his son's words, the mother was very happy and she fed him properly with his friends.
After that, when Gandhotkat had eaten and was sitting comfortably, and the ascetic had also eaten with him, the ascetic said to Gandhotkat, "Seeing this boy's worth, I have become fond of him. Therefore, I will purify his intellect by immersing it in the ocean of scriptures."
Hearing the ascetic's words, Gandhotkat said, "I am the best among the Shravakas - I follow the best vows of a Shravaka, therefore I do not bow down to any other being for any reason, and in the absence of bowing down, your excessive pride will surely be unpleasant for you." Hearing this, the ascetic began to introduce himself in this way:
"I was the king of Singhapur, my name was Aryavarma. Hearing the nature of Dharma from Veeranandi Muni, I adopted pure Samyagdarshan. After that, I gave the kingdom to my son named Dhritiṣeṇa and adopted restraint - I adopted the vows of a Muni. But due to the intense pain of the stomach fire...