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Seventh Study: Sakdalputra]
[161. The Dharma-katha is complete.
Then the Shraman Bhagwan Mahavira gave a Dharma-deshna to the Ajivika-upasaka Sakdalputra and the vast assembly.
192. Sakdalputra! This Shraman Bhagwan Mahavira said to the Ajivika-upasaka Sakdalputra: - "Surely, Sakdalputra! When you were wandering in the Ashoka-vanika in the afternoon, a deva appeared before you. Then that deva, who was in the sky, said to you: - "Tomorrow morning, the Arhat, the Kevali will come."
Bhagwan told Sakdalputra the whole story, from his bowing and prostrating, to his determination to perform Paryupasana. Then he asked him: - "Sakdalputra! Did this happen?" Sakdalputra said: - "It did happen." Then Bhagwan said: - "Sakdalputra! That deva did not say this to Mankhaliputra Gosala."
Effect on Sakdal
_ 193. Then, when the Ajivika-upasaka Sakdalputra was told this by the Shraman Bhagwan Mahavira, he thought in this way: - "This Shraman Bhagwan Mahavira is the Mahamahan, the possessor of born knowledge and vision, and the one who has attained the perfection of all good deeds. I will bow to this Shraman Bhagwan Mahavira, prostrate to him, and offer him hospitality, food, and drink (and prepare a comfortable seat for him).
1. See Sutra-number 11 2. See Sutra-number 185 3. See Sutra-number 188 4. See Sutra-number 188