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Eighth Study: MahaaShataka] The Sorrowful End of Revati
256. Then that Revati, the Gahaavaini, having been spoken to by the MahaaShataka, the Shramanopasaka, said to herself, "The MahaaShataka, the Shramanopasaka, is angry with me, he has ill-will towards me, he wants my harm, I don't know by what evil death I will be killed." Thinking thus, she became fearful, terrified, distressed, agitated, and trembling with fear, she slowly left from there and came home. Her mind became filled with sadness, (she was immersed in the ocean of worry and sorrow, with her face in her palms, lost in deep meditation, her gaze fixed on the ground) she became distraught and lost in thought.
257. Then that Revati, the Gahaavaini, overwhelmed by the laziness of the disease, became afflicted with severe pain and suffering. She spent her time in misery, and after completing her lifespan, she was born in the Naraka called Loluppaachyuta in the Ratnaprabha, the first Naraka, among the Naireyikas who have a lifespan of eighty-four thousand years.
The Message of Inspiration from Gautama to the Lord
258. At that time, the Shraman, Bhagavan Mahavira, arrived in Rajagriha. The Samavasarana took place. The assembly gathered, listened to the Dharmadeshana, and then departed.
259. "Gotama! This Shraman, Bhagavan Mahavira, said, "Gotama! In this city of Rajagriha, there is a Shramanopasaka named MahaaShataka, who is my devotee, who is staying in a Posha-sala, who is suffering from a disease that is causing him to lose his body, and who is spending his time in the last stages of life, waiting for death."
1. See Sutra number 11.