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He worshipped the Mudgarapaani Yaksha. Arjun Mali was filled with extreme rage when the six members of the Lalita Gosthi of Rajgriha city corrupted the character of Bandhumati, and with the help of the Mudgarapaani Yaksha, he killed them. He began to perform a naked dance of violence! He killed seven people every day. Hearing of the arrival of Lord Mahavira, Sudarshan Shreshthi goes to see him. He frees Arjun from the Yaksha-paash and brings him to the feet of the Lord.
Outside Rajgriha, there was terror because of the Yaksha-possessed Arjun Mali. Who dared to venture out of the city! But when Lord Mahavira arrived, Sudarshan did not stop even when his parents forbade him. He set out to see the Lord. On the way, he encountered Arjun. The victory of non-violence over violence.
This narrative also states that there may be many named devotees, but true devotees are very rare. When clouds gather in the sky and come in droves, someone might tell a peacock, "Don't coo, don't make a sound!" The peacock will say, "This is never possible." A true devotee, when the time comes, will even stake his life, but will not back down. He knows that gold cannot be refined without being bathed in fire. A diamond cannot shine without being polished! Similarly, devotion cannot shine without suffering.
Arjun Mali becomes a Shraman and engages in intense penance. The one whose name once made even the bravest tremble, whose heart beat with fear, who had killed 1141 humans in five months and thirteen days, when he accepts the Nirgranth penance, his life is completely transformed. People scorn him by speaking harshly to him. They torture him with sticks, stones, bricks, and slaps, yet he does not feel anger! He thinks to himself:
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Kathai. Sanjaya 10
The Shraman is restrained and tamed, he suppresses his senses. If someone beats and hits him, he still thinks that this soul will never be destroyed, it is eternal, the body is fleeting. If it is destroyed, what is there for me to lose! Thinking in this way with equanimity, he endures even terrible calamities with calmness. Arjun attains liberation in just six months through his forgiving and intense penance.
Samana Sanjaya Danta Hanajj Koi Natthi Jeevasa Namutti Evam Pehejj
In the sixth chapter, there is also a description of the young monk who took vows at the tender age of six. From a historical perspective, he is the only monk who took vows at the youngest age during Mahavira's reign. Any other young monk
50. Uttaradhyayanasutra 2.27
51. 'Kumarasamane' tti Shadvarshjatasy Tasy Pravrajitatvat, Aha Cha 'Chhavariso Pavvaiyo Niggantham Hoiun Pavayanam' ti, Etadeva Cha Ascharyamiha Anyatha Varshashtkadarann Pravrajya Syad iti.
- Bhagavati Satikha Bha. 1. Sh. 5 U. 4, Su. 188, Patra 219-2
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