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telling him.
“And do you know what happened, Megh, because you sacrificed your life for the life of another living being?,” Lord Mahavira asked him.
"No, I do not,” the prince replied.
"You were reincarnated at once as the prince who you now are.”
The effect of the story upon the prince was enormous. The prince saw before his eyes everything that he had sought to know about himself. He saw the energy of his causal and most subtle and miraculous body. He felt a change come over him that was so profound even Lord Mahavira was held in awe.
The prince decided at once to stay in the forest with Lord Mahavira and the other monks to live the hard life. Later, the prince returned to his palace and he ruled as one who had a vision of the truth and the perfect goodness of an awakened soul.
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