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ascetic standing in meditation his anger and animosity were inflamed. The snake encircled the whole body of the ascetic. He bit the ascetic at many spots on the body. He filled the whole body of the ascetic with biteholes.
The ascetic stood composed in spite of the intense agony of the poison. He thought—This snake is my friend not enemy. He has today provided me the opportunity of enduring pain. If I endure this pain with equanimity, my karmas will be destroyed soon. Abandoning his body in that state of equanimity ascetic Kiranveg reincarnated as a god in the twelfth heaven,
The poisonous snake was one day burnt in a forest-fire. He went to the sixth
hell. VAJRANAABH AND KURANG BHEEL
The soul that was Marubhuti reincarnated as a prince in Shubhankara city
Come Vajra Kumar ! in Mahavideh area.
Sit near me. As a child his body was very powerful and strong like diamond (vajra); therefore he was named Vajranaabh.
Even as an adolescent Vajranaabh appeared very powerful and strong. As he grew he was sent to school for studies. Soon he became expert of all the sixty four subjects. Vajranaabh returned to the city after completing his studies.
When he matured his parents said "Son ! Now we both want to renounce the world and get initiated. But before that you have to do two things."
Mother—"Son ! You have to get married and continue our lineage. You have to take
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