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Minister K adeva, to test the royalty asked one of the claimant-princes to sit on the throne. While sitting, the prince could not even manage his royal robes. The upper cloth fell off from his shoulders. All the ministers declared him unworthy and asked the second claimant to sit on the throne. As soon as he sat on the throne, with folded hands paid homage to all the ministers. An aged minister commented, “He will surrender himself to the enemies and give away every inch of Gurjara kingdom to them."Unanimously the ministers rejected him also. Finally they asked Kum rap la to sit on the throne because c rya Hemacandra and the astrologers had already predicted that Kum rap la would succeed to the vast Gurjara kingdom after Siddhar ja and he will take its honour to unparallel heights”. Receiving a sign from the ministers, Kum rap la walked majestically towards the throne like a lion and sat on it managing the royal attire perfectly as if he had been practising it for ages.
The moment Kum rap la sat on the throne, he hold the hilt of the sword tightly in his fist and slowly started swinging it. All the feudatories declared in chorus, "He will become the powerful king of our Gurjara kingdom. He will conquer the enemy, enlarge the territories and attain name and fame.” The coronation ceremony was performed with splendour and grandeur and thus Kum rap la became the king of vast Gurjara Kingdom.
Taking the reins of the kingdom into his hands, Kum rap la suppressed the internal and external rebels with an iron hand and within a short time he extended the territories in all the four directions.
Before ascending the throne, crya Hemacandra S ri saved his life at the time of peril, extended his help in all aspects and boosted his morale. For all these favours, Kum rap la remained eternally grateful and became a loyal devotee of crya all his life.
To oblige Hemacandra for his help, he used to present himself in his service, obey his orders and felt blessed and pleased while executing them. c rya Suhasti enlightening King Samprati, made Jainism spread even to distant lands, and c rya Siddhasena imparting spiritual knowledge to King Vikram ditya glorified Jain religion under royal patronage. After these two stalwart c ryas only c rya Hemacandra turned out to be a powerful c rya like them. No one equal to them
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| SR No. | 007597 |
| Book Title | Jain Legend Vol 4 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana |
| Publisher | Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana |
| Publication Year | 2011 |
| Total Pages | 241 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 2 MB |