Jain Legend Vol 4

SR No.: 007597
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

Page 141

Kum rap la pronounced his verdict, 'A sin is expunged only by performing a virtuous deed. So construct a monastery with your hardearned money. This is the punishment for violating the royal order. Religious rituals and austerities will be performed in the monastery and you will acquire merit – the results of your meritorious deed.”
The merchant of Sap dalak a acquiescing the royal order, spent huge sums of money and constructed a monumental and magnificent monastery in Pa a a and it was named as ‘Yk (louse) Vih ra." Even Kum rap la accepting his guilt of J va-hims (violence against living beings) though done unintentionally and unknowingly, undergoing a thorough measure of contrition openly pronounced in royal court, “While wandering in the forest, I saw 20 silver coins collected and kept outside its hole by a mouse. I very casually took those coins into my hands. At the sight of losing its laboriously-collected money, the mouse died immediately, writhing in pain. I am guilty of its death. So let a large monastery be constructed and named as 'M aka (Mouse) Vih ra'. So he got an imposing monastery constructed in Pa a a which was named after the mouse as 'M aka Vih ra'.
All the above mentioned events illustrate the basic trait - gratitude' of Kum rap la (towards c rya).
He expressed his gratitude even to all those who helped him in small and ordinary ways. When Kum rap la was meandering in the forests trying to save his life, he had to spend three days without having even a grain of food. At the same time, a woman of bhya caste, who was going from her in-law's to her parents' home in a palanquin, offered Kum rap la delicious sweetmeats Karamba etc. Even after ascending the throne of the vast Gurjara kingdom, he did not forget the woman or the tasty 'Karamba' that she offered. To commemorate that event he built a monastery 'Karamba-Vih ra' in A ahillapura Pa a a.
To honour crya Hemacandra who enlightened him and his subjects with his preaching, and to express his gratitude in a tangible form, he renovated the dilapidated building 'S ligavasahi' in Stambha T rtha, where c rya ordained him into rama a dharma. Spending lavish sums of money, he got a Jina idol studded with diamonds installed in it.
141