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shaking violently like a plece of grass with flerce winds on account of emaciation of his body brought on by severe austerities, and with a skeleton-like body manifestly covered only with skin and blood-vessels by the wasting of muscles and blood, the Muni, as white as the Moon of the first day of the month, weat along the high road, where Visakhanandi Kumăra who had come there with the object of marrying the daughter of the king's sister, had previously put up.
34. Now, on seeing Visvabhūti Muni there, and recognizing him by a few prominent signs, some of the domestic servants of Visākhanandi Kumāra said “O master ! Can you identify this Muni? He said "I cannot recognize him accurately. They, then, sald:-O Prince ! He is the same Visvabhūti Kumāra who had taken Diksă before." On exactly recognizing the Muni, Višākhanandi Kumāra was greatly enraged on account of his previous displeasure towards him.
At that time, while Visvabhūti Muni was passing by that road and his mind was studiously engaged in careful-walking so as to avoid destruction of animal life, he was accidently tossed up and thrown down on the ground by a recently-delivered cow. On seeing Visvabhūti Muni thus fallen on the ground, Vitákbanandi and his servants rejoicingly made a challengiug shout, dashed with their feet three times against the ground, clapped their hands a number of times, and creating noise amongst themselves, loudly said, “Ah ! Where is that strength of yours, capable of felling down wood-apples, gone away that you have been thrown down by an ordinary cow !" On turning his face towards that direction and opening his eyes wide awake, Visvabbūti Muni saw Visakhanandi and his servants and he accurately recognized them.
From that time onward, the serenity of his mind disappear ed, discrimination left him, intense wrath commenced to leap up and manly vigour began to manifest itself. He at once ran, and holding the cow firmly by her horns and turning her like
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| SR No. | 008001 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 1 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Parimal Publication |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 650 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion |
| File Size | 15 MB |