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deeds. I am entirely disparaged. I am not willing to give you trouble from now; you can fearlessly go for alms to villages towns etc. Why should you suffer froin the pangs of hunger ?" Śramana Bhagavān Mahāvīra then told him, “O Samgamaka ! You leave aside all anxiety about me. I shall do every work at its appropriate time.” Having respectfully bowed down at the feet of Sramaņa Bhagavān Mabăvira, the disappointed Samgamaka déve distressed by the heavy burden of terrible sins, went away to his svarga (heaven )
During all this period of barassment, the gods and goddesses of Saudharma déva-loka were mentally troubled, joyless, and devoid of energy. Indra himself abandoned anointing, ornamentation and dramatic performances, and he thought :-“ Ab! I myself became the fole cause of bad conduct towards Sramnara Bhagvàn Mabăvira, because, the wicked god, enraged by my praises, did this heinous act.” At that moment, the vile Samgamaka-déve defiled as if by the mire of sin of destruction of all the living beings of the three worlds-with his body polluted by the dust of infanıy of various kinds,-filled with series of in-auspiciousness, with loss of his former luster, and with his eyes contracted by shame resulting from breach of promise, entered the assemblyhall. On seeing him. Purandara, sitting with his face turned backwards, saiù - “ O gods I Listen to me. It is not at all advisable for you to look at Samga naka-dévs as towards a cindala (# man of the lowest stratum of Soclety universally despised and sbred). That cruel beinous god bas offended me by barassing our Worshiplul Lord of the formidable ocean of this worldly existence but he was not afraid of me while doing a grave inisdeed. Have I borne the great burden of steady equanimity of mind in a way Sramaņa Bhagavån Mabăvira has been doing that he did not even care for me : By tormenting the Worshipful Lord, he has earned for himself a beavy load of terrible sin, and by asso. ciating with him, all of you sittiog here will be participators of sin Am I not able to prevent him from doing harassments ? But, then, by doing so, he would think that Jinésvaras do pena. ace with the help of Indra. What else to say ? Drive bįm out
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| SR No. | 008002 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 2 Vibhag 1 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Parimal Publication |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 623 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion |
| File Size | 14 MB |