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became almost filled up with tigers, lions, bears, and other ferrocious animals frightened by the approaching fire, and you had very scanty space wherein you can stand with difficulty. After standing there, for some time, you raised up your foot a little to relieve an itching sensation in your body. A rabbit pushed by the pressure of the crowd, at once occupied the space created by the raising of your foot. As soon as you tried to set your foot on the ground, you saw that there was a rabbit underneath it. Out of compassion for the rabbit, lest it may be crushed to death, you kept standing with your foot raised up'
'During the fire that lasted for two days and a half, you remained standing on your three legs. When, with the subsidence of the fire, all the other animals went away into the surrounding forest, you tried to walk with the idea of going away from that place. But as your feet had become benumbed by standing on three legs only, you fell down heavily on the ground, and you died after suffering severe agony for three days, with a heart full of compassion, having completed an age-limit of one hundred years.
On account of your having shown compassion towards living creatures during that lite, you are born as a son of King Śréņika and Dhāriņi. You have now left off worldly enjoyments and have accepted ascetic life, you possess more strength, more manly vigour, and more intelligence. O Mégha' even during your brute life, you suffered terrible agonies with great tranquility of mind for a merciful act, then, how is it that you are grieved by the touch of the dust of the feet of the Sadhus, whose feet are fit to be worshipped by the three worlds?
On hearing the events of his previous life from the mouth of Śramana Bhagavān Mahāvīra, the mind of Mégha Kumāra Muni became perfectly calm, and he became steady and more energetic in the practice of his religious duties. He had tears of joy and his entire body became horripilated with extreme joy,
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| SR No. | 008003 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 2 Vibhag 2 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Parimal Publication |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 802 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion |
| File Size | 20 MB |