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and thinking of going to village and town without any restriction. At that time the Worshipful Bhagavān seeing the good or bad consequences of the past, future, and present events of all living beings, through the mediuin of his pure Kévala Jóāņa, knew the future evil consequences of Jamāli's behaviour, and he remained silent although Jamāli asked him repeatedly. Then, realizing that “ What is not forbidden is permissible" Jamali acco mpanied by five hundred sädhus, and followed by Priyadarśanā accompanied by one thousand sādhvis began to wander over various villages and towns.
One day, going from one village to another Jamâli came to Śrávasti Nagarî and lived in a garden named Kostaka outside the town While living there, Jamali had severe bilious fever, caused by getting tasteless dry cold mean, unwholesome food. Becoming debilitated by fever, and unable to sit up, Jamāli asked his sādhus :-O sādhus ! Have you made my bedding ready for me." On hearing these words of Jamali, the sādhus quickly began to spread his bedding. Disabled by agonising pains and unable to sit any longer, Jamāli repeatedly inquired :- sādhus ! Have you spread the bedding for me or not? When they said:--Yes, it has been spread, Jamali at once got up and went to them. On seeing the bedding being spread out, he said under an impulse of Mithyātva (wrong belief):-0 Munis ? I have, now, known the tattva (real essence). It is this-Only an act that is done (completed) can be said to be done, but that which is being done cannot be said to be done. What you said that the bedding is spread when it is being spread out, is false.
And thus :
फडमाणं कडमुप्पज्जाणमुप्पन्नमेवमाईवि । वागरइ जं जिर्णिदो दिविरोहा न तं घडइ ॥ १ ॥ अवरावरसमयसमूहजोगनिप्फज्जमाणकज्जवि । कह पारंभेच्चिय कडमिमंतु वोतुं खमं होज्जा ॥२॥
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