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On hearing the news of the death of Jamāli, Gapadhara Mahāraja Gautama Swāmī very respectfully paid homage to Sramapa Bhagavāna Mahāvira Swami and asked him :--Bhagavan ! where is your bad pupil named Jamali born after having done various austerities ? Śramana Bhagavāna Mahăvîra, then, narrated the whole account including his birth as a kilbişika god. When Indrabhūti Gautama inquired :--Bhagavān! What is the cause of Jamāli's birth as a kilbişika god after having practised severe austerities, Šramaņa Bhagavāna Mahävîra-the knowner of all objects and their various modifications-the only illuminator of the world-told him :-- Gautama! you carefully listen to the cause,
धम्मायाररयाणं आयरिमाणं विसुद्धसीलाणं । मुत्तप्पवत्तयाणं उज्झायाणं गुणनिहीणं ॥१॥ कुळगणसंघाणं पिय पडिणीया जे हवंति इहजीवा । विउलंपि तवं काउं ते किबिसिएमु जायंति ॥२॥ 1Dhammāyārarayānam ãyariānam visuddhasilãnam
Suttappavattayāņam ujjhâyâņam gunanihiņam 2. Kula gaņa sang häņam piya paļiņiyà jè havanti iha jívā
Viulampi tavam kāuni te kibbisiésu jāyanti
1-2. Those living beings, who become hostile in this world, towards ācāryas who are devoted to religious observances, and who are of pure noble character and who become hostile towards upādhyâyas (teachers) who are teachers of sūtras and who are a treasure of virtuous qualities, and those living beings who become hostile even to a kula (a congregation of sãdhus under one ācārya) to a gana (a combination of sådhus under different acāryas) and to a sangha (a congregation of sâdhus ( ascetics ) sädhvis (nuns) śrävakas (male laymen) and śrāvikās (female lay men ) are born as kilbişika gods even after doing rigorous austerities. Bhagavāna Śri Gautama Swămî again inquired:---Bhagavan !
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