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Kumāra, He who unites another in the path of morality, rules of civic life, and in the path of True Religion, is his real bene. factor. The acquisition of true faithful friends depends chiefly on punya (meritorious deeds ). Besides, company of virtuous persons and constant study of the principles of the True Religion are chiefly instrumental in Prog, essive Spiritual Advancement. With such benevolent ideas in his mind, the eminently wise Abhaya Kumāra had a beautiful and highly decorated diamond image of Tirthankara Bhagavān Sri Rsabha-déva Swami placed with due ceremony in a hand-some box and having applied a lock and his own seals, Abhaya Kumara handed over key and the box securely packed to the man who was going to Ardra Kumara with specific instructions that he should give the box and the key to Ardra Kumāra, and that Ārdra Kumāra should, personally open the box in private and also that he should not show the box to anyone else. The servant as instructed, gave the box and the key to Ardra Kumära. On opening the box in his private hall, and seeing the image of Tirthankara Bhagavān Śrî Rsabha-deva Swāmi, Ardra Kumära thought :-- What must this thing be like ? Could I have seen such a thing before ? By constant thinking and deep meditation on the subject Ārdra Kumāra came to know the incident of his third previous life.
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Ārdra Kumāra was, now, able to know that during his third previous life, he was a peasant named Sāmāyika. He had a wife named Bandhumati. Both of them had taken Bhagavati Dikşā. Now, Sámāyika Muni was moving about from town to town and village to village along with his Guru (preceptor), and Bandhumati Sadhvî was, also, similarly moving about with her Gurupi (chief nun), and both of them were leading their individual ascetic life, with great credit without the slightest blemish on their part.
It accidently so happened that Bandhumati in company with her Quruņi, arrived, by chance, to the village where Sāmāyika
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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 |