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who kill five-sensed living beings,--such wicked persons are born in hell, and they suffer terrible miseries, for innumerable years.
On hearing the preaching, greatly terrified Arjuna Māli approached sramaņa Bhagavāna Mahavîra-Benefactor and Teacher of the Three Worlds-and with the palms of his hands folded in the form of an anjali and brought in front of his forehead, he requested the Worshipful Lord saying.-O Lord! I being posse. ssed by an Yakşa, killed numerous innocent persons, and I shall certainly have to go to hell and suffer terrible miseries there. Therefore, O Swāmın! You will be pleased to do me the favour of showing a remedy by which I may not have to go to hell. Śramaņa Bhagavāna Mahävira replied:-0 Arjuna! If you are really afraid of going to hell after death, you take Bhagavati Dikşā (ascetic life) and it will surely make you free from the horrors of hell.'
Arjuna Mali terribly afraid of the miseries of hell respectfully took Bhägavati Dikşă from the Jinéśvara Bhagavāna with his heart full of joy and he told the Worshippful Lord. O Venerable Lord! From to-day, I will observe a two days' fating with a frugal diet on the third day and I shall calmly endure insults and torments from people.
With this firm determination in his mind, Arjuna Māli remained steady in religious meditation renouncing his body in Kāyotsarga, in the temple of the Yaksa. People coming into the temple not only angrily caused Arjuna Mālî a variety of insults but the wicked persons were beating him with their frsts, feet, sticks etc. But Arjuna Māli always thinking it to be his own fault, did not bear the least anger towards them. Arjuna Mäli so calmly endured all molestations and hardships that having destroyed all his Karmas within six months he attained Mokşa Pada (State of Final Emancipation). Just as the great personality Arjuna Māli patiently endured all the taunts, insults and chastisements given to him by the people in the same manner, O Sadhus
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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 |