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his mother's ill-treatment towards himself was caused by his father King Śréņika himself. Consequently even after imprisonment, King Śréņika was very harshly treated by Kuņika and was put to a number of tormentations by him No one was allowed to go to the King without Kuņik's permission Queen Céliand could not be prevented from going, and so she alone was allowed to go to him. Kunika intended to kill King Sréņika by putting him to a number of cruel tormentations and by hunger. Cellaņā-dévi used to feed the king secretly with sweet-balls and some strong wine, hidden in her garments,
When one day King Kupika was taking his meals, his affectionate son Udayî was in his lap. Kunik's mother Céllană - dévi was sitting opposite to him. While the king was happily tasting his food, the child in his lap voided urine and the stream of urine fell into the king's dish, with the intention that flow of his son's urine should not be stopped Kupika did not remove him from his lap but throwing off a small portion of the food with his own hands he ate the remaining food from the dish.
Now, taking this incident as the appropriate opportunity, Cellaņā- dévì talked about parental love towards one's own child. She referred to the way how he was affectionately brought back by King Śréņika from the heap of rubbish where he was thrown away by herself soon after his birth and how King Śréņika used to keep Kupik's suppurating finger into his own month with the object of allaying pain in the wound caused by a hen biting off a portion of his finger when he was lying unprotected there
Kuņika now realised his own fault. He repented for having imprisoned King Srèņika out of his love for power. With the object of breaking open the king's shackles of bondage with his own hands, Kûņika ran towards the prison with a big ironhammer in his hand. But King Śréņika on seeing Kanika com ing to the prison with a hammer in his hand, thought that Kúnika would kill him with cruel tormentations and so, he himself committed suicide. Kupika became much grieved After the death
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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 |