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Jagamāla, however, would not be pacified so easily, with the result that he was turned out of the Gaccha. This added fuel to the fire, and going to Petlād he poisoned the governor's ears against the Sûri The enraged ruler sent his police-men to arrest the saint. Finding it difficult to perform the task, however, they asked for cavelry aid, which too was immediately sanctioned The Jainas, on the other hand, filled the pockets of the horse-soldiers with coins, which had their magic effect on them and, as a natural consequence, they were turned against Jaga māla himself
All the same, Jagamāla was not a man to give in at this stage He directly approached Emperor Akbar, and, having convinced him by this way or that, got an order to Governor Sāhib Khân But this time too, luck merely laughed at him; and Mānu Kalyāṇa and Mansing, coming to know all this, brought the fact to the Emperor s notice who issued an order against Jagamāla, which was forthwith sent to Gandhara even before the fellow could reach Cujarat. Hence he could do no wrong to the holy sage, and it was only at the request of Emperor Akbar (when once the Suri happened to see him that he was again accepted in the ford of the Gaccha I
Once Śri Hiravijaya Sûri came to Kuñagera (three miles away from Pātan) and stayed there for Căturmása At the time one *Somasundara Ācārya also was there. Paryúsaņa having been over, +Udayaprabha Sûri happened to visit the place He sent a
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*This Somasundara Sūri need not be identified with the 50th Pattadhara who possesses the same name
+ This Udayaprabha Súri seems to have been slack in behaviour, for during the rainy season-the Cāturmāsa-wandering from the village to another is forbidden.
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