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Sikri and other places, he had shouldered the responsibility of guiding and protecting the Caccha accomplished the uplift of the Faith.
Staying in Gujerat he
When his preceptor asked him to go to Emperor Akabar as promised by him before, he at once set out, and visiting Patana and other towns and paying homage to the holy Abu he arrived at Shirohi, where the Suratrâna warmly welcomed him From there again, he started and via Rāṇakpur, Varakāņa and his native place Nadol, came to Ludhiānā, Here he came across Faizy, Abul Fazala's beloved brother, who was held in good esteem even by Emperor Akabar. At an experiment of Aṣṭāva. dhana Faizy was struck with wonder and when he went to Lahore, he applauded Sri Vijyasena Sūri before the Emperor.
The Suri entered Lahore on the twelfth day of the dark half of Jyestha in V. S. 1649, when he was accorded a royal reception by the Emperor himself He too, even as his preceptor, propitiated Akabar by his learning and at his instance the Emperor issued further edicts of kindness
At one occasion the Sūri advised the Emperor to prohibit six things in his Empire and as a result an ordinance was issued to the effect. The six things forbidden by the declaration were: (1) Injury to the cow, (2) Injury to the ox, (3) Injury to a she-buffalo, (4) Injirvy to a he-buffalo, (5) Acceptance of the wealth of a barren woman, and (6) Arresting of lavdators or bards.
The glory of the Suri in the court enraged the Brahmins who decided to undo him by hook or crook, and at an oppor. tune moment they complained to Emperor Akabar that the Jainas neither believed in God nor accepted the Sun-god as a deity and that they even dis-regarded the holy Ganges.
At Akabar's enquiry about this, the Sûri politely said: "We shall discuss the matter in the council so that all may get an
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