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Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra.
Vol I Part II CHAHTER I. Sixteenth Previous Bhava. Birth of Visvabhūti Kumāra-Visvabhūti Kumāra going to Puspa-karaņdaka garden for amusement during Spring Festival-Visvabhaūti Kumāra treacherously sent with a large army to fight with a frontier feudatory prince at the instigation of Queen Madana-lékhā. When Viévabhūti Kumāra returned home, he realised that it was a well-designed plan of Madana-lèkhā to drive him out from the garden to make room for her son Višākha-nandi. Becoming enraged at this insulting diplomacy, Visvabhūti Kumāra renounces the pleasurable enjoyments of the world, and he takes Bhāgavati Diksā at the hands of Ācārya Sambhūti Sūri. Viśvabhūti Muni practised severe austerities during his ascetic life, and went to various towns and villages with the object of preaching the principles of the Tirthankaras.-When Visvabhūti Muni-whose body had become greatly debilitated by continuous fastings and strict penances-was going for alms after a continuous fasting of one month at Mathurā (Muttrā), he was accidentally knocked down by a rushing cow. On seeing that Visvabhūti Muni had fallen down on the ground owing to a strong impact with the body of the cow, his cousin Višākha-nandi who had gone to Mathurā with a number of his attendents on his marriage--ceremony with the daughter of the king of that place, began to crack jokes at the withered condition of the body of Visvabhūti Muni. The penitent Muni was greatly offended, and he made a niyāņa-nidāna-a firm determination) to be able to possess, after deatlı, sufficient strength to kill all those persons at one blow, by way of revenge. Athough Visvabhùti Muni was repeatedly aavised by Sthayiras and others to desist from the attempt, he
| SR No. | 010679 |
| Book Title | Jiva Vichar Prakaranam |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay |
| Publisher | Ratnaprabhvijay |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 240 |
| Language | Sanskrit, Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 33 MB |