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18. BEAVA
day her husband arrived. The couple was very happy, and rejoiced to have been set on the way of perfection by the best of teachers. In the course of time Ratnavati gave birth to a boy; Maitribala then entered the Order, and Guņacandra became king. 689,5.
Once during the monsoon king Gunacandra saw the river carrying an enormous volume of water, destroying the banks and causing ruin everywhere. Again in autumn he beheld the same river now returned to its old bed and filled with pure water. This river struck him as a simile of man first in a worldly state of mind and again in that of renunciation. He resolved to enter the Order, and went, together with Ratnavati, to Benares, where Vijayadharma initiated him, his wife, and many persons of rank. Gunacandra passed some time as an ordinary monk; at last he was allowed to wander about by himself. 692, 16.
Once in Kollága he was standing motionless in deep meditation. Vanamantara, his old enemy, perceived him from the sky and threw a huge rock on him, which, however, did him very little harm; twice the Vidyadhara repeated the assault with no more success. He then thought of bringing about his ruin by the following design. After having stolen something valuable and placed it near the saint. he pointed him out to the policemen as the robber. Although they did not at first believe him guilty, still when he returned no answer to their questions, they grew angry and informed king 'Visvasena. The latter on recognizing Gunacandra was desolate that so holy a man should have been injured, and he would have apprehended Vänamantara if the Vidyadhara had not made himself invisible. The king paid homage to the saint and made the queens to the same. A woodcutter who had witnessed the falling of the rock, informed the king of the details; but the enormous noise produced by it, he said, had made him faint with fright. The king was overcome by grief at the maligñity of the Vidyadhara, and at the injuries inflicted by him on Gunacandra. The latter on the completion of his meditation comforied the king : the pain caused him by Vanamantara was a mere trifle; the Samsára wasbut continual suffering, wherefore the wiso took refuge under the tree of the
| SR No. | 010741 |
| Book Title | Samraicca Kaha Vol 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Jacobi |
| Publisher | Asiatic Society |
| Publication Year | 1926 |
| Total Pages | 938 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 33 MB |