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MAHAVIR AND THE COWHERD. M OTIONLESS by the side of a bush in a wild and a lonely IV place stood the Great Lord performing his penances. Silent-nay rapt in Silence was he standing there absorbed and lost in one eternal meditation, and with a mind hidden deep under fold upon fold of thought. Nothing in the world not Kingship, nor father-hood nor wealth nor power-could for a moment tempt him to awake from his meditation. One desire, and one alone had He, to destroy the ignorance of the Soul, and to become perfect.
The forest stood as if painted on air. No breeze stirred a single leaf. The birds remained on the boughs, with throats opened to sing, but no sound came forth. Suddenly the silence of the forest was broken. A cowherd comes with his cow, and asks the Lord of Ahimsa to take care of her. The Lord does not hear him. The Cowherd leaves the cow in the care of Mahavir and disappears. The cow stands by the side of the bush for a while, and disappears too. All this while, the Lord had been absorbed in one meditation. The cowherd returns and finding no cow there, asks the Lord about her. The Lord is silent ! The Lord is silent! The Cowherd becomes furious, and starts in search of the Cow. He searches every bush and exam cave, but no cow is to be found. More furignage the side of with the intention of killing bopen thy mouth, and confess
To his great surprithe Cowherd. The Lord is silent ! "Open, or see this hand of mine which will make thy end," says the Cowherd. The Lord is silent. Full of anger he takes the cord from the neck of the cow in his hand, and whips the Lord. The Lord is silent! The Cowherd becomes furious and beats the Lord even severely than before, but the Lord is silent ! Indra the God of gods could not see this sight. He descends from heaven to the help of the Lord. The Lord wakes up and
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| SR No. | 034890 |
| Book Title | Jaina Gazette 1928 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ajitprasad, C S Mallinath |
| Publisher | Jaina Gazettee Office |
| Publication Year | 1928 |
| Total Pages | 502 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 33 MB |