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day. The cowherd felt that this was due to some God on the spot. He got together some men and started diggiog the spot. After the digging proceeded for some time, a voice came from below; "Slowly ! Slowly! The spade therefore worked carefully and it was found that it bad touched the Image, and but for the supernatural warding the Image would bave been injured. The deligh. ted cowherds carefully seperated the Image from its eartbly prison, wondered at it and worsbipped it
When the newe got abroad and Jainas found it to be an image of their Lord Mabavira they came and tried to ohift the Image but about 900 chariots broke under it and when they got voluntary consent of the cowbord and be touched the rains only then they succeeded in moving it first to a modest temple.
His Highness the Mabaraja of Bharatpur sen. tenced his treasurer to be shot dead with a gun. The treasurer was perhaps innocent and in bis hope. less Deel, he invoked the assistance of the image vowing that be would dedicate Rs. 50,000 if he escaped death from the gup. The next morning wben the man was to be shot, gun was fired at bim, but it would not go. The man was saved. The matter being reported to the Maharaja, be ordered that the treasurer should be shot next day. The treasurer fearing to lose his life which he believed to have been saved by Lord Mabavira in this miraculous manner, again passed his whole time in weep. ing and supplicating to the Lord to save him again and he also vowed to increase his votive offering of the preceeding day from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 75,000. The next day also
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| SR No. | 035297 |
| Book Title | Vardhaman Mahavir |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Digambardas Jain |
| Publisher | Digambardas Jain |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 550 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 134 MB |