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BHAGAWAN MALLINATH
then laid siege on Mithilä. The city could not withstand the siege from the six kingdoms. This was indeed a big problem.
When princess Malli came to know of the situation and the problem she contemplated on the issue. Gifted with an enlightened mind, she realized that the root cause of the problem lay in her earlier life. She recalled her life as King Mahäbal and all the events of that life. She realized that due to their deep affection for her in their previous life all the six kings coveted to be near her.
Malli decided that since she was the cause of the problem she should find a solution. She requested her father not to worry and leave everything to her. She remembered that the palace had a hall with six doors. Behind each door she arranged beautifully furnished rooms. The doors of the hall were fitted with a fine screen through which people sitting in the rooms could look into the hall but they could not see what was happening in the other five rooms.
Six kings looking at the statue of Malli
Princess Malli commissioned a lifelike statue of herself so that anyone looking at the statue would believe that it was the princess herself. The inside of the statue was hollow with a hole at the top, which could be covered tightly. The statue was placed in the middle of the hall and a maidservant was asked to put a morsel of food twice a day within its cavity and to close its top immediately
Then she requested her father to send invitations to all six kings to come to the hall to meet her. The plan was to invite them to the hall in the evening and have them wait in the room assigned to them. At the appropriate time all the kings came and occupied their respective rooms. As they glanced through the
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| SR No. | 201043 |
| Book Title | Bhagwan Mallinath |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | JAINA Education Committee |
| Publisher | JAINA Education Committee |
| Publication Year | 2010 |
| Total Pages | 4 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Article, Jaina_Education, & 0_Jaina_education_Story |
| File Size | 1 MB |