Acharya Bhadrabahu Diwakar Chitrakatha 053

Author(s): Jinottamsuri, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai

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The king requested
Next day when Varahamihir was on the street people started taunting him
Bhagavan ! I was foolishly caught in his vainglory. Please show me the path of true religion.
What sort of pundit is this who cannot predict the future of even a kid. How would he tell our future ?
Brother! He is a mere fraud. He called himself to be the son of the sun-god. Today he non
is an open book.
The pious company of Acharyashiri the king into a devotee.
When he reached the court, the king also insulted him
Varahamihir ! considered you to be gold but you have proved to be a scrap of iron. Now never show
your face to me.
Oh ! Misfortune has befallen me. The knowledge
and prestige 1 acquired in years has turned to dust today
Saddened by this, Varahamihir straightway went into the forest. Dressed as a Parivrajak mendicant, he wandered around without food and water. I cannot
One day he died in the jungle and
reincarnated as a Vaan-vyantar even show my interstitial) god. With his perverse face to any- mental power he sawbody now.
Oh ! My brother Bhadrabahu is the cause of all • my misery. I will
take revenge.
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