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in सचित्र उत्तराध्ययन सूत्र
द्वाविंश अध्ययन २७०
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beings and ordered to turn the elephant to his inhabitance. Due to this unexpected event Räjimati swooned on account great grief.
Aristanemi has accepted consecration at the auspicious fifth day of Srāvana the white lunar month (190T STEFT TH-hearing this information the heart and the expectations of Räjimati broken up, she became engulfed by grief. She firmly determined to move on the path trodden by Aristanemi.
Rathanemi put his proposal for marriage before Räjimati, then she rejected it by giving cause 'I am deserted by Aristanemi' so made Rathanemi disinclined. Being disappointed Rathanemi accepted consecration. After becoming Aristanemi omniscient, Räjimati also accepted consecration with many other women.
Once Aristanemi was staying at mountain Raivataka. Räjimati was going with ultimate wish to adorable visit of Aristanemi with many other nuns. While all these were in path, it began to rain cats and dogs with tremendous wind and storm. All the nuns went hither and thither to safe themselves. Due to dense black clouds, darkness prevailed in the day time; because the sun was covered by the black clouds.
Rajimati was drenched from top to toe. Her cloths were also filled with water. Water was oozing from them. Seeking for shelter, a cave came in her glance. She entered there. Though in that cave Rathanemi was standing in meditation but due to dense darkness she could not see him. Apprehending totally lonely place she put off all her wet cloths, ringed and spread for drying, became nude.
At the same time lightning take place with bolt, with that the cave filled by light. Due to the crack bolt of lightning the meditation of Rathanemi disrupted. In that momentary light Rathanemi and Rajimati both saw another.
Seeing Räjimati without cloths the mind of Rathanemi disturbed. Räjimati at once covered her breast by her both hands and sit down shrinking parts and portions of her body.
Giddy hearted Rathanemi begged Räjimati for enjoying sensual pleasures and said that in decaying age we shall practise restrain.
But Rajimati did not accord with ideas of Rathanemi. She memorised about the highest families and lineages to which both of them belong.
She scolded Rathanemi by such vigorous words that his passionate intentions vanished and subdued as an elephant is subjugated by hook.
She also described the pungent and bither fruits-consequences of passionate ideas and sensual pleasures.
By all these Rathanemi became calm. Practising the excellent restrain-Räjimati and Rathanemi both obtained salvation.
This vigorous inspirational dialect is the central theme of this chapter. Its another speciality that the radiance and firmness to religion of women is also elaborated.
The vigorous dialect of Rajimati is of so much importance that it is also compiled in Daśavaikälika sūtra, chapter 2.
This chapter contains 51 couplets.
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