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77777 0151h 450 Next day all necessary arrangements were made in the court. Sunanda sat on one side with numerous attractive toys and also some
eatables to entice the child. Showing these things to the child sitting 5 at the center of the assembly she gestured the child to come to her. Si The child thought—"Only when I do not go to my mother will she 4 be inspired to detach herself from her love for me and proceed on the 51 spiritual path. This will benefit us both.” With these thoughts he did 4 7 not move from where he was sitting. 4 Now his father, ascetic Dhangiri, addressed him—“O Vajra, if you 4. are firm in your resolution, accept this rajoharan (special broom
carried by Jain ascetics), the symbol of spiritual practice and remover
of the sand of karma." 4 Hearing these words child Vajra at once went to his father and
picked the rajoharan up. The king, who witnessed all this,
immediately gave the child to acharya Simhagiri. After seeking 5 permission from the sangh and the king, acharya Simhagiri formally 4 initiated him as an ascetic.
Sunanda also got detached. She thought—“When my brother, husband and son all have broken all worldly ties and become ascetics, 46 what will I do in my house all alone?” She also got initiated and accepted the spiritual path.
In due course acharya Simhagiri left the town with his disciples. 4 Ascetic Vajra was highly talented. When the acharya read the 4 scriptures to his disciples, Vajra listened very attentively. Just by 55 S hearing this way he gradually acquired complete knowledge of the 4 eleven Angas.
One day the acharya had gone out of the upashraya. Other 5 4 ascetics were also away for alms collection. Child ascetic Vajra 11 s playfully arranged the clothes of ascetics in a row and he himself sat 5
in the middle facing the row. Considering the heaps of clothes to be
his disciple he started giving discourse of the Angas to them. When 4 the acharya was returning into the upashraya he heard the sound of $ reading of the Angas. As he approached nearer he could recognize the 4 5 voice of ascetic Vajra. He was astonished at the perfect style of \i
reading and the unprecedented knowledge of the child. Cherishing the perfection of reading he arrived near ascetic Vajra. The child -
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