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consequence he had indigestion. The pain and stench due to indigestion became intolerable. In this condition he started thinking - "Such tasty and fragrant things turned into stinking excreta as soon as they came in contact with the body. This body is made of filth and anything that comes in contact with the body ultimately turns into filth. Curse this body the pleasures of which inspire man to indulge in so much sin."
This feeling of revulsion for filth gradually transcended into pious attitude and finally leads to Kewal-jnana. It was the parinamiki buddhi that was instrumental in inspiring this turn of attitude.
4. The goddess - In ancient times in a city named Pushpabhadra there was a king named Pushpaketu. The names of his wife, son and daughter were Pushpavati, Pushpachul and Pushpachula respectively. By the time the son and the daughter were young unfortunately queen Pushpavati died and she reincarnated as a goddess.
As a goddess, when she saw her husband, son, daughter and other members of the family with the help of her Avadhilnana she thought if her daughter Pushpachula takes the spiritual path it will benefit her. With these thoughts she used her divine powers and vividly showed Pushpachula in her dream the horrifying scenes of agonising tortures of the hell. This dream infused a feeling of detachment in the mind of Pushpachula and renouncing the mundane pleasures she turned into an ascetic. As ascetic she strictly followed the ascetic code of conduct and indulged in harsh penance and deep meditation to destroy the vitiating karmas and attain Kewal-jnana. In the end getting liberated from the cycles of rebirth she attained moksha. The parinamiki buddhi of a goddess was instrumental in a soul's attaining the status of Siddha.
5. Uditodaya - The name of the king of a city named Purimtal was Uditodaya. His queen's name was Shrikanta. The royal couple was very religious and lived happily following the codes of Shravak conduct. One day a parivrajika (a type of female mendicant) came to the palace and preached the religion based on physical cleansing. When the queen gave no heed to her preaching she got angry and left. Considering it to be her insult the parivrajika, in order to take revenge, went to king Dharmaruchi of Varanasi, praised the beauty of queen Shrikanta and instigated Dharmaruchi to get her.
Dharmaruchi marched on Purimtal and laid a siege on the city. During the night king Uditodaya thought that if he fought a war there will be a horrible man slaughter and innumerable innocent lives will be lost for nothing. In order to find a way to avoid this terrible violence he decided to worship Vaishraman god and started a three day fast. As soon as the penance was over, Vaishraman godappeared. King Uditodaya told him about his problem and asked for some way to avoid the impending man slaughter. The god was impressed by the king's compassion and he at once moved the city to a distant area with his divine power.
Next morning when king Dharmaruchi got up he was astonished to see that Purimtal city had disappeared from the area of siege. With disappointment he retreated and a terrible man slaughter was avoided.
6. The monk and Nandisen - Emperor Shrenik of Rajagriha had a son named Nandishen. When he got matured king Shrenik married him to many beautiful and virtuous princesses.
Wandering from one village to another, once Bhagavan Mahavir came to Rajagriha. King Shrenik went with his family to pay homage to Bhagavan Mahavir. Aagam- 44 -NandiSootra
85- Compiled by- Deepratnasagar
