Arya Sthulabhadra Diwakar Chitrakatha 042

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

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Next day Vararuchi recited his verse in style. When he concluded Shakadal asked
Poet Sir Who has composed this, poetry ?
Who else
but me.
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How come my daughters recited these very verses yesterday.
This accusation surprised the whole assembly. Vararuchi was also annoyed. Shakadal then called his daughter Yaksha from behind the curtain
It is scandalous! I have composed these just now.
Yaksha, do you remember these verse
Yaksha came forward, greeted the king and repeated Vararuchi's verses. One after another Shakadal called all his daughters and they all did the same."
Sire, all my daughters remember these verses.
# All seven daughters of Shakadal were endowed with unique memory-skills. Yaksha memorized anything that she heard once, the second one when she heard twice, and so on. The seventh memorized all she heard 15 seven times. That is how they all repeated the versesate & Personal Use Only