Book Title: Awakening
Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org 16 Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir her fascination for his youth. Though he fell into her snare, he remained unaffected like a lotus that remains untouched by water. He said, "Kapila! I am a eunuch. I do not have that masculinity which you desire". Sudharshan Sait said this only to safeguard his self-discipline. Therefore, though it was an untruth apparently, it was a truth actually. Sudharshan Sait had taken an oath that he would not go alone to anybody's house, because he was a strict observer of the principles of chastity, austerity and fidelity to his wife. Beauty and youth are also wealth. It is necessary to take care of them, lest they should be robbed by others. When Kapila saw through the window of the mansion, Sudharshan Sait, in the company of his wife and children, she began to burn with anger. She realised that the Sait had deceived her, by uttering a lie. When a sheep's body catches fire, it runs hither and thither madly and spreads fire everywhere. Kapila did the same thing. She provoked passion in the mind of Maharani Abhaya. As a result of this, when the Sait was absorbed in prayer in the prayerhall, he was abducted from there and he was produced before the queen in a private chamber. The mind which is calm like still waters, can be disturbed just as a tiny stone can produce waves on still water. As opposed to this, if ice is solid and strong, it cannot be broken even by the strokes of a For Private And Personal Use Only

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