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[ Lord Mahavira and Goshala
of the Lord, he repented in his mind for the behaviour that he had meted out to the Lord in the form of testing his ability and knowledge. At last he said, "What is futed must be awaited. The moon is hundreds of miles away in the sky, she shines in the night time, and is surrounded by innumerable stars on all sides, still she is not beyond the reach of destiny. Is not she eclipsed by Rahu (Dragon's Head) at the destined time ? Indeed it is impossible to get rid of the clutches of destiny.” Thinking in his mind that principle of destiny is applied to all without exception he took patience and rerurned to the Lord.
But before he reached there, Lord Mahavira as the end of the fourth month, sumed his Vihara and reached Koltaka, a neighbouring village where lived a Brahmi named Bahula, who was a resident of that place; he saw the Lord coming toward his house, and requested him to accept food from his hands. The Lord accepted faultless and pure food at his house. No sooner did he accept food and drink there than the gods rained the five kinds of celestial articles in very large quantities which surprised the onlookers too much.
When Goshala could not find the Lord in the Weaver's Dharma-shala, he was very much dejected in his heart; only the other day he had tested the ability of the Lord, and as a result of that test, his faith in the Lord had increased very much. He now wanted to be his true disciple for ever. His paternal occupation he had already left; today he gave up all his belongings to the poor and determined to renounce the world for good. He got his head shaved that very day and started for Kollaka in search of Lord Mabavira. From the talk of the people of Kollaka, he concluded that Lord
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