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[ Lord Mahavira and Goshala
tremble with fear. Lord Mahavira noticed that the soldiers were very much afraid of the lot that was to befall them; so he, at once, asked the ruler to pardon them for their fault. He himself pardoned the ruler and his soldiers and resumed his Vihara thereafter.
Thus passing through one Upis: rga ( calamity ) after another, and roaming through the forests and Jungles, Lord Mahavira came to a town named prishta-Champa. The rainy season was drawing nearer; so on being requested by the people, he decided to stay there and pass his fourth Chatur. masa (four months of the rainy season) in that very city. This time, he intended to practise more severe penances than before, and with this intention, he observed a fast of complete four months. He practically showed people the way how to lead a spiritual life and how to attain supreme peace in this world He then resumed his Vihara with Goshala.
From Prishta-Champa, Lord Mahavira came to KritaMangala, a village mostly populated by the rogues and the hypocrites. There was a separate quarter of this village in which only the prominent heretics lived. They had built a tample for their family-god in the centre of that quarter. Lord Mahavira took his abode in a corner of this temple and remained there absorbed in meditation. He stood there so calmly that he looked like a pillar of that temple from a distance. The winter season had advanced too far; cold winds were blowing, and water of the lakes and ponds often turned into ice.
It was about this time, that one day, idli midnight, the worshippers of the idol came there with their friends and relatives; and, in order to please their familydeity, they worshipped the goddess of wine with due respects.
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