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which soon caught fire and began to burn immediately. Thereupon Priya-Darshana began to abuse the potter for the mischief that he had done to her. Then the Potter said, "Pious Lady, why do you tell a lie for nothing? You say that your clothes are burnt. But acconding to you it is wrong to say so until they are reduced to ashes. It is the view of the Lord alone to call a thing which is yet burning as burnt; not yours.” These words of the potter opened the eyes of Priya-Darshana. She now realised the true worth and meaning of the words of Lord Mahavira. She said to the potter, "Dhanka, I find solace in your words. Your words are true and inspiring. I had been wrongly following the creed of Jamali for the last so many days. To-day, you have opened my minds's eye. I, therefore, atone for all that I have done in ignorance by showing sincere penitence.” Thinking that she had come to the right path, the potter said to her, Chaste Lady, if you are really penitent, you must go to the shelter of the Lord without delay. She severed all her connections with Jamali, and when his other disciples saw this, they also left him and went to the shelter of tlfe Lord. But still there was no change in the thoughts of Jamali. He wandered here and there for many years, but could not get peace till the last days of his life. He did not taken food for 15 days before his death. Some time after he had died, Gautama Svami asked Lord Mahavira," Will you please tell me, O Lord, What has become of Jamali after his death ?” Then the Lord replied, “Jamali has gone to the celestial region named Lantak. After completing his life there, he will be born as hell-beings men, and beasts etc. He will attain Salvation no doubt, but he will have to suffer many troubles before he can do so, for
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