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[ Kamadevaji becomes a Shravaka
is to stick fast to their religion. So, when the god could not succeed in his witchcrafts, he assumed the form of an elephant and took out Kamadevaji from his Upashraya with his trunk. He threw him in the air and held back on his tusks when he fell. Again, he hurled him on the ground and began to crush him under his feet. Kama-devaji, however, did not seen to feel all these injuries. He kept on meditating as before. When all the power of the god was exhausted, he left the form of the elephant, and adopted that of a huge and poisonous cobra. He began to bite the body of Kamadevaji wherever he liked; but all his pride metted before the patience and endurance of Kamadevaji. He, then, left making mischiefs. Kamadevaji now realised his power of endurance, and felt that he could endure more troubles than he had done up till now. While Kamadevaji was preparing himself for worse fate, the god was praising silently his patience, endurance and devotion to religion, etc. He could not restrain himself any more and appeared immediately before Kamadevaji in his real form. He asked pardon for the faults that he had committed and showed his regret for them. In the end he praised Kamadevaji very sincerely and then started for his place. Kamadevaji now completed his Paushadh vow without any obstruction. It was just on the completion of his vow that Lord Mahavira came thither all of a sudden. People flocked from all directions in order to listen to the benificial instructions of the Lord. The Lord took his seat in the middle of that ocean of public, described the incident caused by the god to Kamadevaji very touchingly and himself became the instrument for spreading the fame of Kamadevaji in the world.
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