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[Kevala-Jnana to Muni Prasanna Chandra
Rajarshi was preparing himself for the seventh hell. He thought that the hermits never went to hell. He, therefore, put the same question to the Lord Again. But the reply that the Lord gave him at this time was quite different from the first. He said that Rajarshi Prasanma Chandra was about to go to the Sarvartha-Siddhi Vimana. Shrenika was puzzled all the more to hear this answer. He again begged the Lord to explain this riddle to him. He said, “O Lord, just a short time before you had told me that Rajarshi Prasanna Chandra - was preparing himself for the seventh Hell, but now you say that he is about to go to the Sarvartha-Siddhi Vimana. I am puzzled to hear such contradictory words from your mouth. I, therefore, request you to be kind enongh to remove my confusion by clearly explaining to me the mystery of your words”.
Lord Mahavira--Shrenika, when you bowed down to Prasanna chandra, his thought had become impure by the Kashayas ( Passions ). He was stepped in a Raudra (Angry) Meditation at that time. But by the time you asked me again, his feelings had undergone a considerable change. Formerly, he was waging a mental war against his ministers. He had raised his hand over his head with the intention of taking his steel-cap off his head and hurling it on his enemies; but when he found that there was no steel-cap on his head for he was no longer a king and felt with his fingers his bald head from which hair had been flucked off during Luncha-karma, he felt very much ashamed. He was an ascetic now, and it did not become an ascetic to wage war against an enemy; whether that war be mental or physical. He, therefore, began to repent for his evil thoughts and
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