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disease very soon. All the monks and nuns, Shravakas and Shravikas as well as gods and goddesses rejoiced to see the Lord hale and hearty again. POST MORTEM STATE OF GOSHALA AND THE HERMITS, WHO WERE BURNT BY
TEJOLESYA. One day, a coversation took place between Lord Mahavira and Gautama Svami in the following manner:
Gautama:-"O Lord, Please tell me what happened to y(ur two disciples namely Sarvanubhuti and Sunakshatra after they were burnt by Goshala's Tejoleshya ?".
Lord Mahavira:-"After his death, Sarvanubhuti has been born in the eighth heaven, where he shall stay for a period of eighteen Sagaropama years. Sunakshatra likewise has taken his birth in the celestial region named Achyuta, where he shall live for twenty two Sagaropamas years. After completing their lives in their respective regions, both of them shall descend to this earth and will be born in the Mahavideha Kshetra. There they will accept asceticism one day and will destroy their eight kinds of Karmas by means of penance. Thereafter they will attain Moksha.”.
Gautama-"Thank you. Now kindly tell me something about Goshala." Lord Mahavira-, “ Goshala too, has gone to the heaven named Achyuta. After completing his life there, he shall wander through various births, and in the end, when he shall get a human body, he shall destroy all his Karmas by means of penance and then attain salvation.
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