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Ascetic Vajranaabh took the aerial route to arrive in Sukachchha Vijaya. He paid homage to Tirthankar Bhagavan. In his discourse Bhagavan said—“Kayotsarg emancipates from all miseries."
The ascetic thought—'Prabhu has said that Kayotsarg begets great boon. I should do kayotsarg.'
The ascetic came near a cave in the hill and started kayotsarg meditation. The soul that was Kamath died as the serpent and was reborn in hell. After leaving the hell he was reborn as a Bheel (an aborigine) in this very forest. He subsisted on the
nted in this forest. One day that Bheel happened to come to the spot where the ascetic was meditating. The Bheel became furious on seeing the ascetic-"Seeing a tonsured head is a bad omen. I will hardly find any prey now."
When he again looked at the ascetic the attitude from the past birth surfaced—"Let me first destroy this cause of bad omen."
The Bheel aimed his arrow at the ascetic's chest. The arrow pierced the ascetic and blood spurted from the wound. The ascetic fell on the ground and uttered—"Namo Jinanam......"
The Bheel jumped with joy—“Great ! I am happy that the first kill was so satisfying."
The prostrate body of the ascetic was burning with pain. But he was calm and composed. Through his divine vision he saw—"Oh! This is the reincarnated soul of Kamath. He has tormented me today because I had harmed him in the past."
The ascetic thought—'What he has done to me is good for me. This is helping me shed my karmas. The debt in the form of karmas is being cleared.'
The ascetic sat up. Blood continued to flow from his body. But getting detached from his body he concentrated on his inner self.
"My homage to the Arihants ! My homage to the Siddhas ! Now the lamp of my life is about to extinguish. May all my evil thoughts and all my faults done under stupor be undone. (Tassa michchhami dukkadam.) Under the auspices of Arihant and Siddha Bhagavan and with my soul as a witness I resolve not to take any food till my last moment. I seek forgiveness from all beings."
This way in a pure and sublime state of mind and engrossed in meditation the ascetic abandoned his earthly body. He reincarnated as a god in the Middle Graiveyak Vimaan (a specific divine realm). After concluding the divine life-span he reincarnated in Puraanapur city in Mahavideh area.
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