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The king grew furious. Flames of anger were blowing out of his eyes & he ordered, “These saints are deceitful.. take them to the prison. Make them half-dead by whipping. Beat atleast 100 lashes to each of them every day.”
A month later, the king came to know the fact. He relieved the saints from the prison & apologized for his deed. He did not confess & take atonement. As a result, in their next birth (in the birth of Harishchandra & Taramati) they had to stay at an executioner's house in a cemetery for twelve years. An allegation of being a monster was made on Taramati & she had to tolerate the separation of her son Rohit.
All these were the consequences of the sins of previous birth. As they did not take atonement in the presence of Guru, they had to tolerate such miseries. So, we should make pure confessions.
* 16) KING SHRIPAL SUFFERED
DUE TO NON-CONFESSION
King Shripal was known as King Shrikant in his previous birth. Once he saw a sage in muddy clothes & said, “you are a leper (person with leprosy).” Another day, seeing a sage meditating on the bank of a river, he forced him to dive in the water. The sage thought that it was nothing but the consequence of his deeds. King Shrikant was bound with sins for this deed.
King Shrikant did not confess & atone for both of the sins, so, in his next birth, he was affected with leprosy. Later on, Dhavalsheth threw him in a sea. By the grace of Navpada, a crocodile saved him by imposing him on . his back.
The consequences of not confessing are very miserable! Thus we should confess before Guru at the earliest.
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